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Interesting… After DOGE, Elon came to a conclusion most people missed. He tried to reform the state from the inside. He failed. And he said it plainly: the government can't fix its own deficit. Nobody in power actually wants to cut. The machine protects itself. So he drew the only logical conclusion. If the state can't be reformed, there are only two ways this ends. Either global bankruptcy. Debt keeps compounding, interest payments eat the budget, and the system collapses under its own weight. Or robots. AI and robotics grow the economy so fast that the debt becomes manageable, and abundance makes the old fights over scarcity irrelevant. Here's the part almost nobody sees. For two centuries, capitalism has had a marketing problem. Its gains are real but slow and invisible. 2% growth a year doesn't feel like anything. Your life gets better over 30 years and you never connect it to the system that did it. Meanwhile, the left's promises feel immediate and concrete: a check, a subsidy, a benefit. That's why the left wins on promises even when it can't deliver them. Capitalism produces the wealth, socialism takes the credit. Robots break that asymmetry. When productivity doubles in a few years instead of a few decades, people will see it. Things get cheaper, services get better, opportunities appear, in real time. For the first time in history, people will connect capitalism and their rising standard of living directly, almost instantly. The causal chain becomes visible. And that changes everything politically. So there are two scenarios. Scenario one: we stay in the current inertia. No breakthrough, or a breakthrough we regulate to death. The debt wins. Living standards stagnate, then fall. A frustrated electorate turns to whoever promises the most, and that pushes toward a hard collectivist left. But collectivism fails, as it always does. And when it fails, the most organized, most disciplined collectivist force left standing isn't the old left. It's radical Islamism. Bankruptcy, then communism, then something worse. Scenario two: robots win. Abundance arrives, and it arrives visibly. The link between free enterprise and prosperity becomes obvious to everyone. And this is the key point: it becomes obvious to everyone, including the minorities the left was counting on. Because their long-term incentive is the same as everyone else's. A kid in the suburbs gains infinitely more from a booming, abundant West than from a bankrupt state handing out promises it can't keep. Abundance is the most powerful integration machine ever built. That's the Western renaissance. The West doesn't need to win the culture war by arguing. It needs to win it by delivering. And for the first time, it has the technology to deliver fast enough for people to notice. The race isn't left vs right anymore. It's robots vs bankruptcy. - Brivael Le Pogam agreed upon by Elon Musk
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2026 AL West Division Champs Astros
baddog replied to baddog's topic in Professional Sports- NFL, NBA, MLB, Etc
I’d deal Correa. We won WS after he left and we lost Duboń over money. I guess I’ll never understand. I just go by what I see. -
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I hope so. She said we need to invent technology that has never been invented before.
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We’re to be as loving as David when he slayed the Giant and cut off his head. Yes we’re to be loving and kind but not a door mat for stupid people.
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Has she been going to the Learing Center in Minnesota?
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AggiesAreWe replied to AggiesAreWe's topic in High School Football
I've seen the better team lose games. HF has a chance of beating either team. I definitely wouldn"t say no chance. -
I don’t get it. If the battle is won (as it is) and we should continue to be loving, positive, and evangelical, why stock up on ammo?
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AOC is learning better than you think.
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spidersal replied to AggiesAreWe's topic in High School Football
Because they are not as good! -
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AggiesAreWe replied to AggiesAreWe's topic in High School Football
Why can't they beat them? -
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spidersal replied to AggiesAreWe's topic in High School Football
HF will not make it past the 1st round. They can’t beat Athens or Canton -
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DCTX Week 11 State Rankings
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1A DI #2 Union Hill #21 Chester #43 Leverett's Chapel #58 Burkeville 1A DII #25 Apple Springs #54 Buckholts #58 Calvert
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2A DII #17 West Sabine #32 Colmesneil #45 West Hardin #58 Evadale #62 Deweyville #101 Sabine Pass
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2A DI #13 San Augustine #19 Joaquin #21 Shelbyville #22 Garrison #37 Timpson #96 Hemphill
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2026 WOSgrad Pick ' Ems - Week 11
Longhorn62 replied to WOSdrummer99's topic in High School Football
1. CE King 2. Summer Creek 3. West Brook 4. La Porte 5. PA Memorial 6. Texas City 7. Port Neches-Groves 8. Nederland 9. Kingwood Park 10. Lake Creek 11. Vidor 12. Little Cypress-Mauriceville 13. Huffman-Hargrave 14. Hamshire-Fannett 15. Silsbee 16. West Orange-Stark 17. Crockett 18. Fairfield 19. Diboll 20. New Waverly 21. Hardin 22. Newton 23. San Augustine 24. Garrison 25. West Hardin -
3A DII #2 Newton #13 Hardin #24 New Waverly #42 Woodville #81 Kountze #87 Warren
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3A DI #28 Orangefield #29 Diboll #39 Fairfield #43 East Chambers #49 Palestine Westwood #56 Anahuac #60 Buna #64 Trinity #70 Crockett #71 Kirbyville #90 Coldspring #95 Tarkington #99 Huntington
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2026 AL West Division Champs Astros
A BUC 77 replied to baddog's topic in Professional Sports- NFL, NBA, MLB, Etc
Paredes has been one of the bright spots in the Astros organization for the last couple of years. The only scenario I see is put him at second base, Peña at short, Correa at third, Walker at first, put the big guy in left field and Altuve has to be DH. Sub in at second base when needed. -
God did not wake up surprised. He still sits on His throne. In this world ye SHALL have tribulation. Home-school your children. Stock-up on ammo. Life will continue and time will roll on. Lastly, the battle has already been won and we should continue to be loving, positive and spread the word. Like our pastor said the other Sunday, do not walk around and act like you have been baptized in pickle-juice.
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4A DII #5 West Orange-Stark #12 Hamshire-Fannett #16 Silsbee #41 Shepherd #46 Hardin-Jefferson #61 Jasper
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4A DI #30 Vidor #45 Little Cypress-Mauriceville #55 Huffman #61 Lumberton #70 Bridge City #83 Livingston #87 Liberty
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5A DII #9 Port Neches-Groves #11 Montgomery #15 Huntsville #21 Montgomery Lake Creek #23 Nederland #28 Texas City #51 New Caney West Fork #60 Dayton #64 Kingwood Park #74 New Caney Porter #83 Splendora #84 Baytown Lee #86 Santa Fe #103 Galena Park #112 Spring Woods
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I don’t know about this one. Always a good battle. Big Ned is up and down this year so flip a coin. Last game, I picked heads so we win by 6.
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5A DI #11 La Porte #16 Port Arthur Memorial #31 Beaumont West Brook #40 Lufkin #44 Goose Creek Memorial #54 Beaumont United #56 Baytown Sterling #66 New Caney #90 Galveston Ball