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403 sats \ 4 replies \ @OneOneSeven 5 Feb \ on: My MSNBC Friend bitcoin
"The guy that’s selling the ox cart would say the railroad is too expensive." -Saylor
This made me think of one of Preston's podcasts with Saylor where he's comparing the bitcoin network and the railroad network.
Yes it costs a lot. There's a cost to building the Union Pacific Railroad and connecting the country.
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10 sats \ 3 replies \ @joda 5 Feb
slavery, in fact.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @9 5 Feb
No need to be hyperbolic
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @joda 6 Feb
https://railroads.unl.edu/topics/slavery.php
not to mention the exploited chinese workers...
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 6 Feb
Chinese workers yes but not slavery. The timeline and geography don’t fit
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