Comments by "looseycanon" (@looseycanon) on "DW News" channel.

That is wishful thinking. Remember, those technologies are a part of capital and capital owners will want to capture as much of the added value as possible from these technologies... by removing the workers from the equation.
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The thing is, EU was never meant to fight wars. It was a peace project, which had been thrown out the window just weeks ago. We don't have time for this.
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That is precisely, why they can regulate AI. It's not here to influence politics. Europe has other strengths it needs to focus on.
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Try flying from anywhere in Europe and evade Germany. :D
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I'd argue not. Bear with me, there's a reason here. Canadians value greatly their sovereignty, to the the point of rejecting a union with the only nation, they have a land border with. As a European, I believe, that era of nation states in Europe is over, we'll either unite into a proper federation, much like the US, or we'll get either annexed outright or carved up into puppet states by nations like Turkey, Russia, China, or even the US. That means for us to unite a lot of things, like currency, meaning any exceptions from the past would have to cease to exist, which is a non-starter (I'm actually in the minority in my country, that wants Euro), there would have consensus on industrial and energy policy (I already see, how Germans, French and Austrians, who have largely given up on large scale industry, cave to the more reasonable Eastern nations, like Czechia, Slovakia or Poland, who still have proper industrial legacy alive), I already see French, Italians and Germans agreeing on debt sharing... Either way, Canada would have to be part of that transformation process as well, meaning it too would have to cede it's sovereignty in favor of a larger federation, which is a hard sell at best. My point is, this would be hard to pull off even without Canada in the mix. Then, there is the logistical issue, that Canada has no ports, that could take ships bigger than Panamax, which would be essential for cheap transportation of goods, and then there is the issue of Trump issuing letters of marque, meaning the US navy, or any privateer (which is a word I never thought would be used in current era outside of entertainment) could be tasked with preventing trade between current EU members and Canada... So no, I don't think, it's feasible, as much as I'd love to hold this over Trump's head. And then there's the issue of Europe needing space and resources. Yes, we do need resources, but a lot of us would want to go to Canada to work... Canada has the space, but, because they trade mostly with the US, they live mostly within a hundred miles from the border! As a result, Canada has the paradox of abundant land and a housing crisis and lacks infrastructure to the point, that Canadian territories trade more with the US than with them each other. There had to be trade treaties between the territories on a similar scale, that are usually reserved for full blown nations, how bad regulatory misalignment within Canada is. Make no mistake, the idea is grand, but no. I don't see it coming to fruition.
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Well, Biden basically ran Trump's outbursts through a spellchecker and made them into policies... Biden ain't exactly win for Europe either. We followed the US into war on terror and this is what we get as thanks...
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There's evidence suggesting otherwise. Remember, when Trudeau had protestor bank accounts frozen back during covid? That's more in line with Trump than the EU.
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That doesn't work. The reason is, the other side will be doing the same, meaning you have to intervene in third countries. Democracy doesn't mean for people, rather, it's by people.
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@IMGreg.. Simple. ROI caps on capital, cost based minimum wage and most importantly outlaw any and all zoning.
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Do you know, why stopping oil is impossible? Just look at how many products have some kind of non-energy use of oil in them! The number is somewhere in the mid tens of thousands! We quit oil, we'll go extinct over fertilizer, plastics, medicament shortages... and the list goes on and on. Even if we invested whole of global GDP into material research, we'd still need oil by the time we'd have Warp drive!
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@Grazingoat Get a grip man. Yes, there is SAP... But who else? What other software company is comparable anywhere in the EU? But look at US, and you'll have dozen of them! And we don't have anywhere near as many startups as the US. But those are the metrics we should be dominating!
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Yep, we typically get 5 weeks
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@debasishraychawdhuri The problem is, wages only determine (in part) consumption. There are four factors in GDP and conversely four different customer basis a company can concentrate on. Consumption is the people and to some degree other businesses. Let's say that is dead, there are still investments, eg. pivot to businesses and produce capital goods and kick the can down the line. Then there is government, which could either print money or tax people more and finally, they could begin to produce strictly for exports...
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Geez, to even ask the question, whether private or public money should help Ukraine win the war... Newsflash, there are collective efforts in gathering funds all over! It was enought to buy couple of tanks from Czech Republic alone! Private individuals contributed and still contribute, sometimes eve with severe risks to them selves to Ukrainian war effort. I recall an interview by Czech Television a while back with one of the young Ukrainians, who got their draft papers. Someone came to the guy and gave him two bulletproof vests! (a felony to do so, btw. This falls under illegal arming around here). So do not tell me, that it should be public money, that should help Ukraine. There's already private money in the pot. Let the institutional leeches wait, until the war is over. Just make sure, they'll actually pour in the money for a few years, so that food production can be reestablished in Ukraine
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@scbtripwire That's typical airlines. Low cost carriers are a different sort. Sadly.
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Forget aggregate inflation numbers. until such time, as those responsible pay the rest and stop undermining European industry (*caugh* Germany caugh All the pro green initiatives), inflation will rise. If Germans did not abandon nuclear power in favor of unreliable energy sources, we wouldn't have been here. Why? Because they wouldn't need so much gas to cover for the pits in unreliable energy production... Because of green insanity, wages in actually productive sectors are down, because local costs are artificially higher and green friendly fields don't have the efficiency of the normal ones, hence can't offer more. This all results in lowering of real wages across the board. Lowering standards of living across Europe. When I changed jobs last year, I got a fairly significant bump in salary. As result of inflation, that bump is gone now and I'm now somewhere on the level of my previous salary in terms of real income. Some basic goods have risen in prices not by fractions of price, even significant ones. No some basic needs have more than doubled!
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