This has just been copied over from r/StartARunForFun.

Kudos for creating the most outside-of-the-box post I’ve seen on this sub.

I never noticed Arabian Peninsula was this close to India

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As much as I like the idea that Walmart+ allows me to avoid the unwashed, obese masses that is the common Walmart shopper, I still won't use Walmart+, because I just hate Walmart on general principle.

Very nice, it's amazing how the Himalayas is just crumpled ground from the Indian plate smashing into the Asian plate.

>But everybody knows why it made the trade off and it wasn’t intentionally deceptive

No, it was sold as individual workers contributing to their retirement later on, which isn't how it works.

>Is the intention of social security to invest money? Is it being intentionally deceptive paying out benefits from tax revenue?

It's *not a progressive redistribution program either*.

>Obviously. Ponzi schemes are fraudulent. Social security isn’t fraudulent

That's a legal distinction, not a structural one.

>That’s not fraudulent.

Yeah it's just a ponzi scheme in all but name.

Do you not see how you are fixated on the part that isn't required of a ponzi scheme, and ignoring the very argument being made that it is structured by one? You are wishing to maintain a rhetorical air about it, and avoid the actual argument.

Economic bubbles aren't fraudulent either, but they're *also ponzi schemes*

They started the death of retail and Amazon made it happen, and now Walmarts are closing. All those unemployed Walmart workers are going to need help. Some towns don’t have anything left but a Walmart.

Maybe they are. Here in America our meat is filled with growth hormone. Does wonders for your PRs 😎

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> No, it's a ponzi scheme. Calling it a tradeoff by society doesn't preclude it from being a ponzi scheme.

But everybody knows why it made the trade off and it wasn’t intentionally deceptive

> If it took your money and actually invested it in something, then I wouldn't call it a ponzi scheme.

Is the intention of social security to invest money? Is it being intentionally deceptive paying out benefits from tax revenue?

> I take issue with forced participation, but that doesn't mean all forced participations are ponzi schemes.

Obviously. Ponzi schemes are fraudulent. Social security isn’t fraudulent

> Think of it this way: if it's not a ponzi scheme, then you wouldn't need to increase the rate or the cap to keep it solvent.

That’s not fraudulent.

No, it's a ponzi scheme. Calling it a tradeoff by society doesn't preclude it from being a ponzi scheme.

If it took your money and actually invested it in something, then I wouldn't call it a ponzi scheme.

I take issue with forced participation, but that doesn't mean all forced participations are ponzi schemes.

Think of it this way: if it's not a ponzi scheme, then you wouldn't need to increase the rate or the cap to keep it solvent.

The chart has this caption right above it:

>Solar, wind, battery storage and nuclear make up 84% of utility-scale generating capacity planned to come online this year

So IMHO batteries should not be included.

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Do you do any accessory back exercises? Reverse Hypers etc will help strengthen the back for deads

Do you do any accessory back exercises? Reverse Hypers etc will help strengthen the back for dead’s

They zero out mortgages right?

Nope, insider trading.

Millennials are not reproducing. So there will be too few people to pay for their retirement in 2050s. Boomers did reproduce.

Forced participation or variations in benefits due to life expectancy isn’t deceptive. It’s a trade off made by society to give a gift to earlier generations. Calling it a Ponzi scheme is a rhetorical ploy to disparage something you don’t like for other reasons because you think people will believe your false analogy more than they will your real issue which is forced participation

I’m really enjoying the tracking, gives me a good idea of my progression. The deadlift numbers will need some more time to develop, as I’ve only recently started those, and my squat numbers were dropped while I was cutting (late dec22 - a few weeks ago is).

Cant say much about deadlift since I have the least experience there by far, but my squat struggled while I was in my defecit (note the ~12lb weight loss), and is only now coming back around.

I feel like the plateau is largely back-limited. It has the least data points because I held back on pushing it until I got a lifting belt. As far as I can tell, my grip is fine, not a limiting factor (I have chalk but rarely feel the need to use it). Sitting at 335 right now, but planning on going for 335 tomorrow, and if it feels okay might try for 345/355. Will see.

Sorry to hear that mate. Hope things are better for you now.

No need to be deceptive when you're forcing people to contribute, and the degree of contribution can be manipulated well after "investors" have committed to a particular contribution.

All you have to do is say it's for their own good.

The analogy is the way it's structured. Along that dimension of comparison it's perfectly apt.

Economic bubbles are a form of ponzi schemes too in the way they are structured.

Social security is a ponzi scheme in all the important ways that it make it so. They are unsustainable because they don't actually produce anything.