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orthoclad

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1. Capitalism runs on SEP, otherwise known as

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 10:12 PM

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externalized cost.

AI is cheap, when a whole municipality pays the increased electric bill for server farms.
Plastic is cheap, when other countries get the burden of cleaning up the mess.
Oil is profitable when FEMA pays the hurricane bills.
und so weiter

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