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Hugh_Lebowski

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3. Just out of curiosity, and for the sake of discussion ... let's assume for the moment
Fri Mar 17, 2023, 06:23 PM
Mar 2023

that the number is, in reality, some non-zero percentage.

I don't know either way, but it seems like a fairly safe bet it's not 0%.

As you say, numbers like 80-99% are demonstrably inaccurate.

Is there any particular, non-zero percentage ... where you might speculate that ... that would register as a 'significant amount' such that maybe 'we' should 'care about it'?

2%? 5%? 10%? 30%?

Again I don't know the number.

But if there's a number that DOES actually *matter*, what would that number be, assuming it's neither 0% nor 100%?

Could you pick one?

Yes, these are the kinds of large-scale questions that I enjoy pondering, and I don't mean to offend anyone, so sorry in advance if I did. Not my intent, believe me.

But this is how these assholes get away with their nonsense in the political realm. They know we can't pick a number, nor can we positively prove ... there's any particular number that's real.

So they're free to just f*** around like this. It's infuriating, but at the same time ... an interesting question to ponder nonetheless.

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