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> And the only way to prove you’re serious about this opinion is to gamble on it!

If it's a strong claim it's not much of a gamble, is it? Talk is cheap.

I miss the days when having a financial stake in something was considered a conflict of interest, and not a weakly held belief. Your whole transactional nihilism schtick here is extremely gross. People can have genuine beliefs, and share those without being motivated by pumping their own bags.

Showing that one's claim is not hollow can be achieved in a variety of ways. A prediction market was just a suggestion of one possibility. I'm open to other ways that bojan can show that their claim isn't just empty venting.

DO YOU THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD AGREE? CARE TO MAKE IT INTERESTING? WHY DON'T YOU PUT IT UP ON POLYMARKET, BRO? OTHERWISE, YOUR WORDS ARE EMPTY VENTING.

(See how dumb this is?)

Yeah, that's pretty dumb. It's also not what I said. The original comment is a vague insinuation

> Those who know their history also know that the current American administration is of a kind that usually ascends following the rules, but then never voluntarily leaves power.

and not really becoming of a top level Hacker News post. I requested a clarification from bojan and they did not respond to the request. We're all welcome to make our own interpretation of that.

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