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   Message 154,174 of 155,846   
   Wilson to Dude   
   Re: Nearly $1 trillion in wealth fled Ca   
   14 Jan 26 11:51:50   
   
   From: Wilson@nowhere.invalid   
      
   On 1/13/2026 6:53 PM, Dude wrote:   
   > On 1/13/2026 1:45 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:37:06 -0500, Wilson    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> While you're rebuilding all of the leftists and humanity too, take a   
   >>> moment to look at what it takes to incentivize people to do things that   
   >>> everyone else thinks are probably impossible but in the end provide   
   >>> immense value.   
   >>   
   >> you mean like michaelangelo's sistine chapel, or steve job's iphone?   
      
   >>   
   >> It seems that mike did his chapel without needing to be motivated by   
   >> extreme wealth.   
   >>   
      
   > Apparently, Michelangelo was paid handsomely for painting the Sistine   
   > Chapel ceiling, receiving 3,000 ducats from Pope Julius II for the four-   
   > year project (1508-1512), a significant sum equivalent to millions in   
   > today's money.   
      
   Hey now, don't go and get all facty with Bimbo Sombrero.   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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