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- sofas-3
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- 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 lolgrafician - 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 highgrafician - Inflation rate now in the US is over 6% and probably will go to around 9%
Same in the EU zonegrafician - 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 ugrafician - 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
- For the USA. Here's Romania:
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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
- shapesalad-7
Good reporting:
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- 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
- deathboy-14
- This is actually really good! Energy costs in California are astronomical. My parents installed solar 20 years ago and they’ve paid for themselves many times.monospaced
- Off the grid electricity ... no bills, no cost to heat water or hot tub. It’s great.monospaced
- Even better for public sector, like schools and government buildings.monospaced
- Problem i see with this is that no all places in California are best suited for Solar. We just got solar installed, our house is in the High desert....BabySnakes
- which is cloud free 95% of the year and even a fairly see through cloud affected energy collection by half. Places by the beach or forest will suck.BabySnakes
- Not what I’ve heard but okay.monospaced
