@freepatriot
3 of these are stupid wrong. 4 if you count school as a job.
@monarchist @korsier @freepatriot I often think about the Coca Cola case.
Lots of people drink way too much Coca Cola.
I then try to come up with, how can markets be made more functional, and will that help people realize that they should not drink too much Coca Cola?
Is better education needed?
A long term fix is of course darwinism, but that only works over generations.
@korsier @freepatriot @monarchist
Is there a list of micro nations and how they are doing?
Also, this is an interesting observation. Is there anything that would have prevented pacific islands from innovating? Or is it that the heritage and culture of Liechtenstein and Monaco are superior which enabled them to survive?
Let me throw in the caribbean islands into the mix. There are quite a few which focus on banking and they seem to be pretty successful.
@korsier @freepatriot @monarchist
True! Since there is no accountability in politics, and since people are "captured" for 4 years, it makes long term, well thought out plans impossible, and socialism more or less inevitable in order to buy votes.
@monarchist @Example @korsier @freepatriot
This is a good step in the right direction. I think few can quarrel with a government that maximizes opportunity and material welfare. Having the word equal, actually shifts the focus and the entire enterprise ends up becoming counter productive. it is just confusing.
@monarchist @cjd @korsier @freepatriot
Oh yes! Modern education is a joke and is deteriorating world wide due to "equality" and woke.
I think a return to the school of the late 1800s or early 1900s would be the best way forward.
We also need to cut the time people spend in school. Todays 9 years + 3 + 4, in europe, if you aim at a bachelors degree, is completely ridiculous!
9 + 3 years should be _more_ than enough to learn what you want to learn in order to work in the private sector.
@monarchist @Example @korsier @freepatriot
Yes... wars seem to be the key ingredient in order to spread socialism.
Since due to the war, it can be argued that "I need all power or you will die" people are scared and hand over the power, and thus starts the path towards socialism.
Americans say hiking prices with increased tariffs is perfectly acceptable because the economy has already been destroyed by higher interest rates.
The boxcars won't even be needed because Americans are so enslaved now that Americans will drive themselves to the concentration camps.
@monarchist @freepatriot Reading Max Stirners the ego and its own, another point of view is that monarchy was replaced by the "monarcy of the people". What he means is that instead of an all mighty king, now, the principle of "man"/"mankind"/"the people" became the new king with all the power.
The only difference is that instead of the king distributing the power to the nobility and so on, it now goes from the president and parliament.