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> the next thing you know, we
> will be talking about everything
> under the sun.
A profitable operation is very different from the artisanal handcrafted beekeeping most often advocated here on Bee-L. Lots of received wisdom "does not scale well" up to even 500-700 colonies, and varroa et al have raised the minimum economies of scale for profitable operations that can pay salaries and put kids through college well above that. I'd guesstimate that "minimum critical mass" these days is in the 4000 colony range.
I talk about profitability sometimes... and I hear only crickets...
> we need to look at fiat currency
But all currency is "fiat currency" - the Swiss Franc was he last to go, backed by "40% gold" until 2000. (Krugerrands are still "legal tender" in South Africa, but they have not minted any since the 1960s, so they are more of a novelty birthday gift than anything else. No one tosses a Krugerrand on the bar to pay for a round of drinks.)
> academia exists as a socialist
> institution where profitability is not an issue
Except for the "licensing" wings of every institution, who try and turn even bad ideas into revenue streams. The whole reason for the existence of the "Route 128 tech loop" around Boston was that academics would suddenly leave their college posts and launch a start-up with an idea that seemed good enough to make them wealthy, so the colleges also created "incubators" to keep them on campus.
> 90% of academic staff being very
> left-wing, and right-wing views
> are largely suppressed
It's not that "academics" are political, it is that they deal in facts. But accusing facts of being biased is common these days.
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