A llama?!? He was supposed to be dead!
a gold rush type situation with the potential to exhaust what’s there.
The older I get the more I think that this is humanity's (sole) core competency. sigh
Denial is a coping mechanism. Religion is just the vehicle.
Bunch of Donald Trumps in here arguing over the specific dictionary meanings of generalizations in a meme.
White collar and blue collar probably would have been better work choices. Those creatives are engineers, marketing/art, programmers, technical writers, doctors (esp radiologists and other data-driven analysis specialists). AI only needs to get “close enough” to the rank and file to be dangerous to those professions, because AI can do the work 100x more efficient. Will there be long term consequences? Oh, yes. But not until those VCs have long cashed out.
There are only 8 interstate crossings and less than a 100 crossings of 2 lane roads. People moving across the boarder is not a huge concern. We are in the second stage of Foundation conquest, and commerce is the arbiter of civilization. Cut off commerce and you have, well - just look at Cuba.
Besides, it's not just the commerce. Block off regular transportation and revoke citizenship, and everyone left of semi-liberal in TX will leave - and with them most of the knowledge worker/white collar worker base. That's would do more to decimate the TX economy than any other pressure.
We are made of anti-matter. What is missing is matter. Fight me.
Sounds like Netflix is jockeying to shake down Apple for some dev money.
Not even. We take what’s ours, they can keep the land and what infrastructure is left. All federal funds are frozen and all US based assets for Texans are frozen until diplomatic relations are formally established and financial treaties are in place. All power, pipelines and rail are blocked/shut off at the border. All passports in Texas names are null, along with all no cost governmental passports. Military Checkpoints at all major roads in and out of Texas with nobody allowed in or out without a valid US passport. All airport and federal airport staff are reassigned or permitted to resign with negative SF50 rehire status. All airspace on the US side is closed to any transit.
Most of this can be accomplished in a week or two with the military securing the border operations (as is appropriate). It would be fair to allow, say, a month grace period for anyone who wants to stay in the US to relocate. After they are free to leave by the gulf or, if Mexico decides to honor the defunct passports.
I got a perfect “1” - that means I go first, right?
Can someone help me, my left ~~arm~~ foreleg itches.
If you’ve already put $2B in trust with his son in law, what’s an extra 5% to keep daddy happy. It’s just a down payment for future intelligence.