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you can say the same about every recent US war, and add one 0 to the sum.

Or, more controversially, say EU green deal which decimated EU car industry and lost/will lose us few millions of jobs. Losses up to a trillion and nothing to show for that

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"Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders."
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Well, historically this has been more effective than any other system known to man.
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Technology and productivity have reduced more death than any redistribution
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Who said redistribution?

This money could be invested in universal healthcare, or into AI research for medicine. But hey, I guess replacing developers and generating slop is more beneficial to our society.

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yes, replacing developers is better for sustained growth and reduced poverty and not your pet projects.
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