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		JaimeThompson on Nov 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account into a $5B... It's also, in part, what we pay to have a modern society.

SuoDuanDao on Nov 17, 2022 [–]

There's a relevant quote about society being a parasite on the man with the hoe. Though I suspect it was coined by someone who's never tried to build a hoe without a society to help.

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