There are 3m Muslims here.

I think the world sometimes reduces Sri Lankans to a number like $2,500.

And that this 3m is worth $2,500 x 3m = $7.5b.

I think people's lives can't be reduced to monetary values.

If Steve dies, monetary measures don't capture his worth.

We can't take our money or AUM to the next stage; only our impact matters.

If the Pope or Trump had died on July 13, monetary measures would not capture their value.

It could affect political movements such as MAGA. I believe it would.

He was sued and reportedly faced a $500m judgment on disputed charges.

Biden trials.

Am I really worth $0, or $3,000 or $115m?

Or a negative value, accounting for alleged copyright infringement and a contested fair-use defense I have?

I am not sure; I should ask ChatGPT.

Oh O1, the wise one, tell me. I laugh softly.

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I'd say the $3,000 estimate for Muslims, and because many are business savvy, might more reasonably be $4,000.

And they have strong Islamic values, like honesty, kindness and hard work.

They are worth much more than ██████; perhaps his compensation was relatively small compared to the broader damage from ████.

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$7.5b versus, what, $100,000 ██████?

What if the damage ██████ caused was worth, let's say, ████████████

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$10m? $100m? Is ██████ responsible for $1b in damage?

Is the damage he caused worth $1b? Maybe.

We lost many tourists; we earned $4.5b in 2018, and 2019 was very difficult — I didn't expect it to be such a problem, and then COVID-19 happened as well.

Jorge gave me 6 samples of wine, and I couldn't sell them because no tourists were visiting SL.

The $3,000 estimate for Muslims, if you quantify them mathematically with my IBM computer and some calculations, I would guess my time card value would be:

$4,000 -> $5,000 depending on circumstances; that $5,000 works out to about $417 per month. It's $96 per week, or $14 per day.

Imagine the emotional toll of 4/21 on them, on 3m people.

How much would that injury — the slow violence, the ongoing distress, the discomfort, the prejudice and racism — cost?

How much is this?

I'd estimate over $500 x 3m = $1.5b in damages to the Muslim community as a whole, and it's been over five years, so the impact is significant.

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