You certainly don't need economic investment to become "rich" in culture, enligh...

alexashka · 2026-04-23T06:00:24 1776924024

Indisputable role in economic precarity, more commonly known as wage slavery.

kube-system · 2026-04-23T19:16:51 1776971811

Economic uncertainty is negatively correlated with market capitalization per capita.

alexashka · 2026-04-23T21:41:44 1776980504

Slavery is positively correlated with market capitalization per capita.

kube-system · 2026-04-24T01:55:59 1776995759

It is not.

alexashka · 2026-04-24T05:11:33 1777007493

It is.

Good talk.

kube-system · 2026-04-24T15:19:35 1777043975

You're factually wrong. Graph any Global Slavery Index against market capitalization per capita -- you get a negative correlation.

alexashka · 2026-04-24T21:44:17 1777067057

You are factually wrong.

'Global slavery index' is not a credible source, even according to Wikipedia.

I'm sorry I spent 2 minutes of my life looking it up - I should've known better.

This conversation is over. I can't trust you to not throw random crap a google search produces that supports your fantasy that I then have to spend brain cells to debunk.

kube-system · 2026-04-24T21:56:43 1777067803

Then pick a different one. Which measure did you use to come to your conclusion?

I suspect you didn't use one at all, because I am not aware of any measure of "slavery" that correlates positively with any measure of investment activity.

Labor practices and protections are much better in countries with high economic investment.