• nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    Has anybody ever told you you’re head is up your own ass? This is all great stuff for a poetic writing class but there isn’t even a hint of a coherent argument in this.

    Financial centers are not holy ground. They are habits that formed because of historical momentum, not because the soil under Wall Street produces capital.

    Cool, and irrelevant.

    London used to be the unquestioned financial center of the world. Before that, Amsterdam. Before that, Venice. None of those cities lost intelligence or charm. The center moved because technology and incentives changed.

    True, and also irrelevant.

    Claiming New York is inherently responsible

    Explain what this means in this context. Clearly. Bonus points for considering the very obvious first-order implications of what you’re saying.

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      3 days ago

      Your entire reply boils down to feelings instead of facts. Zero evidence, zero logic, just noise.

      If you want to debate, bring an argument instead of a tantrum. Right now you are just a bowl spaghetti w/o sauce n cheese.

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        Your entire argument can be used to show that no cities (except I guess mining towns?) have inherent importance and you have made no attempt to address this obvious implication of what you’re saying. You still won’t define what the hell you mean inherent importance anyways, and I can only assume that’s because you can’t without it sounding ridiculous.

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          9 hours ago

          That’s not a flaw in my point, that’s the whole point. No city has inherent importance, least of all New York. It’s a monument to self-congratulation — a place that mistakes its own noise for relevance. When the money dries up or people move on, it’ll be just another overbuilt relic.

          You keep demanding some mystical definition of “inherent importance” because you need it to exist, not because it does.

          Your just a silly plate of spaghetti at this point and a last word freak.