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There is a planet twice the size of earth and is made completely out of diamonds. If we put enough resources into space travel it would pay for itself and the national debt. Literally another gold rush
5 upvotes, 5 comments. Yik Yak image post by Anonymous in US Politics. "There is a planet twice the size of earth and is made completely out of diamonds. If we put enough resources into space travel it would pay for itself and the national debt. Literally another gold rush"
Least appetizing way to merely begin fixing this?
#poll
1 upvote, 18 comments. Yik Yak poll by Anonymous in US Politics. "Least appetizing way to merely begin fixing this?"
Confiscate all wealth over $999m
30% haircut to all federal spending
Dissolve social security & medicare
Double all indv & corp income taxes
Sell & lease-back all federal land
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Anonymous 20h

Bro knows 0 about space and space tech

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Anonymous 20h

I feel like this would do something wild to the price of diamonds

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Anonymous 20h

Diamonds are only valuable because the diamond mining companies act as a cartel, creating artificial scarcity to maintain their prestige. Diamonds have no objective value outside their industrial applications

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Anonymous 13h

I’m focusing my life to make isru (mining side) possible, but yeah ts ain’t it lol. Diamonds don’t have any actual value it’s all artificial scarcity.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 17h

Or diamonds or monetary policy, apparently

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