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Education comprising the least lucrative paths one could take. Unbelievable.

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Why is it unbelievable?

The fact is that teaching regular, average students is not that hard, provided that your students have parents who support their learning.

Case in point, the Amish middle school girls teach the younger elementary students and those kids consistently score at the top of the standardized tests in those states.

On the other hand, students whose parents do not value or support education are relatively unteachable no matter what you do, so the quality of the teacher is largely irrelevant to them as well.

Teachers of average students in an American society that has bought into public, universal, mass compulsory education are basically babysitters.

There are exceptions for teachers teaching AP or advanced classes, but again, the teacher doesn't have to be an exceptional teacher, just competent, because the students are motivated. They need to be well versed in the subject matter, but they don't need to be great at teaching it. Just competent.

Teaching is not worth much because the skills set required to perform adequately in that context is abundant.

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Nope, just true.

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Truly stupid.

If Biden had done the same things you would have cried like a bitch.

You know it, I know it, and everybody on this board knows it.

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Eh, you might want to pump the brakes there. Like them or not Trump's crew can make money without government graft (which they are certainly doing) and are generally competent. Biden's crew couldn't run a 7/11.

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In context, though, that's not a good thing.

Like C.S. Lewis said, a cow can only be so evil. It's mental and spiritual capacity limits how much moral damage it can do.

Trump tried to get the DOJ to bully the IRS into agreeing to a deal that would exempt his entire family from all IRS scrutiny, ostensibly forever.

They eventually killed the deal, but the sheer balls of trying that in the first place is light years past any corruption that Biden could have conceived or would have dared.

Pardons have been a part of presidential powers forever, and Biden was far from the first to abuse that power. Using the DOJ to lean on the IRS for what essentially amounted to blanket, indefinite immunity for him and his family is a more sophisticated and brazen—if not more morally bereft—abuse of Ruling Class privilege.

Sure, the Bidens are small time hoods robbing liquor stores while Trump is a competent, accomplished, and successful businessman who is smart enough to stay on the grey side of the line between black and white. One deals in strictly small time shite while the other makes deals worth billions.

But that's the point.

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The poster is seeking stimulation, connection, competition, conflict,

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Which ultimately resolves into a validation of some kind.

"I won the competition, therefore I am worthy."

"I was able to make a connection, therefore I am worthy."

That just describes the nature of the validation.

This is one of those times I feel like I'm repeating the same thing over and over again failing to move the needle of the conversation, but also not knowing how else to say it.

I asked Google, "Is everything we do ultimately a strategy for validation?"

Google AI answer below:

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It is a deep question. Ultimately, every human action can be tied to a core psychological need for validation.

We seek to validate our existence, our worth, and our place in the world.

However, "validation" means more than just fishing for compliments.

It is about understanding reality and maintaining a secure sense of self.

It breaks down into two main areas:

1. Social Validation. As human beings, we are wired to connect. Seeking external validation is often a basic drive to belong.

Social survival: When early humans cooperated, they survived. When they were rejected from a tribe, they died. Our brains still treat social approval as a reward. This reward is called dopamine.

Real-world example: Getting a degree, posting on social media, or buying a new car. These actions show others we are capable, which earns us respect and security.

2. Internal Validation. We also do things to validate ourselves. This means proving we are competent, safe, and true to our own values.

Self-discovery: We do hard things or make art to prove we are capable. This builds our confidence and helps us trust our own judgment.Real-world example: Practicing a sport, finishing a puzzle, or keeping a promise. These actions validate our self-image.

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Maybe Google AI will help. What I just quoted above is what I think, what I've been trying to communicate.

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It worked so well the first 20 times we did it. Surely they will learn their lesson this time.

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Since we have so many viable alternatives I guess we'd better pick from that vast array instead.

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Both sides do it.

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Sure they do.

It wouldn't be allowed to continue if only one side did it.

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But I don't think there is anything out of the ordinary with that transaction in terms of other crypto offerings.

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What's out of the ordinary is that Trump deregulated the industry while owning two companies that benefitted from the deregulation (that's what I meant by "investing" in them, not buying and selling coins), World Liberty Financial and CIC Digital LLC.

The first was created on September 16th, 2024 and the second was created on January 17th, 2025.

The "Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology EO" was signed on January 23rd, 2025, three days after Trump was inaugurated. That executive order declared crypto to be a national priority (after Trump himself had criticized it for years as a haven for dirty money) and set federal policy and instructed agencies to begin changing regulations and relaxing enforcement. Which obviously increased traffic and therefore business for his two crypto companies. Just like if he had created a bunch of weed dispensaries and then signed an EO making weed legal according to federal law.

Anybody who is not dishonest will admit that Trump used the office of the presidency of the United States to profit on this.

Nobody has brought it to bear before a court that I am aware of, and I don't know whether it technically violates the Emoluments Clauses or not.

I do know that it very obviously is exactly the type of thing that MAGA claims it is vehemently opposed to. Whether it's legal or not.

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No, you could not possibly have come to this conclusion from what I stated.

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Well, which part was I mistaken about?

See, if you deny that Trump is engaging in graft when he so obviously, blatantly, and unashamedly is, then it doesn't really matter much whether this was an example of it or not.

It's like the abortion supporter who tries to distract with incest and rape. She isn't any more against abortion purely for convenience sake than she is in the case of incest, but she throws out the incest to gaslight and to try to make the opposition look unreasonable.

So regardless of whether you said anything about it or not in the post in question, I'm asking you now: Do you deny that Trump is engaging in blatant graft?

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There may be a case to be made, but it certainly has not been made in this thread

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I don't think it requires a lot of heavy lifting to make a case in general. It's pretty obvious.

Now, I don't know anything about the specifics of this case and it might not be a valid example at all.

But when you slag bitcoins for years as being funny money for crooks, then heavily deregulate them—mostly unilaterally—then proceed to make a billion and a half investing in them inside of a year, I'm not sure what anyone can counter with as far as Trump having become a brazen grifter in general.

He knows the cult won't care. And they don't.

Now if Joe Biden had done it...Yowza.

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Its infringement that needs to be stopped because everything is always abused.

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This is the correct answer.