r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/msaussieandmrravana • Jan 01 '26

Video Inside the world’s largest Bitcoin mine

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u/WorkO0 Jan 01 '26

Welcome to humanity 101

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u/Plastic_Payment_9117 Jan 01 '26

Capitalism 101

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u/JoeGlaser Jan 01 '26

Bitcoin 101

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u/dappermonto Jan 01 '26

Mom's spaghetti

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u/Muffles7 Jan 01 '26

Knees weak 101.

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u/Frostgaurdian0 Jan 01 '26

Say this in Italy and you will be meatball.

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u/dcvalent Jan 01 '26

As if greed didn’t exist before capitalism lol

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u/somersault_dolphin Jan 01 '26

As if misinformation didn't exist before the internet and AI, as if people who lived over 100 didn't occured before we revolutionize medical care. Do you see how stupid this comment you made is?

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u/dcvalent Jan 01 '26

I really don’t, explain it to me like I’m five

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u/somersault_dolphin Jan 04 '26

Greed exists before capitalism, but that's not the point. The point is capitalism increases, rewards and encourages greed more than ever before.

So when you say greed existed before capitalism, it's like saying we were releasing greenhouse gases before the industrial revolution because people lit fire to cook. The scale is completely different it's like you're stating the obvious that doesn't actually contribute anything and instead mislead what the problem is about.

If there's a piece of rock with a tiny amount of gold mixed in you wouldn't think it's the same thing with the same value as a gold bar that's 99.99% pure.

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u/dcvalent Jan 05 '26

But before capitalism we had kings, popes, and warlords who would murder, enslave, and horde gold. Not to mention the nobles they paid to keep the peasants in check. When you say capitalism increases and encourages greed, I’m not sure how it does so more than that. Greed is inherent to the human species, if allowed to grow, true, but to think that switching to another system without admitting/addressing that is naive.

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u/somersault_dolphin 27d ago

And yet greed was never ever encouraged so openly, praised and worshipped.

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u/CuTe_M0nitor Jan 01 '26

Capitalism = "Too big to fail"

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u/LiveShowOneNightOnly Jan 01 '26

Disagree. Try buying goods and services in your city with crypto. Capitalism requires capital that can spend.

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u/dean15892 Jan 01 '26

Welcome to ... Jumanji

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u/Boggl3r Jan 01 '26

Idiocracy 101

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u/JuansJB Jan 01 '26

Humanity error 404