Cut their CEO some some slack. He's a thought leader/rocket mogul/ISP guy/social media but wants to make it a bank for some reason dude/former government sort-of-official/professional gamer/full time twitter shitposter that's also starting a political party and who is responsible for fathering over a dozen children. On second thought, I think I see the problem.
Do you think I wanted to impress you or anyone really? GP was beating a dead horse so I said something. Somehow you ended up caring. I’m almost certain there are better uses of your time. Certainly has no influence on my opinion. Honestly people who hold Hacker News like it’s sacred are exhausting. Your opinions and mine need not mix, just use your thumb to move on?
Socialism with chinese characteristics/ Xi Jinpeng thought is the most successful ideology currently. Free speech/free markets power has decayed since people found ways to exploit them and more powerful people found ways to aid the exploiters.
The US is apparently powerless to exploit our own rare earth resources and fund/subsidize them or lithium production or photovoltaic production, nuclear reactors, or even semiconductor production.
> The US is apparently powerless to exploit our own rare earth resources
The DOD took a direct stake in a US rare earth miner / refiner, in addition to a long term purchase agreement at set prices. Apple also piled on last week (no doubt after some backroom conversations).
