https://fortune.com/2022/08/13/riot-blockchain-bitcoin-mining-texas-electric-grid-subsidy/

  • 4zi [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    America truly is the stupidest country. You’d think one might learn something after Enron.

    • Dingus_Khan [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      The fact that the bush family was deeply entwined in the Enron shenanigans and the story broke right before, and was immediately overshadowed by, 9/11 is a fact that continually breaks my brain

    • Deadend [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Everything is bigger in Texas, especially the never learning from mistakes.

    • Shoegazer [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      When your life savings drop to 0 because of random old men in tall buildings run off with your money, you become desperate for anything. Anything except socialism, that is. They rather be scammed 500 times than to increase minimum wage to $15

    • InvaderZinn [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      It's funny how white Americans live up to what they think Jews are like.