The illusion of freedom can extract more value than direct slavery because people work harder when they believe they control their lives or own equity.
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The illusion of freedom can extract more value than direct slavery because people work harder when they believe they control their lives or own equity.
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Dutch equity shares turned war finance into self-interest: investing in the company gave ordinary people a reason to support the anti-Spanish struggle.
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"...all the time, okay? over their lives. Another safe freedom is equity, right? Equity. So think of a company where I might give you..."
"...to do that is to incentivize them by giving them shares, equity, in a company."
"...create a middle class in Holland. So the first issue is equity, okay? But also, if you think about it, this is actually a..."
"...today we have two bubbles. We have something called the private equity bubble, private credit bubble, okay, where private banks lend money to private..."
"...that I am now part of a greater good I have equity in this game therefore I will defend this nation with my life..."
"...of our lives we have the freedom of choice that with equity in society we can vote for leaders when in reality it's a..."
"...young children with multiculturalism, with woke politics, with DEI, diversity, inclusion, equity, these ideas. So, these ideas, globalism, liberalism, and multiculturalism are cancers on..."
"...Saudi Arabia, so friendly that when Jared Kushner started a private equity fund, Saudi Arabia invested $2 billion, okay? So for Jared Kushner, these..."
"...after Jared Kushner left office, Jared Kushner set up a private equity fund. And MBS and the Saudi government invested $2 billion into the..."
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The Dutch Golden Age begins with a poisoned Spanish windfall and ends with Vermeer exposing cracks in the respectable household.
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