You can make a very good argument that it was Adam Smith, with Wealth of Nations.
MattBlackAlien
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Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.works•It really grinds my gearsEnglish
71·8 days agoIt still accelerates the engine.
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Climate@slrpnk.net•‘A sad inevitability’: after decades of climate warnings, why is Europe so unprepared for rising heat?45·9 days ago“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!”
- Upton Sinclair
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•So, has age verification really become the new normal?
21·2 months agoOn April 20, right ?
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Do young people still say words like "taped"?
3·2 months agoBlim the Pixie from AWOL ?
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Do young people still say words like "taped"?
27·2 months agoDo you mean as a synonym for ‘recorded’ ? If so, then in my experience they don’t.
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Classic Rock: A Journey Through Timeless Music@lemmy.world•Danzig - Mother [1988]. "Mother" remains Danzig's highest-charting single. It peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and 43 on the Billboard Hot 100.
2·2 months agoDanzig the band - First four albums are all awesome. Danzig 5 is… different, but OK. Probably best to ignore anything after that.
Glenn Danzig - The above, plus everything by Misfits and Samhain.
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digitalescapetools@sh.itjust.works•UK internet laws in 2026 be like:“Please verify your age before using this calculator.”English
31·2 months agoSomething, something 5318008 ?
MattBlackAlien@lemmy.worldto
UK Politics@feddit.uk•Brussels tells Keir Starmer to pay £1bn for closer ties to Europe
91·2 months agoConsidering that pre-Brexit the UK was contributing around £10b per year to the EU, then (depending on what it actuslly buys, of course) it’s a bargain.
The antidote - https://www.dualit.com/products/4-slice-newgen - Dualit Classic: clockwork timer, physical switches, manual pop-up, repairable.
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Art@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Bronze statue of the emperor Trebonianus Gallus (Roman) 251–253 CE
10·2 months agoTrebonianus is a much more challenging wank.
“The bats have left the bell tower,
The victims have been bled.”
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Funny: Home of the Haha@lemmy.world•I have fond memories of these days
6·2 months agoHow fucking old are you people ?
(About the same amount as me, I guess).
Also, if you wait until next time, the safe will cost #600.
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Science Fiction@lemmy.world•Red Dwarf co-creator Rob Grant dies
7·4 months ago70 is a good run
70 must seem impossibly far off to you !
“You wouldn’t steal a handbag. You wouldn’t steal a car. You wouldn’t steal a baby. You wouldn’t shoot a policeman. And then steal his helmet. You wouldn’t go to the toilet in his helmet. And then send it to the policeman’s grieving widow. And then steal it again! Downloading films is stealing. If you do it, you will face the consequences.”
Everyone is stealing The Verge.






AirStrip One has to play its part in the Oceania military industrial complex.