• DisasterTransport@startrek.website
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    3 days ago

    That would make more sense if Greece and OpenAI weren’t competing for “most money borrowed without a real plan.” I didn’t see in the article who was paying for it (maybe a comprehension fail on my end) but I suppose it doesn’t really matter because both OpenAI and Greece carry hundreds of billions in debt.

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      2 days ago

      Just a little nitpick, the whole “Money borrowed with no plan” story is soft victim-blaming propaganda.

      A considerable part of the debt came from literally before the nation was free from occupation (for the war effort itself), and very little reached the citizens. An extremely small percentage of the country, surrounding the interests of a group of like 5 families, has gotten the crushing lion’s share of borrowed money, directly to pocket or to their private investments, while paying it off is “democratized”.

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        2 days ago

        I can be too flippant sometimes. Some might even call me glib. Thank you for your correction and your perspective.

        Your point is well taken. The people of Greece are not to blame for the national debt; I already knew that. What I didn’t know is that there totally was a plan, which was to run up the tab and stick you with the bill! Now why does that sound so familiar…?

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          2 days ago

          No need to apologize, you just mentioning those things, is a good chance to get some info out about them, and you still talked about the issue in good context.

          You were essentially correct, you just used words that, rich fucks with disproportionally more power than you, have intentionally popularized for their benefit.

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      3 days ago

      I guess from the OpenAI standpoint they can just give it for free so they have the point to push their agenda in other countries.