Walker88

Funny. I know you're well read enough to know James Clerk Maxwell. Do you know he used just mathematics to determine the structure of the rings of Saturn? When we have a quiet Saturday afternoon we might reread The Power and the Glory, or watch Peaky Blinders. Maxwell took quill and paper and figured out what makes the rings. Yes, there is no reason in this modern world to ever be bored, unless by choice.

Step back and look at the big picture. Despite silliness like TikTok (a platform where those without talent produce content for those without taste), QAnon, trump, Ukraine, Darfour, squirrels who hire chipmunks…..this is not the worst time in history. I suspect things were a bit worse in the 1930s. And definitely in the 1940s. The US wasn't such a fun place to live in the 1860s, nor China in the 1960s. The world before antibiotics wasn't so much fun, where having sex might mean a nasty burn until one was in the box. Pancreatic cancer before morphine was likely rather unpleasant. Going back further, Genghis Khan wiped out 20% of humanity, and yet some consider him some sort of hero. Today we might have crazed religious zealots who still believe in Skydaddies, reincarnation, a 6000 year old Earth, "souls" or the Big Alibi ("Joey, I swear god did it"), but only in a few places (mostly in the Middle East) do we have Inquisition-style behavior. Plus, the Earth is no longer flat. Slavery is also at its lowest point in human history. Let’s take a moment to be grateful. Today's plus side includes things like the entire body of human knowledge being available at one's fingertips. Maxwell and Faraday, inter alia, would have sold their "souls" for that kind of access. Also, old guys can take a meager pension and retire in a tropical paradise like Thailand, a place where they might even be able to pretend they are the stud muffin at 70+ they (never) were at 21. For those who think today is Dark Age 2.0, take a page out of the notebook of Isaac Newton (and Leibniz). When schools got shut down due to a recurrence of the Plague, Newton used his time to develop calculus. That certainly beats what students did during our Covid school shutdown, where they bingewatched Walking Dead or TikTok videos. Perhaps we should truly never let a crisis go to waste. It’s our own fault if we don’t use our time wisely. Now there is a downside to the modern world. We are getting dumber, and we are getting proud of our dumbness. Maybe there are Maxwells and Faradays out there (Nima Arkani-Hamed? Jim Simons?), but absolutely no way do I see we have the intellect that was gathered together at Los Alamos to develop the bomb (Oppie, Bethe, Teller, Fermi, Serber, Wilson, Lawrence, Feynman, Bohr). Of course, maybe that is a good thing in some sense. We're also getting dumber because we no longer need to use our brain for simple tasks like multiplying 8 x 13 or making change for a 75 baht purchase using a 100 baht note. We don't physically write much anymore, instead typing on a keyboard or simply speaking into a mic. We couldn't find our neighbor's house without GPS. Entire areas of our brains are going to go fallow. Luckily we'll be subjects of AI robots who will make sure we take our vitamins and clean the lint from our navels. One thing that is concerning is never in all of human history has a single human been potentially as powerful as today. Sure, Genghis killed millions, but the average crazy guy was severely limited in how many "souls" he or she could take out. A guy could go into a village with a sword and maybe kill a dozen before villagers strung him up. Bad for the deceased, but not an apocalypse. Today, a single bad guy could do something like develop a pathogen that could wipe out millions, even all of our species. Terrorists could get their hands on a nuke (like from Pakistan or India) and take out a Paris or downtown Bangkok. "Forward-thinking" entities like al Qaeda have sent their best and brightest to the West to get advanced degrees in biochemistry, and their intent was not to cure the common cold. On a national scale, in places where autocrats rule, a single command could start WWIII. Imagine a thousand Tsar Bombas being set off (Tsar Bomba, detonated 30 October 1961, had the power of ALL the bombs dropped in WWII times 10....that is nasty.) Think of the firepower in a single modern sub, loaded with 20 multiple-warhead carrying Trident missiles. Scary stuff. Now as an eternal optimist, I don't think we'll nuke each other and we probably will avoid a lab-created pathogen that wipes us all out. Our greatest threat may well be that we die of boredom (Imagine what Bach or Liszt would think of EDM/Techno/House/Trance). Aaaaaaaahhhhhh !!!!!!!

Good intentions and campaign promises are one thing, but reality tends to intrude. The world is awash in productive capacity. It doesn't need another Singapore or China or Germany. There is no idle space sitting out there waiting for a 'developed' Thailand to assume, even if Thailand could up its game to developed status in the term of one election cycle. There is a process to becoming a developed state, and Thailand has a long way to go before it could have a Silicon Valley or be cutting edge in any 21st Century technology. Thailand's economic success over the last decade or two was the result of two things: FDI because it was cheap, and debt. All that FDI did not come to Thailand because of the 'highly educated workforce'. All that FDI has a cycle, too, and when plants become obsolete, sometimes they just pick up and move to the next cheap place. Maybe it could become more difficult for expats to reside in Thailand, but economic development is not going to be the cause. Nationalism, maybe, but not economics. The potential new PM is quite international, and whatever his long term goals for Thailand might be, he is experienced enough to know development isn't going to happen from within. It will require friendly relations with those who can aid Thailand. He is unlikely to alienate the very nations he will need, even if their retired expats are of minimal use to Thailand. He will have other priorities than worrying about Western pensioners. Of more concern to those pensioners would be a Party who might pander to Thais who suffer from xenophobia, though even that would be unlikely to change things in the near term. If Thai Rak Thai couldn't do that, little is on the horizon that might. If I were a pensioner living here, I wouldn't be too worried.

Some get their 'education' and worldview from pulp fiction and Hollywood B-fare. These people also think Men in Black is a documentary.

"As evidence of alleged interference, the protesters brought up US Ambassador Robert Godec’s “call” for the Thai government to promptly release the election results, which he wrote on the day after the election." Perhaps I operate using a different logic, but I can't quite see this Ambassador's comment as proof that the agency was involved in influencing the election. Thailand is a lovely country, but it just doesn't happen to be a geopolitical priority of the US. That's why it has a career diplomat as Ambassador, and not a FOP (Friend of POTUS). Other than cooperating on things like international terrorism, the foreign policy arm of the USG simply wishes Thailand and its people well. I appreciate that those protesters likely consider Thailand the center of the known Universe, but others don't quite see it that way.

If you've been in Thailand for a while, and you've actually 'broadened your horizons', then you know that in the eyes of a good many Thais, the sex tourist is superior to the backpacker, because the sex tourist spends money. Thailand does have a lot to offer outside of the bar industry, but the primary goal of most Thais is money. Status is a huge desire. Face is everything. Wealth is face. Thais buy lottery tickets at a faster pace than even the US, where lottery prizes are massive compared to the paltry winnings in Thailand. All those ticket peddlers walking the street carrying their wooden box of 'lucky tickets' suggest money is a primary societal goal. Making an offering at a temple---so that it will come back a hundredfold---is ubiquitous. Even good health is a distant second to money. Wealth also suggests to the faithful that one is being rewarded for living a previous virtuous life. It doesn't matter how one gains that face; it only matters if the goal of wealth, and hence the face it conveys, is achieved. That is why bargirls lie. It's a kind of Bayesian Inference: they lie to get money because having money is proof of their goodness. Bargirls know that their gift from the gods was looks, and as this thread also shows, a bit of guile plus looks can lead a woman to the promised land. The guile comes in the form of lies and tactics that would make a used car salesman or a CIA case officer applaud. With all that being said, who might be the most desired tourist? It isn't the backbacker and Full Moon Party devotee. It's a rich person who will spend, even if the spending is on bargirls. A smitten sex tourist will wine and dine his teerak, maybe clothe her, maybe aid a sick buffalo (the proverbial bargirl lie) or fix a leaky roof (a close second), and probably buy her gold. Lots of business people benefit from that spending, far more than the folks who buy baggy elephant pants or banana pancakes. I can appreciate a gaggle of Western GenZers might consider themselves somehow superior to the sex tourists, but that is an opinion shared only among themselves, that demo that is the Participation Trophy Generation who are convinced they have thought thoughts no human before them ever thought. It is delusion, the very hallmark of GenZ and Millennials. That ilk also carries along a morality that does not exist in Thailand, where things are more flexible. A corrupt to the core person who is wealthy is 'respected', even if he or she never made an honest baht. Women who earn a lot from offering pleasure to tourists, and who subsequently build a family home in Isaan, are respected members of their village, and their family gains face. So sick buffalos, leaky roofs, 'don't like young men', 'don't like Thai men', 'you sooo han sum' are lies, but with a socially acceptable goal in mind.

Any connection between this and the worship of the phallic and vagina icons in Korat? Maybe the abbot is just a devotee of that sext sect?

But does Bard know this? Moving forward reduces fear. You can also reduce fear by consciously making the eye movements used when moving forward, which is to say, moving your eyes from side to side. You don't even need to move forward, just shift the eyes left and right. There is an odd confluence of the optic nerve and areas of the brain involved in fear. It's an adaptation that has been selected into the species. It suggests that our human ancestors who met danger head on had a greater survival rate than those who cut and ran, or at the very least it suggests those who froze in the tracks got eaten. Bringing it back to Wayne's Walk, to some extent he was becoming the character he tried to project. Physical action can alter reality. Neuroplasticity.

It isn't ego, it's ability to spend. I have 300 ties still. Absurd, but it is what it is. I don't need but more than one or two here, and those only rarely. You spend what you can spend. I saved on average 97% of take home, but I still was a conspicuous consumer. The world isn't fair. I was compensated for value I didn't really add. NYC and other major cities like London and Tokyo were full of people like me.

NYC has always been a bit of an outlier in terms of pricing. If one is in a high-paying line of work, one adjusts, or put another way, adopts the habits of one's peers. It's still easy to save. Back when I lived there, and when we still had to dress for work, I'd hit the Brioni shop and pick up multiple suits at a time. Find a shop that sells Stefano Ricci shirts and load up there, too. Ties were Hermes or Brioni. It was the 'uniform'. Still have most of them and they both still fit and look new. Quality does last. Of course there isn't much occasion to wear the stuff in Bangkok, except for a few of the the shirts, so most all of it remains in another home. Many found their way into Goodwill, too. Somebody got a bargain. In the end I was happy to leave NYC for an Asian capital, and later that entire industry. It's really easy to drift into a-hole-dom when one earns at that rate. When I realized I had become an a-hole, I quit. Been paying penance ever since, as well as 200 baht for as good of a haircut as I ever got in some phoofy NYC salon.

Closer to home, a night at the Mandarin Oriental in Bangkok will run you from 19500 baht to 430000 baht, depending on the room. The 430000 baht/night suite is fully booked until mid next month. Enjoy your money. You can't take it with you, and kids generally don't deserve it.

Thank you. I always wondered why my IQ was 27.

Seems as worthwhile as any religion; in fact, I think it greatly trumps being a Benedictine monk. Paganism never goes away. It's in the genome of most humans. New faiths just get spread like butter on top of what was already there. Even the ancients figured out that it takes two to tango. Tab A has to go into Slot B, lest the race go extinct. It makes sense to worship the tools of procreation. I have been in agogos where a mamasan carries around a dildo and subservient bargirls bow and let her pat parts of their bodies with the appendage. I don't think that act is in anyone's Holy Book.

It's a well-written article, and I don't believe the female writer is a kid. Perhaps you should open the LINK and read it.

That would not be him, so you've seen a Not Stickman. Still it could have been a Notstickman, but more likely a Not Notstickman. Or you could have seen the ghost of Trink, known to appear sometimes in the Patpong area. Though I don't know for sure, I believe Stickman is fairly thin, maybe 180 cm, and late 40s. I think you can Google and find images of him online.

Whenever I read something where the writer goes on about things like Davos or the 'globalist elite', the Dunning-Kruger Effect naivete makes my teeth hurt. Will Forum members be reading about chemtrails or FEMA Camps next? Though you won't believe it, "Davos" is where the wealthy and those who want to be seen as 'somebody' go to show off the new interior of their Gulfstream 700. Put another way, it's about comparing 'junk' size. Those who fear Davos ought to fear lightning more, because there is a slight possibility that lightning could affect their life, while there is a 0% chance Davos will. In fact, research shows that even the flimsiest of Covid-19 masks gives the wearer full protection against everything Davos-ian. One doesn't even need to line it with tin foil. As for the silly conspiracy nonsense about 'globalist elite', have you not noticed even Bezos and Musk compete against each other (in space), and both are Americans (Musk naturalized). Do you think Chinese, Russian, Middle Eastern and old money European billionaires all just get along like Frat Brothers? These 'globalist elite' conspire to choose a Thai PM? Geez. Thailand might be #25 in terms of population, but is likely #100 or so in terms of world importance. It's an afterthought, except for a certain group of retirees or young ravers. Thailand is a lovely place, but not so significant that some international elite would care one way or the other who the PM is. Most of the elite couldn't care less you exist. Most spend their time trying to knock whomever they think is their competitor off the top. They 'cooperate' the way the Pakistanis and Indians cooperate, or the Israelis and Palestinians, Germans and French, Hatfields and McCoys, Red Shirts and Yellow Shirts. Relax.

The staff asked him to take it out in the street, away from the shop. I don't know the rules---legal in public or not---and neither did they foreigner.

Banning it again would cause some pain to those who spent big overbuilding weed shops, but financial pain is rarely part of political calculus. If the Thai majority is anti-weed, they won't shed any tears for those who lose. I have heard from some Thai people, even young ones, that many shops look comical and 'give Thailand a bad name'. That is their opinion. Some do create a carnival atmosphere and seem to be sets from a Cheech and Chong movie. I'm not a user, so it won't bother me one way or the other if they stay or go. I know there's a market for it, though probably a lot smaller than the now ubiquitous shops would suggest. I would hope users are discreet and take into consideration other's private space. Cig smokers often fail to do that and impose their habit on others. Two days ago I was eating in an al fresco area of a restaurant, where there were many signs with weed leaves and the int'l "NO !" symbol on top of it, yet some foreign guy maybe 65-70 years old lit up a boner whose heavy smoke covered both inside and outside the shop. That is rude. That sort of inconsiderate behavior could well lead to a renewed ban.

I suspect this post will be deleted, too, despite the fact it is directly related to Durham. I know several people who were drilled by Durham and his people. Incidentally they all had to hire lawyers, though most have personal liability insurance because of the positions they hold/held. None are FBI, all are agency. To a person they said Durham was goal seeking. He had zero interest in the evidence of actual collusion, but merely went searching for un-dotted "i"s and uncrossed "t"s, so that he could hang his hat and expense on something or anything. When actual evidence was revealed in intel reports (such as manafort's meeting with kilimnik, or stone and Wikileaks), the response was "That's manafort...or stone, not trump", as if trump didn't know. "Hey, I just hired paul as my Campaign Manager...anybody know where he is?" Nonsense. Note that Durham found nothing untoward in the agency, and even praised Brennan's handling of the matter. Perhaps in time these interview subjects will come out and expose the facts about Durham. Maybe there will be an investigation of the investigators of the investigators, kind of a 3rd derivative.

You eat according to your own metabolism and fitness level. That is becoming clearer each day as new research is undertaken. Overweight and sedentary people best avoid simple carbs, sugars and salt. Very fit and low body fat people can eat lots of carbs and may need extra salt. They burn the carbs via exercise, lose salt through sweat, and many need to replenish it, especially if they have generally low BP. There's a new breed of physicians who gear diet toward the fitness and fatness level of their patients. Generalizations are bad because no one size fits all. What diet a person with, say, fasting blood glucose of 65-70, 10% body fat, and BP of 105/65 needs, is much different from what a 100+ fasting blood glucose, 30%+ body fat, and BP of 130/80 needs. Re happiness as a function of weight, I simply cannot believe it's fun to waddle around looking six months pregnant, with aching joints, back pain, no definition and always gasping for breath. The cakes and pies and colas cannot be that much of a reward to overcome the pain of obesity. As for Thai women and their weight gain, I'm of the view (absent good research) that there is a high correlation between the 7-11 diet and the extra kilos. I recall a quote from many years ago---when Thai women might have averaged 40-45 kg---that when a Thai woman is eating she's fantasizing about her next meal. In the past that next meal was spicy somtam or noodle soup with a few balls of minced meat. Sadly, today that next meal is a sugary vente latte with some packaged junk from 7-11.

You sound bitter. Calling me a 'troll' because I introduced some recent research smacks of keto cult status. Besides having a background in biochemistry (undergrad degree), I follow the work coming out of major medical schools and research institutes. I have a preference for work coming out of Stanford, as that happens to be one of my alma maters. I read the work and follow the LINKS suggested by people like Dr Peter Attia and Dr Andrew Huberman. Research is ongoing, but there are issues arising with the keto diet. Low serotonin production is one issue, and that has links to depression and other mood swings. Perhaps your obvious bitterness stems from that. Having never been overweight and never out of shape, I never had any need for keto diets, but I do read the research out of curiosity. Diets cannot be changed drastically with no side effects. Long term keto dieters have taught their body to turn off insulin production. Research is ongoing to determine what effects that could have when the pure keto diet stops. Wonderful that you lost so much weight (though I never will understand how anyone could gain that much weight to begin with. I suppose it's never too late to adopt the self control and discipline that was lacking when all that weight was packed on.)

(This will fit the tl:dr category.) How? You can start by avoiding the "morons". Avoid negative people, unless it's a friend who needs a quick boost. The title of this thread was curious enough to get me to open it, and as I read through the comments, I realized I cannot recall any major mood swings or bad days in my own life for quite some time, perhaps decades. I pass each day at worst in a neutral state, and at best both grateful for today and anticipatory for tomorrow. I'm not sure why that is my state, but I have a few ideas. Nothing I write here could be a quick fix, but as a long term plan, maybe it would help you. If anyone is clinically depressed, of course, then medical intervention might be needed, as that sort of mood is physical. One cannot cure that any more than one can will away a broken leg. Another thing to consider is if one has markedly altered one’s diet. There is a body of research suggesting a link between low carb diets and depression, as the body fails to produce enough serotonin. What I write is not Deepak Chopra or Tony Robbins psychobabble, but more Francis Bacon science. I read a lot of research. I believe I’m nothing more than a biomechanical entity, a collection of muscles and organs and nerves and neurons that are my mind and body. When it breaks down eventually and the neurons stop firing, all I was and all I am returns to the nothingness it was before my birth. So be it. The machine tends to work well, but it can be altered in both positive and negative ways. I am also a believer in neuroplasticity, the ability of the brain to get rewired. That rewiring can be either positive or negative. Injury or illness can be negative. The way one thinks seems to indicate another way to rewire, and again, that can be either positive or negative. Think of it like learning a difficult piece on classical guitar. Initially one must be very deliberate in manipulating the hand to get the right fingerings. Do it a thousand times, and it becomes subconscious. You have produced brain-body connections that control movements without conscious thought. I believe one can program the mind in the same way to produce ups and neutrals, with minimal or no negatives. So here are some suggestions. Obviously they are only suggestions, but some might help. First, take time to feel grateful. I don't have any beliefs or religion, but 'grateful' is just a sense that life or experiences have been fun. I play back funny or satisfying moments of each day, talks I had with friends, things I did, and often do the same for more distant memories or experiences. I also think of accomplishments for which I feel proud. Second, I once heard a guy say that you should do something every day that 'sucks'. I now do that. Find something you really need to do, but absolutely don't want to do, then get it done. The idea seemed silly at first, almost masochistic, but it gives one a sense of accomplishment and clears the decks to move into a positive way of thinking and feeling, because 'the worst is behind me'. For me, that thing that 'sucks' could be a two hour exercise regime, or it could be cleaning up my house. There even could be some pleasure in doing the task (I do enjoy my weight lifting routines), but if there is an element of pain, great effort, or boredom in the task, that makes it the thing that 'sucks'. Get it out of the way, and then the rest of the day becomes better. Beating or completing the thing that sucks is another way of testing yourself. I have found that one of the things I enjoy most is taking on challenges. Find out what your limits are. Find out how strong or tough or resilient or skilled you are. Push yourself. Third, be endlessly curious. Anyone alive today has it better than 99.999% of all the ~130 billion humans who have ever existed. The entire body of knowledge gleaned by humans since Oldavai Gorge is at our fingertips, something Newton, Maxwell, Faraday, Aristotle, etc. could not even dream about. That is a staggering opportunity to have.....provided one is interested in learning and knowing. Fourth, learn to be anticipatory in a positive way. Find or create something that you look forward to. It could be meeting a friend tomorrow. It could be a vacation. It could be working on a skill, like woodworking, playing classical guitar, pursuing some new hobby, etc. Find the things that could please you, then plan to undertake them. Fifth, have a sense of humor, even one that is absurdist or cynical. Create in your mind a skit about the morons you must deal with, or about some world event that is not a positive. Imagine you're doing improvisational comedy, and use your creativity to turn a sow's ear into a silk purse. It not only can make you laugh, it requires the kind of consuming creativity that takes away the negative element of the morons or terrible world events. If there is a common element to any of the things I've written, it is that most seem to be outward looking. None involve navel gazing or 'woe is me' thinking. Do these things, or learn over time how to do them, and---if you have the same experience I do---you will find your days, and mood, is either positive or at worst, neutral. From a biochemical perspective, I think this is the best one can do. One cannot be in a constant state of a dopamine rush, as one would become inured to it. As an example, think of having endless sex. It would get boring. If one allows time for the hormones to replenish, however, then the next romp in the hay is a peak experience. The brain and body renew themselves, and the desires return. Some people find comfort or strength in some faith. Maybe that would work for you. If it does, great. Personally, I hold no religious beliefs, and am of the view that all faiths were developed by men who were either liars or lunatics. I am of the opinion that one faith or philosophy was founded by someone who was clinically depressed. He found a ‘solution’ in a mental state, largely because science and medicine were so primitive 2500 years ago there was no alternative. Because life was difficult back then, his solution was embraced by others and a major faith arose. Of course, that guy didn’t know about dopamine or other hormones, so had absolutely no understanding of the physical nature of existence, mood or mental state. He made up lots of drivel, but it resonated with people who needed an outlet and some sort of hope. No one is ever going to eliminate the hits that life inevitably provides, like the death of a loved one or a terrible illness, but the goal should be to make the time when those hits are being absorbed much more enjoyable. Existence might not have any real meaning, but each of us has the ability to enjoy, and that in and of itself produces all the meaning one needs.

Always an interesting and contentious subject.... The dollar is strong despite the ever-growing deficit primarily because there is no other place to go. Capital seeks return, plus ease of entry and exit. The US' strength is its massive liquid capital markets, rule of law, and the taxing authority of a government in charge of a $25 trillion economy and a land that remains---with some threats on the horizon---the hub of technological innovation. Ain't nobody innocent in all this. The EU, when facing the 2008 Financial Crisis, doubled down and could see a world of hurt coming. Remember what the EU did: Dragi saw two problems, high interest rates getting in the way of sovereign borrowing, and bank NPLs. He 'solved' it by printing money, giving it to banks, and telling them to load up on sovereign debt. Banks bought so much they drove Spain's rates from 7% down to 50 pips. That allowed Spain and others to borrow a lot more, and created 'gains' for banks, whose leveraged and reserve requirements dropped because of this Ponzi Scheme of Dragi. If rates continue to rise, banks lose those gains on the paper they hold, and the cost of servicing EU sovereign debt goes up as paper matures and needs to be rolled over. Also, little was done to actually eliminate EU banks' NPLs. Exacerbating the problem is the fact the EU banking system is about 3 times the size of EU GDP, while in the US the banking system is only a bit over 80% of US GDP. Switzerland is a problem in and of itself. I'll just say this: look at Swiss GDP, then look at the asset base of UBS-Credit Swiss. A banking crisis in Switzerland would decimate its economy. Those banks also have lots of dollar loan exposure to Eastern Europe and other developing economies, while the dollar in which the loans were made has risen a lot against home currencies. No way the yen or yuan become the reserve currency. The servicing requirements of Japan's debt as a % of govt inflows makes Greece look stable. Japan has an aging population and a woefully underfunded pension system, owing to peculiarities in accounting by trust banks that manage pensions. China has no rule of law, so getting capital out will always be an issue. China also has enormous excess capacity in almost everything, especially steel. Bitcoin? Ah....a thing that is wildly energy intensive, closely held by a relatively few individuals with zero power behind them (vs sovereigns with laws, efficient markets, militaries, etc.) where transactions are limited by the complexity of the system, has about a 0% chance of being significant in a world with a $65 trillion economy. When 'mining' coins used more energy in 2022 than the energy used in the nation of Argentina, something incredibly silly is going on. The dollar will eventually fall by the wayside, but if one is older than, say, age 20, one won't see it.

You smoke for the taste? Eat a brownie/cookie for that flavor? I'm willing to bet 95% or more of those who use weed do so with the intent of getting high, not to enjoy 'hints of black currant and licorice'.

They will join the ranks of those who bought Blockbuster Video franchises, set up Internet Cafes, installed sidewalk telephone booths, owned 1 hour film developing shops, sold asbestos insulation...or they will just revert to the Indian Tailor shop or Family Mart they were before weed was made kind of legal. Capital will be reallocated and banks will add to their NPLs. Capitalism is dynamic, buffeted by changes tastes, innovation, and perhaps in this instance, democracy.