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  • grafician-3

    • Wrong. The question asked for a definition, not an example. F+nb
  • shapesalad-2
  • PhanLo-4

    Lol, Chill out mate

    • Ugh this is peak “Well, actually” cringenb
    • Argument: “other billionaires use this loophole for evil therefore loophole is evil therefore Patagonia ceo is evil”. Bullshit.nb
    • I'm a techbro, but I am an outdoors guy.ShenanigansTV
  • utopian-4

    Pfizer to JACK UP Price of COVID Shot by 10,000% for the uninsured.

    https://truthout.org/articles/pf…

    #Freedumb

    • Lol uninsured people aren’t getting the shot anywaynb
    • People are hardly getting it now and it’s free. If a booster was even like $20, there would be even fewer people botheringnb
    • https://i.imgur.com/…pablo28
  • shapesalad-2

    Brominated vegetable oil

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br…

    "...a man who consumed two to four liters of a soda containing BVO on a daily basis experienced memory loss, tremors, fatigue, loss of muscle coordination, headache, and ptosis of the right eyelid, as well as elevated serum chloride.[25] In the two months it took to correctly diagnose the problem, the patient also lost the ability to walk."

    "BVO is used in Sun Drop, made by the Dr Pepper Snapple Group.[14] Numerous generic citrus sodas also use it, including; "Mountain Lightning"/Walmart sodas, "Clover Valley"/Dollar General sodas, "Orangette" and Stars & Stripes.[15] BVO is much less frequently used as an emulsifier in non-carbonated drinks, such as flavoring syrups for caffeinated beverages[16] and specialty juices."

  • NBQ00-2

  • FredMcWoozy-3

    Ukit, where are you so obsessed with labels? Your whole argument base is Republican vs Democrat.

    Really shows your narrow mindedness and lack of drive to research both sides of an issue. You just like being spoon fed through your TV.

  • shapesalad-7

    I like Capitalism. Just look what happened to the price of Rhodium in 2017. Doubled your investment if you'd bought into that one.

    LSE:XRH0

    Supply and demand, competition, free market. It's just biological survival in the form of goods and money.

    Governments, trade agreements, taxation - that's where all the problems lie.

    • There are different forms and degrees to capitalism.
      Biological survival can be achieved (sometimes better) in other ways than the current situation which is...
      sofas
    • actually causing mass extinction.
      Today's governments etc. are capitalist.
      sofas
    • THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FREE MARKETS...SKIPPY!utopian
    • Teenage Ayn Rand shite.face_melter
    • is this guy a troll? everything he says is ludicrously uninformed. preaching social darwinism and praising the value of african rocks. get a fucking life.kingsteven
  • sofas-3

    https://talent.works/blog/2018/0…

    "The Science of the Job Search, Part V: Getting Fired (or Laid Off) Costs You ~5 Years of Experience"

  • deathboy-6

    I wonder how many people who are not really on board with capitalism is due to a survivor guilt type thing. They have never experienced any hardships, like real hardships not being able to afford a spendy purse doesn't count. Like needing to make your own cloths. 15k for a trailer as super spendy. skipping meals. They just really hop not to experience such things and want to support things that allow them never to have to experience such things.

    Without a doubt all these politicians in the big league have never lived in any such fashion. immigrants still see more to this country than its inhabitants trying to change shit.

    How many have truely been poor? what did u learn from it? and how did capitalism effect your thinking and life? Lets get some real life home examples of things.

    • why the fuck do you associate capitalism with being poor? it's about means of control, compensation for labor and power against privatizationcolin_s
    • it isn't about the poor not getting rich it's about the rich using various means of oppression and violence to keep things in their favorcolin_s
    • and it's about the fact we're all people and equal and if you think a system should be for creating inequality, then honestly, go fuck yourself.colin_s
    • Rich people don't care much about politics, other than taxes etc. True fanatics of captalism/libertaria... who really burn for the ideology, are all bumsdrgs
    • poor as a church mouse, A true fact, from which sociologists have yet to find an exception.drgs
    • libertarianism/capit... is a cargo cult, ie. if you pretend to be rich, behave the same way, have the same ideology as rich peopledrgs
    • and all the things that bums think rich people do, they think they will get closer to the source of money, so to speakdrgs
    • i associate it because I find those who have been poor and done well are more likely to be free market capitalists.deathboy
    • And the rich doesn't use any means to hold anyone down through capitalism. They do lobby to politicians which make rules to hold people down. But we never blamedeathboy
    • the politician or go after the regulations. Going after individual people and rules doenst work for a larger boogieman saledeathboy
    • and colin im all about equality. its why i support capitalism because it is the only system that holds individual rights equally.deathboy
    • im guessin colin you have never been poordeathboy
    • and drgs your points make no sense. or at least your perception of selfish relation and value of rich vs poor has different moral valuedeathboy
    • the rich as well as the poor want to hold unearned wealth as much as anyone else. Who turns down a free buffet?deathboy
  • utopian-3

  • NBQ00-3

    Lol

  • grafician-5

    Inflation experienced over generations:

    • For the USA. Here's Romania:
      https://www.statista…
      monospaced
    • ^We're over 5% this year already so that's not accurate, as in many other European countries

      < Compared to this tho' it looks like a smooth ride lol
      grafician
    • Smooth ride? The US inflation never went beyond 15% in either direction. In Romania, it was off the charts in both directions. USA is smooth in comparison. :)monospaced
    • Well to put it in context, in the '90s we had hyper inflation and needed to cut an actual 0 from the currency. Since then, smooth sailing - compared to the USgrafician
    • < Also this is not actual inflation data, it's the CPI. Actual inflation number never went to 15%, that'd be HUGE
      Even at around 5% is high
      grafician
    • Inflation rate now in the US is over 6% and probably will go to around 9%

      Same in the EU zone
      grafician
    • Anyway I never expected you monospaced to get these, you posted again out of spite or whatever without no clue, as usualgrafician
    • You posted the inflation rate of my nation, and I posted yours. It's not out of spite, it's just having a conversation :)monospaced
    • Calling me clueless is hilarious though. I have as much of a grasp of this as anyone. These charts are absolutely comparable.monospaced
    • As USUAL, you are triggered AF and will resort to condescending insults. Which, of course, why you are QBN's most despised member right now.monospaced
    • Of course, you'll just insult me further, and continue to deny or ignore the FACT that you have an issue and it's 100% ON YOU.monospaced
    • And because it's all but guaranteed you'll flip the fuck out over this again, I figure you'll imply there's some conspiracy against you. Have fun.monospaced
    • I posted the current CPI for the US because $ inflation affects the entire world you dumb fuck
      not because it was "your nation" I couldn't care less 'bout u
      grafician
    • I posted the Romanian one because it's an interesting comparison. And of course you resort to baseless insults, because you're a lowly troll. That's on you.monospaced
    • I wish you wouldn't get triggered AF and start throwing tantrums like you do. It's really pathetic, and none of your insults are based on reality.monospaced
    • Thing is, I'm not a dumb fuck. And if I am, you're just as dumb, or worse. See how easy that is?monospaced
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  • deathboy-7

    ukit

    You should read the road to serfdom. theres a version with intro by milton friedman. So many academical points in it and one the the most poignant ones to me was hayek concern about writing it. Something along his background wasn't economics, and writing it pissed off even people he respected who declared the book rubbish without reading it. It really challenged some concepts that probably could only be seen by those not involved. It probably is still one of the most valuable insights today into state/vs/individual systems and direct reasons for actions involved.

    it is boring, especially if you know where it is going but also some sections that reminds you he'd love for some social control a better mechanism. in it all some human condition honestly asking for a lil central control. i dont deny that desire i'd love to be taken care of as much as anyone else. i just understand the involvment, and what it entails and the freedoms needed to check for it . Not my thing. I'll live dangerously without the best buy insurance.

    I also think you have to read it to have real understanding of the situation. Well can read and not relate, but its up there with should be mandatory 5th grade stuff.

    • You seem to share the same belief with people on the left that just because something is written down in a book or in an academic paper that it proves somethingyuekit
    • only if it makes sense.deathboy
    • which is the
      big difference.
      deathboy
    • but have you read the book?deathboy
    • the whole hayek vs keynes economic approach in which best supports middleclassdeathboy
    • its wort really looking into if you continue to choose your flavor of beliefdeathboy
    • but your approach to written down bullshit is on par to what i think of human climate change. fools write shit your idiots believe itdeathboy
    • OMG man made climate change is gonna ruin world, says sponsored academics in academic journals... you see the joke right when ignoring the substancedeathboy
    • and if you want to talk the subject material which is so relevant im here.deathboy
    • you'll believe a neoliberal propagandist over scientists and peer reviewed journals? i mean, i have my own thoughts on that, but i'm not quoting friedman...kingsteven
    • people believe what they want to believe. like how i believe you have no idea what you're talking about.kingsteven
    • when you start a sentence with neoliberal propagandist can one expect an unbiased view of the subject?deathboy
    • and im cool with your beliefs it doesn't really change anything, but i might suggest you read the book too... think you are reacting to my commentdeathboy
    • outside original post intention thoughdeathboy
  • grafician-5

  • shapesalad-7

    Good reporting:

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  • deathboy-8

    "capitalism. the thing that sells everything but itself."

    Is it a good thing it doesn't have a pitch? Should it have one or just be crucified by everyone exploiting it?

    • Lol @ sells itself.nb
    • its like gravity needing a pr firmdeathboy
  • deathboy-9

    Utopian how come u never remind people their favorite things they dig are capitalism or even being able to afford them. Can you honestly say capitalism hasn't helped the lowest rung of civilization? Hell even the poorest here has a refrigerator. We have selection. A plethora of choices at different price points. The opportunities you do t see is why still the majority of ppl of other countries want to come here.... But than again maybe u know that and love capitalism but really hate cronyism and gov involvement in freemarkets. Since that is the majority of your posts. Not sure I've seen u mention a single failure in all this time

    • "the majority of ppl of other countries want to come here" - No they don't. Just read the link below.Morning_star
    • https://www.pewresea…Morning_star
    • Hmm seems to be not about topic of immigration in relation to other countries. Any thing better that supports your view?deathboy
    • If most ppl want to immigrate to us even with the don... Says so etching about the usdeathboy
    • the lowest rung of civilzation was fucking created by capitalism you dipshit. perpetual greed and power over equal rights is the function of that machinecolin_s
    • Oh really. What saint built the iphone u probably love?deathboy
    • I'm stunned by such a statement. What is capitalism death toll vs what ppl value? Ppl despise covid-19 not close to mao deaths or stalin. Or so many represseddeathboy
    • Nations and yet majority of immigration is to the us. Why? Because we have created the lowest rung of civilization?deathboy
    • I do t know what church u learned your shit in but as a look democrat says the faith is strong in udeathboy