Friendly reminder that 90% of startups fail inside the first five years
redefining what a state can be
the Ukrainian state can be as simple and nimble as 5 Harvard alumnus sharing a suite at the St. Regis in Washington, D.C., 2 of which have never been to Ukraine.
Alumni 🤭
soo going bankrupt
like Ukraine wouldn't be able to import anything right now if west hadn't pumped it with billions of dollars.
Yes but some will have made lots of money
Unsustainable over promised buzzword hyped company surviving on endless venture capital fundraising is pretty much just silicon valley.
that's the definition of a startup yeah, a company that hasn't yet found a profitable model and relies on investors to keep afloat in the meantime.
Not exactly a compliment lol, I would feel insulted if somebody said that's how I run my country.
redefining what a state can be
That type of state? Rump.
Literally hollowed-out after privatizing everything + fascist, Westerners love that new definition lmao
Cyberpunk dystopia.
More like mudpunk dystopia. Everything has been bombed into the mud
Good thing the state is in the cloud then.
Redefining what a state can be
A corporation, for example
"The state exists for free markets that funnel all capital to foreign investors" bruh you just reinvented the East Indian Tea Company
Decentralized like a blockchain but instead of crypto it’s competing mafia gangs
I'm not running out of ammunition, I'm simply redefining the concept of a supply chain
Ukraine: the Juicero of nation-states
"Hmm, we can't call it 'propaganda', because propaganda is what bad states do. And we can't call it 'advertisements' because that's giving away that we're trying to turn the country into a corporation. And just calling it 'lies' is right out. What phrase can we use to get fascists on board with us lying to them?.."
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inb4 Ukraine pivots to Poland
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