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"The guy that’s selling the ox cart would say the railroad is too expensive."
-Saylor

This made me think of one of Preston's podcasts with Saylor where he's comparing the bitcoin network and the railroad network.

Yes it costs a lot. There's a cost to building the Union Pacific Railroad and connecting the country.

slavery, in fact.

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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @9 5 Feb 2024

No need to be hyperbolic

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https://railroads.unl.edu/topics/slavery.php

not to mention the exploited chinese workers...

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Chinese workers yes but not slavery. The timeline and geography don’t fit

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