On: The time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs

[coliveira]

That's how they like, more time to campaign and less work that may be impopular.

Thinking about it, the US government is going exactly the same way of the Roman republic.

[AStonesThrow → coliveira]

> US government is going exactly the same way of the Roman republic.

We're gonna conquer and annex Egypt? What an awesome time to be alive!

[mr_toad → AStonesThrow]

That was the first imperial conquest. The republic had been gobbling up states long before that.

[Reason077 → AStonesThrow]

Egypt? No. But how about Greenland, Canada, and Panama?

[AStonesThrow → Reason077]

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