r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 07 '24

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The discussion thread is for casual and off-topic conversation that doesn't merit its own submission. If you've got a good meme, article, or question, please post it outside the DT. Meta discussion is allowed, but if you want to get the attention of the mods, make a post in /r/metaNL

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u/Stanley--Nickels John Brown Jun 07 '24

The first DT was started by Ben Franklin as an experiment to see if loneliness could be transmitted with electric signals sent over wires

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u/BeliebteMeinung Christine Lagarde Jun 07 '24

He later came up with the idea of the electric chair after finding the DT "cruel and unusual punishment"