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A404 ( A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com )  to Flippanarchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 months ago

Power of the "free market"

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Power of the "free market"

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A404 ( A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com )  to Flippanarchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 months ago
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  • kibiz0r ( kibiz0r@midwest.social ) 
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    I’m okay with providing plutonium rods to Palmer Luckey, on the condition that he shoves them up his ass using sriracha as lube.

    • possumparty ( possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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      sriracha is too kind, use Hellfire Double Doomed at 4.5 million SHU or Pure Evil at 13 million.

  • FedX ( FedX@quokk.au ) 
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    This isn’t exactly new. And it didn’t end well in the past either. After the completion of the Manhattan Project, a number of private entities begun building plutonium weapons. Notably, Rockwell International (yes, that Rockwell), ran a site outside of Denver called Rocky Flats. Ended up being one of the worst ecological disasters in American history. Plutonium will catch on fire, so there were a number of plutonium fires at the plant, but that wasn’t the worst of it. Their disposal and treatment techniques were woefully inadequacy, and untold amounts of plutonium leaked into the environment. The EPA, CDPH, and DOE all knew about the process and did nothing. The FBI had to step in and raid the plant, and even still, it ran for years during court proceedings. Rather conveniently, those court documents were sealed, and later lost.

    What is new here is the fact that the Trump administration already plays fast and lose with the rules. Moreover, random tech billionaires have no right so much as looking at the most dangerous substance in the world, weapons grade plutonium. So to say this will end poorly would be the understatement of the century.

    P.S. Highly recommend reading up on the history of the DOE. The story of Rocky Flats, the national labs, and nuclear weapons program is so much longer and wilder than what I could put here.

    • OwOarchist ( OwOarchist@pawb.social ) 
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      What legitimate purpose does a tech billionaire even have for wanting weapons grade plutonium?

      What possible use could they have for it besides building a bomb with it?

      • Diurnambule ( Diurnambule@jlai.lu ) 
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        Thèse Guy are preparing bunker, with robots as personal and guards. Why would they want a way to start the apocalypse, I wonder ? (Their is a game about the extreme greedy people go )

      • The D Quuuuuill ( Quill7513@slrpnk.net ) 
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        are you familiar with Atomwaffen SS?

  • joelle_ether ( joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone ) 
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    the guys from pawn stars are getting nukes? ffs

  • Etterra ( Etterra@discuss.online ) 
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    I’m sure there’s no way this could possibly go wrong. I can’t wait until I can buy a new computer that emits gamma radiation.

    • Brownie ( Brownie@lemmy.zip ) 
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      Only for a subscription tho

      • notabot ( notabot@piefed.social ) 
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        No, you have to subscribe to the shielding component, which blocks up to 90% of harmful emissions for a mere $49.99 per month, shielding+, which blocks 99% for only $79.99 per month, or “ultra shield”, which actually removes the emitter, for just $99.99 per month, first month half price! (but if you cancel, or downgrade, they’ll break in to your house, reinstall the emitter, kick your dog, and leave muddy footprints on the carpet).

        • Tollana1234567 ( Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ) 
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          plutonium sold seperately.

    • ironycanal ( ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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      Do you mean ‘rent’?

      • Etterra ( Etterra@discuss.online ) 
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        I would, but unless it turns you into the Hulk, the gamma emitting computer is probably only gonna be useful once or twice before your horrible, horrible death.

  • Lushed_Lungfish ( Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca ) 
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    May they all die of radiation poisoning.

  • Beehaw_Girl ( Beehaw_Girl@beehaw.org ) 
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    As long as they’re asking themselves “Are we the baddies?” Because self-awareness is the most important thing 😄

    • Squirrelanna ( Squirrelanna@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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      Well you see they did ask themselves and said, “Eh, probably? But look at all this cash.”

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    Is gremlin supposed to be Palmer Lucky?

  • NigelFrobisher ( NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ) 
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    Then there’ll be warehouses full of discount Herman Miller chairs and warheads.

  • MonkderVierte ( MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ) 
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