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lhnz on Oct 3, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny

> A Trump presidency would be an extinction-level event.

You are amusing. How similar to a meteor strike would you say Trump is, or is there another analogy that you want to make [0]?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction_event#Most_widely_s...

bambax on Oct 3, 2016 [–]

> How similar to a meteor strike would you say Trump is

Very similar. The main difference is that a meteor strike is bad luck (an "act of God"), whereas electing Trump would be an act of Thiel and friends.

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