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maximilianburkelast Friday at 11:36 PM3 repliesview on HN

It’s because he only knows how to destroy, not build, and destroying is always easier than building. It may be impactful but it is going to set America back decades.


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jvanderbotyesterday at 12:13 AM

He's destroying for various reasons yes. But he knows how to build. Perhaps not personally, but he can wrangle a system to do things for him, mostly for him perhaps. OK completely for himself, but that's not to say he can't.

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jimt1234last Friday at 11:49 PM

Reminds me of reading about Karl Marx in college. As I recall he basically made a name for himself talking shit about capitalism. Then, people said, "Bro, if capitalism sucks so much, why don't you come up with something better?" And that's how The Communist Manifesto was born, which was a total disaster, and set humanity back generations.

Talking shit and tearing stuff down is easy. Building something is hard.

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booleandilemmayesterday at 12:19 AM

The irony of you saying that about a real estate mogul.