Gdp

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gdp

Title text: We're living in a horrifying dystopia too. It's just hard to tell from the inside.

Votey

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We neededa new economic metric gdp is ridiculous. With gdp, lif we extinguish species to sell high- priced meat, we're more prosperous

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A proposal was made.

Wwat if we measured happiness instead?

Great idea! For one get really happy when briefly restrict akitten's air supply

An advanced utilitarianism was born we shall measure positive emotions that are well earned righteousness dignity, and honor or rdh.

Politicians were convinced

Gdp falling.

Am willing to do anything to make seem

Otherwise

Bless you

Alaw was enacted

Hereafter those people who generate rdh will receive cash reward people who lower rdh shall be taxed

Society changed beyond recognition at today's presidential debate, nobody called anyone babykiller

Then, things seemed to plateau

We ve hit peak rdh there's new data out what's holding people only feel these os back? Emotions relative to other people's bad behavior

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The problem became clear if everyone kept their word all the time there wouldn't be term for honor. It's like how there's no word for keeping nour liver inside your booy

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We need more scumbags.

A secret program began

We have created an island on this island we will place weird fred. Weird fred will go around the island collecting koalas and placing them in an enormous blender this will be broadcast live worldwide

Rdh skyrocketed.

Weird fred has got to be stoppeo the world at crossroads there can be no quarter when facing the hoary countenance of evil I must select my hashtag with care

Ever more military funding was required to defend fred against civilian attackers nuclear detonations were detected near koalab lend cove we don'- know how werd fred got such powerful defenses but by goo it feels good to do battle with him

The righteous toil thrice as hard

Not that it matters but gdp has quadrupled this year

Well all the tech spinoffs have helped lot

People of the future will not remember why poverty and disease disappeared.

If can core all homan ailments I can fight fred until die

They will not remember what propelled their ancestors to the stars

Wait minute if we point the anti -gravity missiles up we can go to alpha centauri

Or, in any case, they will choose not to look into too carefuuly dio people create any inventions before the year 3100 that werent either oesigneo or repurposed immediately for war?

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Don't think they counted as people

That point did theva

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