Ada Palmer

Right.

So it's sort of doubly ironic that they are doing the same thing.

Yeah, they're doing the same thing.

In the 1500s.

Yeah, I think there's actually an interesting parallel to today where—

Not to be too on the nose, but like sometimes you'll debate like what is the odds that America becomes a sort of a Putinist kind of country within a couple of decades?

And I think the odds are actually quite low.

Right.

Just because even though constitutionally or at least in precedent, the president is very powerful.

The Republican expectation is so strong that the amount of resistance that is faced, even when you successfully do something.

Right.

Demotivates the next escalation.

Yeah.

I think you should discuss the fact that the Medici's are the bankers for the papacy.

What does that mean?

Why is that necessary?

And how they're able to make money off of that from the interest on the float?

How do we know that he wasn't just trying to get back into power?

Okay, so a few weeks ago, I gave Open Claw a Mercury debit card and I set a few hundred dollar limit and I asked it to plan a date for me.

And here's what happened.