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It won't do much good now, but here are my thoughts:
1) UN created refugee centres in the country of origin, defended by peacekeepers. This means that Syrian refugees would remain in Syria, along the border in UN-run refugee centres.
2) sponsorship immigration system. Families that want to sponsor an immigrant family can sign up for such and select the family that they think best matches. If family does not get sponsor family, then they do not immigrate. This brings immigration into the personal choice and put of the hands of the state. Sponsors would be responsible for the Families sponsored. They would help the family get employment and housing, or house and employ them. Each month, they evaluate the family on integration and work (are they attending cultural festivals, are they yelling at minorities, etc) and if they wish, the sponsor can return the family. After 3 years, the county immigration agent can approve or reject permanent residency, allowing the family to stay now without sponsor.
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RoastWorthy
UN Declaration of Human Rights, Article 25, section 1:
"Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control."
All UN member states have signed such and former US first lady Eleanor Roosevelt helped draft it.
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If the nice curvy and spacious american-style suburban areas had mixed zoning, do you think it would work for car free? Hegg, even a third rail tram system running on the streets would be cool.
When I'm in america, I feel more at ease in curvy suburbs and the hidden 3-storey curtain wall glass medical clinic hidden behind a driveway with its tiny parking lot, all mixed in with the houses. American cities are too griddy, crowded, dirty, and dangerous.
One thing I enjoyed living out of the us was the relative freedom of movement for myself (I couldn't drive when I was in japan or korea). Iirc, my friends said similar things about Germany and Sweden. In America as a minor (under 16), I couldn't take reliable (or indeed any) public transport to the mall, I was not allowed to drive myself, and taxis would be beyond my $30/month allowance. However, in japan and Korea, I could ride trains and buses as long as I could walk (as in I was old enough). And they were reliable. I could go between towns and not have anyone worry, as long as I told them where I was going.
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It can be dangerous on both ends of the spectrum. Obviously, forced is bad. But if not enough integration into a pan-culture of a multicultural state, then an "us against them" mentality can arise. Yugoslavia was a good example. Canada has kept things together, but some are peeved that Quebec has more leeway than other provinces, and can ignore supreme court rulings for a good while. In the us...well, you can see what happens when you treat (or appear to treat) one group different than another. It can boil over.
Singapore has strict quota systems (to prevent ghettos in housing, etc) and laws to ensure multicultural harmony...at least on the surface. Some can be done in liberal democracies, such as quotas (not in the US as supreme court ruled against...but still wants businesses to treat race as a factor [so quota-ish without quotas]).
I will say one more thing about Canada, though. When everyone was gung-ho about war in the Great War, quebec was a good haven for pacifists, those that didn't believe the war was just, and those that felt it was a European war (quebec didn't care for the UK, and felt france abandoned it). Read about the conscription crisis 1917.
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Probably a bit unpopular, but if the UN general assembly, by majority or supermajority, drafts a treaty and its member-states dont sign, then they should be suspended or expelled from the UN in its entirety. Why would we give you voting rights in the UN if you're just gonna do your own thing anyway and not follow the majority vote? Good incentive to sign a treaty, because once expelled from the UN, they are no longer officially recognised countries and are good pickings for UN members to grab land. Think even China and the US would be scared of other countries laying stakes to their respective countries and sign the treaties. How many enemies can China or the US fight at once, especially when on domestic soil?
This is not odd in international law or organizations. Its essentially similar to how NATO is supposed to operate. "An attack upon one is an attack upon us all." By refusing to sign, or acting belligerently towards another, they can be suspended, expelled, and then attacked en masse.
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Own it, mate.
🎶What you gon' do with all that junk?
All that junk inside your trunk?
I'ma get, get, get, get, you drunk
Get you love drunk off my hump🐪
My hump🐫, my hump🐪, my hump🐪, my hump🐫, my hump🐪,
My hump🐪, my hump🐫, my hump🐪🎶
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Wasnt that vigilante who killed 2 people being chased down? From what I heard, he ran away, but only shot once when they still gave chase, and then a second time when he fell and he was surrounded. Even if Wisconsin isn't a stand your ground state (in which he wouldn't have to run away to claim self defence), he has a valid claim of self defence. He ran, was chased, and claimed to have been threatened (with death or bodily injury?). He is, under the law, innocent until proven guilty. Yes, he did go to Wisconsin for counter protesting, but others do cross state lines to protest as well. We'll have to see how the courts rule on this...
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🎶🥁 oh snap
Be cool if every city and town became a city state. The nation states (e.g. US, China), continent states (eg EU), and cultural or defence orgs (e.g. Commonwealth of Nations, NATO) can be voluntary associations of culture, free trade, and collective history. New Orleans could take matters in its own hands in global warming and city flooding; Vancouver, Ottawa, London, Edinburgh, Beijing, Lincoln (Nebraska), etc. Be interesting to see if city-states re-emerge.
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Racial hatred is a social construct; race is not. Humans can tell differences between humans. We are all humans, but to discount our differences is to take away our diversity. Race is just an easier way to categorise people instead of having to describe colour, nose width, and eye shape.
Which is easier: Jumin is a person with short narrow nose, almondish eyes, straight dark hair, and a slight tanned complexion...or Jumin is Asian?
On my shelf, I have red, green, white, and multicoloured books. They are all books with names, but if I'm describing a book so someone can grab from the shelf, should I just say they are all the same book? Not if I want the person to grab the right one.
Humans categorise everything. Its only discrimination and hatred that is wrong.
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It won't do much good now, but here are my thoughts:
1) UN created refugee centres in the country of origin, defended by peacekeepers. This means that Syrian refugees would remain in Syria, along the border in UN-run refugee centres.
2) sponsorship immigration system. Families that want to sponsor an immigrant family can sign up for such and select the family that they think best matches. If family does not get sponsor family, then they do not immigrate. This brings immigration into the personal choice and put of the hands of the state. Sponsors would be responsible for the Families sponsored. They would help the family get employment and housing, or house and employ them. Each month, they evaluate the family on integration and work (are they attending cultural festivals, are they yelling at minorities, etc) and if they wish, the sponsor can return the family. After 3 years, the county immigration agent can approve or reject permanent residency, allowing the family to stay now without sponsor.
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It would be interesting to see a more federal EU. Just as the us breaking up would harm the global economy and themselves, so too would the EU breaking up. Perhaps the EU needs a Shay's rebellion to actually create a federation like it did in 1787 US (previously a confederation).
The other thing to look at is a compromise: libertarian-style minimalist govt (preferably regional, national, and EU wide). An EU that can only handle immigration quotas/border protection, monetary & fiscal policy (we've seen what happens without), and self-defence (Japanese-style article 9). Nations could handle culture & tourism promotion, zoning guides to keep the national look, and incorporation of businesses. Local govt could implement the zoning guides, education, and healthcare. As for other non-criminal(?) laws we have now, business associations and unions would need to negotiate for 3-5 year contracts on policies (some done by govt now) and could do so EU-wide as those contracts would only apply to the businesses and their workers.
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"But understand this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to what is good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God. They will maintain the outward appearance of religion but will have repudiated its power."
- 2 Tim 3:1-5
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I'm still wondering why the medical service in its entirety isn't structured similarly to the police.
I mean, for the US, police are not private companies that give you a bill for services rendered.
In canada, one doesn't go to university studying policing and then becomes a private police contractor with the govt (single-payer: govt pays, but workers are private contractors).
Why not have a medical commissioner appointed by cities/counties? Why not have all the staff be city and county civil servants? Or alternately, especially for the us to match its special district system of local govt, why not have medical districts and elected medical boards that can levy taxes to pay for staff and ambulances? Just as school districts cannot charge more than their property tax levy (other than sports, etc), medical districts couldn't charge at all for services rendered. Maybe an extra 0.5% property tax, but no bankruptcies or spending money for any medical procedure or medication.
And for those that cry socialism, what is the police then? The military?
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It won't do much good now, but here are my thoughts:
1) UN created refugee centres in the country of origin, defended by peacekeepers. This means that Syrian refugees would remain in Syria, along the border in UN-run refugee centres.
2) sponsorship immigration system. Families that want to sponsor an immigrant family can sign up for such and select the family that they think best matches. If family does not get sponsor family, then they do not immigrate. This brings immigration into the personal choice and put of the hands of the state. Sponsors would be responsible for the Families sponsored. They would help the family get employment and housing, or house and employ them. Each month, they evaluate the family on integration and work (are they attending cultural festivals, are they yelling at minorities, etc) and if they wish, the sponsor can return the family. After 3 years, the county immigration agent can approve or reject permanent residency, allowing the family to stay now without sponsor.
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To be armed and ready to defend should not equate to bloodthirsty or war-glorification. We have seen what happens when military units go so far down this path (eg abu ghraib, recent Aussie afghan killings). War crimes were once an everyday occurrence. Armies of Rome, Assyria, and even more recent ones,, etc were expected to r-pe, pillage, and torture the enemy, including civilians of all ages. We don't want to see that come back. Bloodthirst and glory wars were the thing back then. They trained them that way and the govt had to send them out to conquer, r-pe, pillage, lest they turn on the govt.
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@roadrunner6224
Is it really true about the far left and right parties, though? It seems the media hypes them up. Sure, there are racists and anarchists in those parties, but isn't thst the same for the republican and democratic parties in the us too? Party leadership's ability to control or expel the fringe is important for any party. And, last time I checked, the AFD expelled a few members. Didn't the CDU have a member who said something on the same level but got to remain?
And, I may be rusty, but didn't the forerunner of the CDU cooperate with the N-zis to expelled the SPD and KPD, and were anti-semitic early on? I'm sure they have grown and expelled such members. Would the AFD and SED be more palatable if they were to do the same, even if it takes a few years, as did the other?
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2 things:
1) trains are ONLY 77% less emitting of fossil fuels in france? Sorry, but does france still use diesels or steam engine trains? There are electric (overhead catenary-pantograph or third rail) trains and modern (see japan, Korea, etc). Even if one says that the power must come from polluting power plants, France has nuclear power--green energy's b-stard child. It doesn't pollute unless someone or something has gone completely bonkers. And let's not forget geothermal, hydroelectric, solar, and wind...
2) does the astronomical start up costs associated with starting ones own railway, auto, airline, and shipping companies show that modern capitalism requires govt subsidies and benefits to even function? There is no viable way I can see starting off a company even with just a small cessna (airline company) or sailboat (shipping company). If anybody knows a way that doesn't involve govt subsidies, being rich, or knowing a rich person, please let me know.
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Not to be a downer here, but you can attend classes remotely without an internet. My friends parents did that back in the 70s and 80s. Syllabi, books, and lessons were hard copies and sent via the mail. You read the book, followed the lessons, and replied to a professor's question or statement. For open book testing, you could do at home. For closed book testing, a non-relative could sign a form as witness and watch you take the test (this could be done in lockdown too if the person watches from the glass window).
As for elementary school, yes, a parent would be needed to stay home with the kid, but don't online schools require that too? Sure they advertise about the ease and time management, but they expect parents to be home which kinda defeats the whole point of private school (parents need to work, otherwise why pay for a glorified homeschool?).
As for movies, well, we had movie rental businesses. Stores still sell them at least. And, you didn't have to worry about speed of internet or buffering as the entire movie was on disc/cassette.
Magazines were the websites of the day and many had comments about the last week's articles (with many replies). Of course, it was big company censoring the trolls back then so the trolls today would be crying for loss of employment.
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I think, regardless of the population, I would prefer public transport to personally owned vehicles. Yeah, you have to wait (if they are serviced well, you can coordinate the shorter times), but after my vehicle got old and I keep getting worried something else is gonna burst (already lost a tyre, engine, AC, etc) and I would like to not spend money on fuel, maintenance, insurance, registration, amd other fees.
I say replace all the streets with rail roads...or at least all public transport. No traffic jams if all public.
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It won't do much good now, but here are my thoughts:
1) UN created refugee centres in the country of origin, defended by peacekeepers. This means that Syrian refugees would remain in Syria, along the border in UN-run refugee centres.
2) sponsorship immigration system. Families that want to sponsor an immigrant family can sign up for such and select the family that they think best matches. If family does not get sponsor family, then they do not immigrate. This brings immigration into the personal choice and put of the hands of the state. Sponsors would be responsible for the Families sponsored. They would help the family get employment and housing, or house and employ them. Each month, they evaluate the family on integration and work (are they attending cultural festivals, are they yelling at minorities, etc) and if they wish, the sponsor can return the family. After 3 years, the county immigration agent can approve or reject permanent residency, allowing the family to stay now without sponsor.
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Read Stephabie Keltons The Deficit Myth. MMT shows that currency issuers (central banks) are not households as households do not make their own currency (not just counterfeiting, but actually making their own Johnson Bucks or McLeod Quids). Their only constraint is debt to GDP ratio and inflation.
"Put simply, such governments do not rely on taxes or borrowing for spending since they can print as much as they need and are the monopoly issuers of the currency. Since their budgets aren’t like a regular household’s, their policies should not be shaped by fears of rising national debt...
While supporters of the theory acknowledge that inflation is theoretically a possible outcome from such spending, they say it is highly unlikely and can be fought with policy decisions in the future if required. They often cite the example of Japan, which has much higher public debt than the U.S. [which has been and is currently experience deflation, not inflation].
According to MMT, the only limit that the government has when it comes to spending is the availability of real resources, like workers, construction supplies, etc. When government spending is too great with respect to the resources available, inflation can surge if decision-makers are not careful.
Taxes create an ongoing demand for currency and are a tool to take money out of an economy that is getting overheated, says MMT. This goes against the conventional idea that taxes are primarily meant to provide the government with money to spend to build infrastructure, fund social welfare programs, etc."¹
Source:
¹https://www.investopedia.com/modern-monetary-theory-mmt-4588060
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What is the difference between a multinational corporation's internal central planning (yes, corporations centrally plan in capitalist countries) and the state running its industries? Could the soviet union not only have survived, but thrived by tweaking their system by doing the following?
♧ competing state industries (eg not just one state industry making clothes, but 7-15 competing state industry clothing makers)
♤ put different industries into a competing conglomerates (eg each of the 7-15 conglomerates has its own group that handles food, banking/allocation of resources, electronics, heavy industries, etc)
◇ improve the industries of the above before implementing glasnost (openness)
♡ create so much excess supply that not only can everyone in the union receive more than what they need and want for no money, but can use the excess to trade with other non-communist nations
☆ vouchers used instead of money for goods and services that had not yet reached equilibrium (supply = demand), with each citizen getting based on time working and rank (increases by seniority, innovation, and successful competition)
Please let me know your thoughts.
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It won't do much good now, but here are my thoughts:
1) UN created refugee centres in the country of origin, defended by peacekeepers. This means that Syrian refugees would remain in Syria, along the border in UN-run refugee centres.
2) sponsorship immigration system. Families that want to sponsor an immigrant family can sign up for such and select the family that they think best matches. If family does not get sponsor family, then they do not immigrate. This brings immigration into the personal choice and put of the hands of the state. Sponsors would be responsible for the Families sponsored. They would help the family get employment and housing, or house and employ them. Each month, they evaluate the family on integration and work (are they attending cultural festivals, are they yelling at minorities, etc) and if they wish, the sponsor can return the family. After 3 years, the county immigration agent can approve or reject permanent residency, allowing the family to stay now without sponsor.
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This is why, if you want to do nation building, you must start by controlling the top office.
Perhaps start with a military governor appointed by the nation builder (in this case, the US), along with an advisory body comprised of Afghan tribal delegates and legal experts. Use US troops and US-paid and trained Afghans under the same command to establish order.
After order established, establish schools and universities--once a citizen graduates, they may vote. The US military governor would be swapped out for a civilian US military governor-general. The advisory body would remain but reform into a Senate. The citizens would vote for the Assembly--the lower house.
After a few years of progress, the Afghans could be given responsible govt with the Assembly choosing its prime minister, whom the governor will accept (background check first of course).
After a few more years and progress, the Afghans can choose their own governor-general. If this sounds familiar, it's analogue to Canada and probably Australia too.
And last I checked, Canadians and Australians are not fleeing to airports to be airlifted out as anglo/native/metis terrorists seek to return to an earlier society with shackled women and rights.
Hmm...although, american settlers should greatly outnumber the native Afghans or face a British India, Rhodesia, or South Africa incident.
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Not to be a downer here, but you can attend classes remotely without an internet. My friends parents did that back in the 70s and 80s. Syllabi, books, and lessons were hard copies and sent via the mail. You read the book, followed the lessons, and replied to a professor's question or statement. For open book testing, you could do at home. For closed book testing, a non-relative could sign a form as witness and watch you take the test (this could be done in lockdown too if the person watches from the glass window).
As for elementary school, yes, a parent would be needed to stay home with the kid, but don't online schools require that too? Sure they advertise about the ease and time management, but they expect parents to be home which kinda defeats the whole point of private school (parents need to work, otherwise why pay for a glorified homeschool?).
As for movies, well, we had movie rental businesses. Stores still sell them at least. And, you didn't have to worry about speed of internet or buffering as the entire movie was on disc/cassette.
Magazines were the websites of the day and many had comments about the last week's articles (with many replies). Of course, it was big company censoring the trolls back then so the trolls today would be crying for loss of employment.
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2 things:
1) trains are ONLY 77% less emitting of fossil fuels in france? Sorry, but does france still use diesels or steam engine trains? There are electric (overhead catenary-pantograph or third rail) trains and modern (see japan, Korea, etc). Even if one says that the power must come from polluting power plants, France has nuclear power--green energy's b-stard child. It doesn't pollute unless someone or something has gone completely bonkers. And let's not forget geothermal, hydroelectric, solar, and wind...
2) does the astronomical start up costs associated with starting ones own railway, auto, airline, and shipping companies show that modern capitalism requires govt subsidies and benefits to even function? There is no viable way I can see starting off a company even with just a small cessna (airline company) or sailboat (shipping company). If anybody knows a way that doesn't involve govt subsidies, being rich, or knowing a rich person, please let me know.
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That last part is the kicker. The need to overthrow to show displeasure. Guess who has the military? It surely ain't the people--its the executive.
Multiparty elections are the safety valve to prevent revolutions. Those with free and fair multiple parties with rule of law, low corruption, and minority rights thrive, while shrewing up this formula can lead to a Mexico, Nigeria, etc. Amd yes, the us is lacking too, mostly in the Multiparty part (only 2 viable), fair (winner take all rather than proportional representation, and electoral college), and political corruption (revolving door lobbyist and "contributions" to politicians for votes).
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US "Sin" taxes:
Alcohol - yes, Across U.S. states, the average state alcohol excise tax per drink in 2015 was $0.03 for beer, $0.05 for distilled spirits, and $0.03 for wine.
Cigarettes - very yes, Currently, 37 states, DC, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam have cigarette tax rates of $1.00 per pack or higher; 22 states, DC, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam have cigarette tax rates of $2.00 per pack or higher
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Lifetime marriage makes no sense. A lifetime contract. I mean would you enter into a phone contract for life, til death do you part? And how much more important is having a spouse than a machine? Im not gonna be stuck for life with something i find out later is defective or is hacked. Maybe they don't like me.
I think term marriage should be a thing. After 1-2 year contract, both parties are free to renew, go month to month, or go their separate ways without penalty. If infidelity occurs within contract terms, then one party or the other can sue/charge for penalty fee. Both or either parties, if they want to continue, could offer renewal bonuses, such as backrubs, kitchen duty, vacation, etc to entice the other to renew.
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The US Constitution (the charter of the United States of America) was drafted in secret and only ratified by each sovereign state little by little, while still under the old articles of confederation.
Following that model, the United States of Europe (USE) proponents could draft the USE constitution and send out to each member state of the EU. Those that sign it will become USE States and drop the old EU. If France and Germany go into USE, smaller EU States may be forced to join or cobble together with a smaller GDP and loss of the giant players. Eventually, most would probably join the USE for one reason or another, perhaps with the bicameral compromise (which already exists for the EU—the Council, which resembles the Bundesrat).
As for Unanimity or consensus, I don't think it's a bad thing, as long as affected States and representatives are forced to recuse themselves, if an interested party. The recusal part could easily bypass the deadlock that occurs in the EU and even the UN security council. If agreement couldn't be reached at the federal level, nothing to stop the States from trying to pass at the state level, or even the Counties, etc.
Keep in mind, juries are unanimous. Someone long ago deemed that a major life altering decision should not be decided by a majority or even ⅔, but by all.
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The US Constitution (the charter of the United States of America) was drafted in secret and only ratified by each sovereign state little by little, while still under the old articles of confederation.
Following that model, the United States of Europe (USE) proponents could draft the USE constitution and send out to each member state of the EU. Those that sign it will become USE States and drop the old EU. If France and Germany go into USE, smaller EU States may be forced to join or cobble together with a smaller GDP and loss of the giant players. Eventually, most would probably join the USE for one reason or another, perhaps with the bicameral compromise (which already exists for the EU—the Council, which resembles the Bundesrat).
As for Unanimity or consensus, I don't think it's a bad thing, as long as affected States and representatives are forced to recuse themselves, if an interested party. The recusal part could easily bypass the deadlock that occurs in the EU and even the UN security council. If agreement couldn't be reached at the federal level, nothing to stop the States from trying to pass at the state level, or even the Counties, etc.
Keep in mind, juries are unanimous. Someone long ago deemed that a major life altering decision should not be decided by a majority or even ⅔, but by all.
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Local govt is treated differently than its bigger brothers state and federal. State and federal both have checks & balances, and separation of powers. Local govt has essentially committees that are independent (special districts) and city and county govts with only an executo-legistative branch (council). The council cannot be a proper legislative branch as its not representative and numerous enough. Swiss town govt, for example, have a 50-100 member assembly (legislative) and a 5-9 member council (executive). Us county govt in some states is quite atrocious. The county commission is all 3 branches of govt - the judge is the chair of the commission.
Perhaps local govts should be treated like state or federal. City senate has 2 senators per ward/neighbourhood, city house of reps has city districts based on population, and a city court has 9 judges who decide on cases together. A city president can be chosen by electoral college (or more direct in the same spirit - by joint assembly of city senate and city house). And all those special districts would just be committees in the senate and house. County govt could mirror this too.
The concept of selecting specific candidates for specific jobs is appealing though. Currently, state and federal is vote for one party and person or another. You may like said candidate's stance on defence or economics, but not on healthcare. Luck of the draw which committee he gets put on. With special districts, you know exactly where he is going and can choose to put him there or keep him away. If running for defence board, you could cast your vote for that candidate. If running for health board, you can vote for someone else. Can you imagine if state and federal govts were run like this?
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@kingdavid8178 that ones a bit tricky. The bible says to submit to authority, and to serve as a servant to his master. Even nonviolent marches and sit-ins may not be possible according to that law. Unions didn't exist back then. If you didn't serve the master according to his will, you were fired and thrown out. The only way not to obey the authority (even that of brutal dictators (like the caesars whom jesus even said) is if doing so would violate gods law. Freedom of speech, guns, and property even are not covered. If police would say bow down and serve us as your God, then yes, then according to the bible, you can refuse.
However, the law of the land is the constitution. As such, we can follow that and be submitting to authority (at least in one point of view). The constitution gives us the right to speech and assembly (including peaceful protest). If laws written in contrary to the constitution, the we should say so just as one would have asked for clarification of orders in the old days. The supreme court would be final arbiter.
Dictatorships that have no constitution or that have no provision for speech and assembly, cannot according to the bible, protest as the authority does not permit them. It can get funny in north Korea and China though as their constitutions as written give them more freedoms than the us or other liberal democracies. Not that they follow them, but the authority was given so perhaps the bible says they're good to go there.
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Read Stephabie Keltons The Deficit Myth. MMT shows that currency issuers (central banks) are not households as households do not make their own currency (not just counterfeiting, but actually making their own Johnson Bucks or McLeod Quids). Their only constraint is debt to GDP ratio and inflation.
"Put simply, such governments do not rely on taxes or borrowing for spending since they can print as much as they need and are the monopoly issuers of the currency. Since their budgets aren’t like a regular household’s, their policies should not be shaped by fears of rising national debt...
While supporters of the theory acknowledge that inflation is theoretically a possible outcome from such spending, they say it is highly unlikely and can be fought with policy decisions in the future if required. They often cite the example of Japan, which has much higher public debt than the U.S. [which has been and is currently experience deflation, not inflation].
According to MMT, the only limit that the government has when it comes to spending is the availability of real resources, like workers, construction supplies, etc. When government spending is too great with respect to the resources available, inflation can surge if decision-makers are not careful.
Taxes create an ongoing demand for currency and are a tool to take money out of an economy that is getting overheated, says MMT. This goes against the conventional idea that taxes are primarily meant to provide the government with money to spend to build infrastructure, fund social welfare programs, etc."¹
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¹https://www.investopedia.com/modern-monetary-theory-mmt-4588060
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It's called sourcing. I cited my source. Have you?
As far as theory goes, so is Austrian and kenyesian economics. They are competing theories. Economics is a social science rather than a hard science, making it more difficult to prove a theory (such as gravity).¹
And as far as money goes, japan has done the same thing. Stimulus for covid, bank bailouts, etc. For around a third of the us population, they had spent $708 billion (USD) in just one round of stimulus (per capita equivalency with the US would make that $2 trillion in that round).²
Now, they do have one major difference. There is no housing crisis due to different policies in both investment, house depreciation similar to cars (rather than appreciation), streamlined approval, and very mixed zoning (height based rather than functional based--apartments next to detached family homes and businesses).³ ⁴ ⁵
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¹https://www.economicsonline.co.uk/Competitive_markets/What_is_economics.html
²https://voxeu.org/article/covid-19-stimulus-payments-evidence-japan
³https://marketurbanism.com/2019/03/19/why-is-japanese-zoning-more-liberal-than-us-zoning/
⁴https://www.sightline.org/2021/03/25/yes-other-countries-do-housing-better-case-1-japan/
⁵https://www.rethinktokyo.com/2018/06/06/depreciate-limited-life-span-japanese-home/1527843245
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When you compared North Korea and China, that is correct now. Under Mao, it was about the same and millions were starved in failed top-down authoritarian moves, much like under Stalin in the soviet union. Believe you said you were in canada here, but I guess you still have to watch what you say. Journalists and dissidents do still disappear.
I cannot say too much when comparing with China, as america did ethnically cleanse the natives, discriminated and enslaved the blacks, and discriminated and relocated japanese. However, history should be learned from. I can publicly decry the evils of this, but Chinese cannot decry Mao and his actions.
That being said, I believe we should be open to china in at least trade. Smith et al stated that trade has tamed the warrior spirit. We no longer go to war nearly as much as we used to. Global trade has made it so that going to war usually hurts our own country.
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Under Islamic law, Hudud crimes (apostasy, revolt against the ruler, theft, highway robbery, adultery, slander, and drinking alcohol) carry penalties that include the amputation of hands and feet, flogging, and death.
So while a court would handle, if found guilty, that would likely be the punishment. I see it more like law and order glossing over the legal process.
Historically, other countries implementing such mutilations would be equally as reprehensible. Luckily, most countries don't do this nowa. Japan & South korea have shown that a law biding society can exist without such ungodly mutilations.
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This is why, if you want to do nation building, you must start by controlling the top office.
Perhaps start with a military governor appointed by the nation builder (in this case, the US), along with an advisory body comprised of Afghan tribal delegates and legal experts. Use US troops and US-paid and trained Afghans under the same command to establish order.
After order established, establish schools and universities--once a citizen graduates, they may vote. The US military governor would be swapped out for a civilian US military governor-general. The advisory body would remain but reform into a Senate. The citizens would vote for the Assembly--the lower house.
After a few years of progress, the Afghans could be given responsible govt with the Assembly choosing its prime minister, whom the governor will accept (background check first of course).
After a few more years and progress, the Afghans can choose their own governor-general. If this sounds familiar, it's analogue to Canada and probably Australia too.
And last I checked, Canadians and Australians are not fleeing to airports to be airlifted out as anglo/native/metis terrorists seek to return to an earlier society with shackled women and rights.
Hmm...although, american settlers should greatly outnumber the native Afghans or face a British India, Rhodesia, or South Africa incident.
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So, the franchisee has to pay for the land, building, taxes, employees, and everything else. Then, they have to pay royalties to have the name and shop only at the franchisor's warehouses for supplies. Then, if franchisor decided to update the look, the franchisee has to spend their own money implementing. And the franchisee has little to no control on prices. In return, the franchisee gets...the name. Wow, woopitty-doo. Just open a McDowell's or Sunbucks.
Maybe I should start a franchisor company and have ideas. I'll make other people do the work. 🤪
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If each state had their own currency and central banks, as the federal govt currently has, then funding wouldn't be an issue.
Does the US, Canada, South Korea, etc run a balanced budget? Are they not able to "print" their own money? But, are they not wealthy nations?
Regardless of one's economic belief system, no one would argue that the nations mentioned above are not wealthy and prosperous.
If states had the same power of their own currency and central banks, they too could be prosperous. As long as the "minimum payments" were kept per month, it would not lead to hyperinflation or disbelief in the currency (belief is part of the fiat currency system).
Further, by having multiple state currencies, wealth could be developed by having a DOMEX (currency exchange within the country) or even put on the FOREX. It would also lead to less centralized control.
The euro was an experiment. "Merging" currencies into one creates issues with member-states not able to fully control their local economies. Perhaps what we need is not a single or oligopoly of currencies, but much more.
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Education must be tailored for nationalism/patriotism as opposed to ethnic groups. The key is humanistic education.
This is why, if you want to do nation building, you must start by controlling the top office.
Perhaps start with a military governor appointed by the nation builder (in this case, the US), along with an advisory body comprised of Afghan tribal delegates and legal experts. Use US troops and US-paid and trained Afghans under the same command to establish order.
After order established, establish schools and universities--once a citizen graduates, they may vote. The US military governor would be swapped out for a civilian US military governor-general. The advisory body would remain but reform into a Senate. The citizens would vote for the Assembly--the lower house.
After a few years of progress, the Afghans could be given responsible govt with the Assembly choosing its prime minister, whom the governor will accept (background check first of course).
After a few more years and progress, the Afghans can choose their own governor-general. If this sounds familiar, it's analogue to Canada and probably Australia too.
And last I checked, Canadians and Australians are not fleeing to airports to be airlifted out as anglo/native/metis terrorists seek to return to an earlier society with shackled women and rights.
Hmm...although, american settlers should greatly outnumber the native Afghans or face a British India, Rhodesia, or South Africa incident.
That being said, I think using the UN rather than the US would be better. Being back the Trusteeship Council to serve where the US was as above.
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Isnt that what a sex offender registry does? Even after they get out of prison. Cant get a good job, cant take foreign flights, is publicly accessible, etc. Sounds dystopian, but all one has to do to blacklist a person is to get 2+ women to flood the courts saying the person sex assaulted them. No evidence other than he said, she said is now required (see latest Weinstein trial - any concrete evidence and not just he said, she said?). Job is lost before trial, trial turns guilty plea as it's by a jury instead of a law-trained judge. Now that person is on the registry. Communists, witches, Jews, homosexuals, etc...all at one time had the social credit-like system, in many countries.
Edit: Weinstein admitted to this, but point still stands, minus admission.
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Oddly though, Ben and Jerry's is still operating in nations with severe human rights issues, such as China and Saudi Arabia. I'm confused.
"Unilever Multinational corporation [owner of Ben and Jerry's] also maintains corporate offices in numerous human rights-abusing countries, including China, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Venezuela, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. Unilever is reportedly a major purchaser of tomato paste from state-owned factories in China's Xinjiang region, where the U.S. State Department says China is engaged in "horrific abuses." In January 2021, the U.S. government halted the import of all such tomato paste into the U.S., citing the use of forced labor that amounted to "exploiting modern slavery." Yet neither Unilever nor Ben & Jerry's appears to have ever taken action against China's massive human rights violations in Xinjiang."¹
Guess Ben and Jerry's is perfectly fine with boycotting Israel as its small, but china...well, that would be economic suicide for the conglomerate. It's not about human rights, it's about who has more money.
Source:
¹https://www.newsweek.com/double-scoops-double-standards-courtesy-ben-jerrys-opinion-1612002
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This is why, if you want to do nation building, you must start by controlling the top office.
Perhaps start with a military governor appointed by the nation builder (in this case, the US), along with an advisory body comprised of Afghan tribal delegates and legal experts. Use US troops and US-paid and trained Afghans under the same command to establish order.
After order established, establish schools and universities--once a citizen graduates, they may vote. The US military governor would be swapped out for a civilian US military governor-general. The advisory body would remain but reform into a Senate. The citizens would vote for the Assembly--the lower house.
After a few years of progress, the Afghans could be given responsible govt with the Assembly choosing its prime minister, whom the governor will accept (background check first of course).
After a few more years and progress, the Afghans can choose their own governor-general. If this sounds familiar, it's analogue to Canada and probably Australia too.
And last I checked, Canadians and Australians are not fleeing to airports to be airlifted out as anglo/native/metis terrorists seek to return to an earlier society with shackled women and rights.
Hmm...although, american settlers should greatly outnumber the native Afghans or face a British India, Rhodesia, or South Africa incident.
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Oddly though, Ben and Jerry's is still operating in nations with severe human rights issues, such as China and Saudi Arabia. I'm confused.
"Unilever Multinational corporation [owner of Ben and Jerry's] also maintains corporate offices in numerous human rights-abusing countries, including China, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Venezuela, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. Unilever is reportedly a major purchaser of tomato paste from state-owned factories in China's Xinjiang region, where the U.S. State Department says China is engaged in "horrific abuses." In January 2021, the U.S. government halted the import of all such tomato paste into the U.S., citing the use of forced labor that amounted to "exploiting modern slavery." Yet neither Unilever nor Ben & Jerry's appears to have ever taken action against China's massive human rights violations in Xinjiang."¹
Guess Ben and Jerry's is perfectly fine with boycotting Israel as its small, but china...well, that would be economic suicide for the conglomerate. It's not about human rights, it's about who has more money.
Source:
¹https://www.newsweek.com/double-scoops-double-standards-courtesy-ben-jerrys-opinion-1612002
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The US Constitution (the charter of the United States of America) was drafted in secret and only ratified by each sovereign state little by little, while still under the old articles of confederation.
Following that model, the United States of Europe (USE) proponents could draft the USE constitution and send out to each member state of the EU. Those that sign it will become USE States and drop the old EU. If France and Germany go into USE, smaller EU States may be forced to join or cobble together with a smaller GDP and loss of the giant players. Eventually, most would probably join the USE for one reason or another, perhaps with the bicameral compromise (which already exists for the EU—the Council, which resembles the Bundesrat).
As for Unanimity or consensus, I don't think it's a bad thing, as long as affected States and representatives are forced to recuse themselves, if an interested party. The recusal part could easily bypass the deadlock that occurs in the EU and even the UN security council. If agreement couldn't be reached at the federal level, nothing to stop the States from trying to pass at the state level, or even the Counties, etc.
Keep in mind, juries are unanimous. Someone long ago deemed that a major life altering decision should not be decided by a majority or even ⅔, but by all.
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Well, there are alternatives to Australian law for multinational corporations: US law, British law, French law, EU law, Russian law, etc. Us poor blokes don't have that luxury. Also, if you or I were to kill a person, even by accident, be likely jail time. If corporations kill, they are fined. Perhaps corporate suspension (no business allowed for a set time-prison, if you would) or dissolution (corporate death penalty) is in order...or the reverse (people are fined for killing people, etc). What's good for the goose...
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I know this videos about laser discs, but when talking about video cassettes, it's important to know the early 80s court case about recording shows off TV. Several companies took them to court for such.
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Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.
Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 464 U.S. 417 (1984), also known as the “Betamax case”, is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which ruled that the making of individual copies of complete television shows for purposes of time shifting does not constitute copyright infringement, but is fair use.[1][2] The Court also ruled that the manufacturers of home video recording devices, such as Betamax or other VCRs (referred to as VTRs in the case), cannot be liable for infringement. The case was a boon to the home video market, as it created a legal safe haven for the technology.
- Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Corp._of_America_v._Universal_City_Studios,_Inc.
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160 planes really isn't that impressive. That's like me saying my army has a total force of 500 soldiers. It's quite impressive.
Should have at least 500,000 aircraft, split between 200,000 fighter jets, 50,000 support aircraft, 50,000 intelligence aircraft, 100,000 bombers, and 100,000 cargo/troop aircraft, imho.
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Not to be a downer here, but you can attend classes remotely without an internet. My friends parents did that back in the 70s and 80s. Syllabi, books, and lessons were hard copies and sent via the mail. You read the book, followed the lessons, and replied to a professor's question or statement. For open book testing, you could do at home. For closed book testing, a non-relative could sign a form as witness and watch you take the test (this could be done in lockdown too if the person watches from the glass window).
As for elementary school, yes, a parent would be needed to stay home with the kid, but don't online schools require that too? Sure they advertise about the ease and time management, but they expect parents to be home which kinda defeats the whole point of private school (parents need to work, otherwise why pay for a glorified homeschool?).
As for movies, well, we had movie rental businesses. Stores still sell them at least. And, you didn't have to worry about speed of internet or buffering as the entire movie was on disc/cassette.
Magazines were the websites of the day and many had comments about the last week's articles (with many replies). Of course, it was big company censoring the trolls back then so the trolls today would be crying for loss of employment.
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Just mandate all news broadcasters who use the radio waves (which are under control of the FCC) to give equal time to all parties who can get signatures to get on the ballots for their respective office. Failure to do so would mean fines, suspension of television license, or even the taking of license and reselling to a (potential) broadcaster who will follow the rules. Local elections and debates would be shown as well.
Also, all news, be it Fox, CNN, OAN, NBC, etc would have to have neutral media and commentary would have to state such (eg "this is my opinion, but..."). Also, commentary would have to show all sides (imagine bill o'reilley coming on right after Lawrence O'Donnell). News panels should show contrarians and not just those that agree 99% with the host. I have seen countless times, regardless of the channel, that all the commentators say the person they are talking about is guilty without a question and they are instead discussing how such a thing could happen and his punishment.
The FCC already has mandates for broadcasters and the airwaves have been considered public. This would in no ways mean a takeover.
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I wonder if tricameralism, quadracameralism, or even pentacameralism is 🔑 🗝 🔐. Continental, "national", state, county, and even possibly district (smallest contiguous area, containing towns and surrounding country) is federated together. Continental Diet = 500 MPs (directly elected by population), "national" council = 27 national councillors (represents the former nations within the USE), states council = 117 states councillors (representing the states within each USE "nation"), county Assembly = 3300 assemblymen (counties within each USE "nation"), and district diet = 10000 dieters(?) (Subcounty districts within each "nation").
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I would hardly call a 17,500 employee and 272 fleet airline a mom and pop. I imagine this didn't start as one guy flying a $100 used cessna to eventually build his corporate empire...😋
2 things:
1) trains are ONLY 77% less emitting of fossil fuels in france? Sorry, but does france still use diesels or steam engine trains? There are electric (overhead catenary-pantograph or third rail) trains and modern (see japan, Korea, etc). Even if one says that the power must come from polluting power plants, France has nuclear power--green energy's b-stard child. It doesn't pollute unless someone or something has gone completely bonkers. And let's not forget geothermal, hydroelectric, solar, and wind...
2) does the astronomical start up costs associated with starting ones own railway, auto, airline, and shipping companies show that modern capitalism requires govt subsidies and benefits to even function? There is no viable way I can see starting off a company even with just a small cessna (airline company) or sailboat (shipping company). If anybody knows a way that doesn't involve govt subsidies, being rich, or knowing a rich person, please let me know.
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Unitary executive?
1) I doubt this is what the founders wanted, especially not the interpretation as shown here. The colonies had just gotten rid of one king, which contrary to popular belief in the States, had constitutional checks since 1689 and a de facto separate political leader (prime minister) since the 1700s. King George III was phenomenally weaker than the modern presidency and would have killed for half the power the modern presidency has. Hegg, he might even have declared great Britain a republic just so he could get much more power.
2) The swiss had foresight not to repeat that mistake of the us when they formed their federation in 1848, opting instead for a collective collegial executive that couldn't fire each other. Imagine if the republicans, democrats, greens, libertarians, and social democrats shared the presidency at the same time and had to agree on policies?
3) I believe if america doesn't want to switch to a parliamentary (eg denmark, new Zealand) or collegial system (eg Switzerland), it should make the powers of the presidency the same as that of a city manager at the national level--administrative powers only. Vetos only for submitting to referendum of the people or to the supreme court to check constitutionality, after which if in the affirmative for either, he must sign into law.
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If each state had their own currency and central banks, as the federal govt currently has, then funding wouldn't be an issue.
Does the US, Canada, South Korea, etc run a balanced budget? Are they not able to "print" their own money? But, are they not wealthy nations?
Regardless of one's economic belief system, no one would argue that the nations mentioned above are not wealthy and prosperous.
If states had the same power of their own currency and central banks, they too could be prosperous. As long as the "minimum payments" were kept per month, it would not lead to hyperinflation or disbelief in the currency (belief is part of the fiat currency system).
Further, by having multiple state currencies, wealth could be developed by having a DOMEX (currency exchange within the country) or even put on the FOREX. It would also lead to less centralized control.
The euro was an experiment. "Merging" currencies into one creates issues with member-states not able to fully control their local economies. Perhaps what we need is not a single or oligopoly of currencies, but much more.
Lastly, having state central banks would mean less reliance on the federal govt and less cronyism. It's easier to sack a state legislator than a federal legislator (congressman or senator). States could have reacted quicker and each state could give the stimulus they thought was needed.
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@dariuszwojtulewicz2759
And the north Korean constitution is on paper more democratic than any other western democracy. I dont see your point. There are many federations which are success stories, such as canada, Australia, and the us (though its the presidential systems strong man cult of personality that is the issue for that country). The USSR was a communist dictatorship. The eu, us, Canada, Australia are not. Sure, those other countries have committed atrocities, but domestically it was decades ago, and centuries ago on a closer scale to the soviet union. I hardly think a federal EU will start rounding up Czechs or Romas anymore than modern day Australia would start rounding up the kiwis.
Should the EU govt structure be altered? You bet. Modelling it on Switzerland would be good for the Federal Council (7-member coequal executive appointed by the federal assembly). The european council and council of ministers could be merged as a council of states where the relevant minister would be present for voting, acting as an upper house with direct member-state input (eg bill for the environment would have the ministers for the environment from each member-state present). The lower house would be directly elected as is now.
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Oddly though, Ben and Jerry's is still operating in nations with severe human rights issues, such as China and Saudi Arabia. I'm confused.
"Unilever Multinational corporation [owner of Ben and Jerry's] also maintains corporate offices in numerous human rights-abusing countries, including China, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Venezuela, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. Unilever is reportedly a major purchaser of tomato paste from state-owned factories in China's Xinjiang region, where the U.S. State Department says China is engaged in "horrific abuses." In January 2021, the U.S. government halted the import of all such tomato paste into the U.S., citing the use of forced labor that amounted to "exploiting modern slavery." Yet neither Unilever nor Ben & Jerry's appears to have ever taken action against China's massive human rights violations in Xinjiang."¹
Guess Ben and Jerry's is perfectly fine with boycotting Israel as its small, but china...well, that would be economic suicide for the conglomerate. It's not about human rights, it's about who has more money.
Source:
¹https://www.newsweek.com/double-scoops-double-standards-courtesy-ben-jerrys-opinion-1612002
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@dskmb3 singapore, to preserve racial harmony, have race quotas for housing (20% chinese, 15% Malay, etc). Imagine if we did that based on american race demographics: 13% black, 60% white (non-latino), 1% native american, 6% Asian, 20% latino. Imagine not just LA, Detroit, etc cities, but neighbourhoods like Harlem or Chinatown having to conform to this.
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This sounds like the Aussie super(annuation) scheme.
This should supplement, not replace pensions. Every business should either directly, or through chamber of commerce, contribute to a pension fund. Social security should provide at least a living wage, automatically without legislative vote, calculated by cost of living every year, for various locations (eg $20k for rural texas, $50k for new York). Pensions would provide additional (eg 25 years at company X gives set $$30k annually til death). 401ks, which are not til death do you part (ie live too long and it runs out--how dare you live too long!), would supplement both pensions and social security, could provide additional, depending on employee contributions.
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Meanwhile, Taiwan, Japan, and south Korea (all Asian countries) have also spent 3000 years doing the same.
If you say that they were influenced by Western capitalist and democratic philosophies, you should recognize that China (PRC) was also influenced by Western thought - just from karl marx, russia, and communism.
Prior to those Western influences and older Western imperialism, Asia was dominated by imperial powers and vassals (eg Ming China, Shogunate Japan, Jeoson kingdom korea). Might makes right is the default human govt, not bound to any particular culture.
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If each state had their own currency and central banks, as the federal govt currently has, then funding wouldn't be an issue.
Does the US, Canada, South Korea, etc run a balanced budget? Are they not able to "print" their own money? But, are they not wealthy nations?
Regardless of one's economic belief system, no one would argue that the nations mentioned above are not wealthy and prosperous.
If states had the same power of their own currency and central banks, they too could be prosperous. As long as the "minimum payments" were kept per month, it would not lead to hyperinflation or disbelief in the currency (belief is part of the fiat currency system).
Further, by having multiple state currencies, wealth could be developed by having a DOMEX (currency exchange within the country) or even put on the FOREX. It would also lead to less centralized control.
The euro was an experiment. "Merging" currencies into one creates issues with member-states not able to fully control their local economies. Perhaps what we need is not a single or oligopoly of currencies, but much more.
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Not to be a downer here, but you can attend classes remotely without an internet. My friends parents did that back in the 70s and 80s. Syllabi, books, and lessons were hard copies and sent via the mail. You read the book, followed the lessons, and replied to a professor's question or statement. For open book testing, you could do at home. For closed book testing, a non-relative could sign a form as witness and watch you take the test (this could be done in lockdown too if the person watches from the glass window).
As for elementary school, yes, a parent would be needed to stay home with the kid, but don't online schools require that too? Sure they advertise about the ease and time management, but they expect parents to be home which kinda defeats the whole point of private school (parents need to work, otherwise why pay for a glorified homeschool?).
As for movies, well, we had movie rental businesses. Stores still sell them at least. And, you didn't have to worry about speed of internet or buffering as the entire movie was on disc/cassette.
Magazines were the websites of the day and many had comments about the last week's articles (with many replies). Of course, it was big company censoring the trolls back then so the trolls today would be crying for loss of employment.
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2 things:
1) trains are ONLY 77% less emitting of fossil fuels in france? Sorry, but does france still use diesels or steam engine trains? There are electric (overhead catenary-pantograph or third rail) trains and modern (see japan, Korea, etc). Even if one says that the power must come from polluting power plants, France has nuclear power--green energy's b-stard child. It doesn't pollute unless someone or something has gone completely bonkers. And let's not forget geothermal, hydroelectric, solar, and wind...
2) does the astronomical start up costs associated with starting ones own railway, auto, airline, and shipping companies show that modern capitalism requires govt subsidies and benefits to even function? There is no viable way I can see starting off a company even with just a small cessna (airline company) or sailboat (shipping company). If anybody knows a way that doesn't involve govt subsidies, being rich, or knowing a rich person, please let me know.
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Actually, Lincoln would be in his own camp. He was a paternal racist (whites should be the wards of the "lessers"). He wanted the blacks to eventually go back to Africa. He also believed in segregation.
Lincoln quotes:
"A separation of the races is the only perfect preventive of amalgamation, but as an immediate separation is impossible, the next best thing is to keep them apart where they are not already together. If white and black people never get together in Kansas, they will never mix blood in Kansas."
"I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and black races. There is physical difference between the two which, in my judgment, will probably forever forbid their living together upon the footing of perfect equality, and inasmuch as it becomes a necessity that there must be a difference, I, as well as Judge Douglas, am in favor of the race to which I belong having the superior position. "
"Our republican system was meant for a homogeneous people. As long as blacks continue to live with the whites they constitute a threat to the national life. Family life may also collapse and the increase of mixed breed bastards may some day challenge the supremacy of the white man. "
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2 things:
1) trains are ONLY 77% less emitting of fossil fuels in france? Sorry, but does france still use diesels or steam engine trains? There are electric (overhead catenary-pantograph or third rail) trains and modern (see japan, Korea, etc). Even if one says that the power must come from polluting power plants, France has nuclear power--green energy's b-stard child. It doesn't pollute unless someone or something has gone completely bonkers. And let's not forget geothermal, hydroelectric, solar, and wind...
2) does the astronomical start up costs associated with starting ones own railway, auto, airline, and shipping companies show that modern capitalism requires govt subsidies and benefits to even function? There is no viable way I can see starting off a company even with just a small cessna (airline company) or sailboat (shipping company). If anybody knows a way that doesn't involve govt subsidies, being rich, or knowing a rich person, please let me know.
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The US Constitution (the charter of the United States of America) was drafted in secret and only ratified by each sovereign state little by little, while still under the old articles of confederation.
Following that model, the United States of Europe (USE) proponents could draft the USE constitution and send out to each member state of the EU. Those that sign it will become USE States and drop the old EU. If France and Germany go into USE, smaller EU States may be forced to join or cobble together with a smaller GDP and loss of the giant players. Eventually, most would probably join the USE for one reason or another, perhaps with the bicameral compromise (which already exists for the EU—the Council, which resembles the Bundesrat).
As for Unanimity or consensus, I don't think it's a bad thing, as long as affected States and representatives are forced to recuse themselves, if an interested party. The recusal part could easily bypass the deadlock that occurs in the EU and even the UN security council. If agreement couldn't be reached at the federal level, nothing to stop the States from trying to pass at the state level, or even the Counties, etc.
Keep in mind, juries are unanimous. Someone long ago deemed that a major life altering decision should not be decided by a majority or even ⅔, but by all.
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Read Stephabie Keltons The Deficit Myth. MMT shows that currency issuers (central banks) are not households as households do not make their own currency (not just counterfeiting, but actually making their own Johnson Bucks or McLeod Quids). Their only constraint is debt to GDP ratio and inflation.
"Put simply, such governments do not rely on taxes or borrowing for spending since they can print as much as they need and are the monopoly issuers of the currency. Since their budgets aren’t like a regular household’s, their policies should not be shaped by fears of rising national debt...
While supporters of the theory acknowledge that inflation is theoretically a possible outcome from such spending, they say it is highly unlikely and can be fought with policy decisions in the future if required. They often cite the example of Japan, which has much higher public debt than the U.S. [which has been and is currently experience deflation, not inflation].
According to MMT, the only limit that the government has when it comes to spending is the availability of real resources, like workers, construction supplies, etc. When government spending is too great with respect to the resources available, inflation can surge if decision-makers are not careful.
Taxes create an ongoing demand for currency and are a tool to take money out of an economy that is getting overheated, says MMT. This goes against the conventional idea that taxes are primarily meant to provide the government with money to spend to build infrastructure, fund social welfare programs, etc."¹
Source:
¹https://www.investopedia.com/modern-monetary-theory-mmt-4588060
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It would be interesting to see. Just as the us breaking up would harm the global economy and themselves, so too would the EU breaking up. Perhaps the EU needs a Shay's rebellion to actually create a federation like it did in 1787 US (previously a confederation).
The other thing to look at is a compromise: libertarian-style minimalist govt (preferably regional, national, and EU wide). An EU that can only handle immigration quotas/border protection, monetary & fiscal policy (we've seen what happens without), and self-defence (Japanese-style article 9). Nations could handle culture & tourism promotion, zoning guides to keep the national look, and incorporation of businesses. Local govt could implement the zoning guides, education, and healthcare. As for other non-criminal(?) laws we have now, business associations and unions would need to negotiate for 3-5 year contracts on policies (some done by govt now) and could do so EU-wide as those contracts would only apply to the businesses and their workers.
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This is why, if you want to do nation building, you must start by controlling the top office.
Perhaps start with a military governor appointed by the nation builder (in this case, the US), along with an advisory body comprised of Afghan tribal delegates and legal experts. Use US troops and US-paid and trained Afghans under the same command to establish order.
After order established, establish schools and universities--once a citizen graduates, they may vote. The US military governor would be swapped out for a civilian US military governor-general. The advisory body would remain but reform into a Senate. The citizens would vote for the Assembly--the lower house.
After a few years of progress, the Afghans could be given responsible govt with the Assembly choosing its prime minister, whom the governor will accept (background check first of course).
After a few more years and progress, the Afghans can choose their own governor-general. If this sounds familiar, it's analogue to Canada and probably Australia too.
And last I checked, Canadians and Australians are not fleeing to airports to be airlifted out as anglo/native/metis terrorists seek to return to an earlier society with shackled women and rights.
Hmm...although, american settlers should greatly outnumber the native Afghans or face a British India, Rhodesia, or South Africa incident.
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This is why, if you want to do nation building, you must start by controlling the top office.
Perhaps start with a military governor appointed by the nation builder (in this case, the US), along with an advisory body comprised of Afghan tribal delegates and legal experts. Use US troops and US-paid and trained Afghans under the same command to establish order.
After order established, establish schools and universities--once a citizen graduates, they may vote. The US military governor would be swapped out for a civilian US military governor-general. The advisory body would remain but reform into a Senate. The citizens would vote for the Assembly--the lower house.
After a few years of progress, the Afghans could be given responsible govt with the Assembly choosing its prime minister, whom the governor will accept (background check first of course).
After a few more years and progress, the Afghans can choose their own governor-general. If this sounds familiar, it's analogue to Canada and probably Australia too.
And last I checked, Canadians and Australians are not fleeing to airports to be airlifted out as anglo/native/metis terrorists seek to return to an earlier society with shackled women and rights.
Hmm...although, american settlers should greatly outnumber the native Afghans or face a British India, Rhodesia, or South Africa incident.
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This is why, if you want to do nation building, you must start by controlling the top office.
Perhaps start with a military governor appointed by the nation builder (in this case, the US), along with an advisory body comprised of Afghan tribal delegates and legal experts. Use US troops and US-paid and trained Afghans under the same command to establish order.
After order established, establish schools and universities--once a citizen graduates, they may vote. The US military governor would be swapped out for a civilian US military governor-general. The advisory body would remain but reform into a Senate. The citizens would vote for the Assembly--the lower house.
After a few years of progress, the Afghans could be given responsible govt with the Assembly choosing its prime minister, whom the governor will accept (background check first of course).
After a few more years and progress, the Afghans can choose their own governor-general. If this sounds familiar, it's analogue to Canada and probably Australia too.
And last I checked, Canadians and Australians are not fleeing to airports to be airlifted out as anglo/native/metis terrorists seek to return to an earlier society with shackled women and rights.
Hmm...although, american settlers should greatly outnumber the native Afghans or face a British India, Rhodesia, or South Africa incident.
That being said, I think using the UN rather than the US would be better. Being back the Trusteeship Council to serve where the US was as above.
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Sounds like the issue is more against the franchise model (eg what is used in McDonald's, subways, and other fast foods where they tell you exactly what to do, when to do it, and take money from the franchise just to use their name) than straight privatisation. Japan railways while nationalised was not as good as the privatised japan railway group with individual companies (JR EAST, JR CENTRAL, JR WEST, etc). Sure, should be nationalised to grow and expand, but as soon as built and established, I would privatise.
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This is why, if you want to do nation building, you must start by controlling the top office.
Perhaps start with a military governor appointed by the nation builder (in this case, the US), along with an advisory body comprised of Afghan tribal delegates and legal experts. Use US troops and US-paid and trained Afghans under the same command to establish order.
After order established, establish schools and universities--once a citizen graduates, they may vote. The US military governor would be swapped out for a civilian US military governor-general. The advisory body would remain but reform into a Senate. The citizens would vote for the Assembly--the lower house.
After a few years of progress, the Afghans could be given responsible govt with the Assembly choosing its prime minister, whom the governor will accept (background check first of course).
After a few more years and progress, the Afghans can choose their own governor-general. If this sounds familiar, it's analogue to Canada and probably Australia too.
And last I checked, Canadians and Australians are not fleeing to airports to be airlifted out as anglo/native/metis terrorists seek to return to an earlier society with shackled women and rights.
Hmm...although, american settlers should greatly outnumber the native Afghans or face a British India, Rhodesia, or South Africa incident.
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If each state had their own currency and central banks, as the federal govt currently has, then funding wouldn't be an issue.
Does the US, Canada, South Korea, etc run a balanced budget? Are they not able to "print" their own money? But, are they not wealthy nations?
Regardless of one's economic belief system, no one would argue that the nations mentioned above are not wealthy and prosperous.
If states had the same power of their own currency and central banks, they too could be prosperous. As long as the "minimum payments" were kept per month, it would not lead to hyperinflation or disbelief in the currency (belief is part of the fiat currency system).
Further, by having multiple state currencies, wealth could be developed by having a DOMEX (currency exchange within the country) or even put on the FOREX. It would also lead to less centralized control.
The euro was an experiment. "Merging" currencies into one creates issues with member-states not able to fully control their local economies. Perhaps what we need is not a single or oligopoly of currencies, but much more.
Lastly, having state central banks would mean less reliance on the federal govt and less cronyism. It's easier to sack a state legislator than a federal legislator (congressman or senator). States could have reacted quicker and each state could give the stimulus they thought was needed.
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Agreed. This was franchises in general. My thoughts on such:
So, the franchisee has to pay for the land, building, taxes, employees, and everything else. Then, they have to pay royalties to have the name and shop only at the franchisor's warehouses for supplies. Then, if franchisor decided to update the look, the franchisee has to spend their own money implementing. And the franchisee has little to no control on prices. In return, the franchisee gets...the name. Wow, woopitty-doo. Just open a McDowell's or Sunbucks.
Maybe I should start a franchisor company and have ideas. I'll make other people do the work. 🤪
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160 planes really isn't that impressive. That's like me saying my army has a total force of 500 soldiers. It's quite impressive.
Should have at least 500,000 aircraft, split between 200,000 fighter jets, 50,000 support aircraft, 50,000 intelligence aircraft, 100,000 bombers, and 100,000 cargo/troop aircraft, imho.
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Read Stephabie Keltons The Deficit Myth. MMT shows that currency issuers (central banks) are not households as households do not make their own currency (not just counterfeiting, but actually making their own Johnson Bucks or McLeod Quids). Their only constraint is debt to GDP ratio and inflation.
"Put simply, such governments do not rely on taxes or borrowing for spending since they can print as much as they need and are the monopoly issuers of the currency. Since their budgets aren’t like a regular household’s, their policies should not be shaped by fears of rising national debt...
While supporters of the theory acknowledge that inflation is theoretically a possible outcome from such spending, they say it is highly unlikely and can be fought with policy decisions in the future if required. They often cite the example of Japan, which has much higher public debt than the U.S. [which has been and is currently experience deflation, not inflation].
According to MMT, the only limit that the government has when it comes to spending is the availability of real resources, like workers, construction supplies, etc. When government spending is too great with respect to the resources available, inflation can surge if decision-makers are not careful.
Taxes create an ongoing demand for currency and are a tool to take money out of an economy that is getting overheated, says MMT. This goes against the conventional idea that taxes are primarily meant to provide the government with money to spend to build infrastructure, fund social welfare programs, etc."¹
Source:
¹https://www.investopedia.com/modern-monetary-theory-mmt-4588060
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13:05
I don't understand. Scotland is part of the nation-state of the UK. They have a right to be upset at the vote and to organise a referendum. The Caribbean countries are not part of the nation-state of the UK. They are as independent as canada and australia, having their own sovereign parliaments, prime ministers, and governors-general (de facto head of state, de jure is the Queen, but she is queen of Canada, Queen of Barbados, etc in her own right and not in the UK/Britain's right--they are just members of the commonwealth, an international cultural organization comprised of former British colonies. Former.
Caveat: overseas territories are up in the air. So, ok. Nevermind--peehaps he should have gotten a say. The US has overseas territories that can't elect congress or the president either--can the british overseas territories elect British MPs or only local?
My point still stands on the commonwealth, however.
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Lincoln Quotes on race:
Segregation:
"I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and black races. There is physical difference between the two which, in my judgment, will probably forever forbid their living together upon the footing of perfect equality, and inasmuch as it becomes a necessity that there must be a difference, I, as well as Judge Douglas, am in favor of the race to which I belong having the superior position. "
Send back to africa:
"It is still in our power to direct the process of emancipation, and deportation, peaceably, and in such slow degrees, as that the evil will wear off insensibly; and in their places be, pari passu [on an equal basis], filled up by free white laborers."
Coexistence:
"Our republican system was meant for a homogeneous people. As long as blacks continue to live with the whites they constitute a threat to the national life. Family life may also collapse and the increase of mixed breed bastards may some day challenge the supremacy of the white man."
And yet no one is calling for his monument to be torn down. Double standards?
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I'm still wondering why we don't get rid of money. Not just physical money like cash and coins, but all money, credit cards, etc. Think star trek (post 1986 movie The Voyage Home). Post scarcity isn't technically needed for many things. There's enough grain (and possibly fruit) produced in the US to feed every person to the point they can't eat anymore. Automation and better machines do this.
If there's enough abundance, "buy" (ask the baker) for as much bread as you want, order as much food as you want at the local cafe, "buy" as many action figures and manga as you want. If not in abundance, set up a library for non-essentials (stuff besides housing, food, utilities, education, and healthcare) where people can read books and play with action figures. Can even have private family rooms instead of checking out.
I don't know what this is called, but I'm in favour of that system.
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@TechnologyConnections
I know this videos about laser discs, but when talking about video cassettes, it's important to know the early 80s court case about recording shows off TV. Several companies took them to court for such.
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Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.
Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 464 U.S. 417 (1984), also known as the “Betamax case”, is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which ruled that the making of individual copies of complete television shows for purposes of time shifting does not constitute copyright infringement, but is fair use.[1][2] The Court also ruled that the manufacturers of home video recording devices, such as Betamax or other VCRs (referred to as VTRs in the case), cannot be liable for infringement. The case was a boon to the home video market, as it created a legal safe haven for the technology.
- Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Corp._of_America_v._Universal_City_Studios,_Inc.
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Give everyone jobs, even with automation. Replace corporate tax with employment incentive tax rebate that is pegged to corporate revenue.
Full employment in company = 1% corporate income tax;
Half employment in company = 25% corporate income tax;
Zero employment in company = 50% corporate income tax.
And the percentages in between...
Do you want to give 40% of corporate revenue away to salaried workers who may only work 2 days a week for 2 hours per day, or would you rather give 50% of corporate revenue to the govt in taxes? Incentivise long term workers too, providing a lifetime employment option.
A bonus would be that more time off to consume goods & services and refresh ones batteries. Another bonus would be less direct govt involvement from trying to give everybody UBI. UBI, in essence, would come from their employers. Employers or local chambers of commerce would provide housing directly or housing allowances (private real estate companies would be incentivised to build more supply than demand to keep housing prices down--helped by the above employment scheme)...or better yet, law that states only 30% of income can be charged for home mortgage, whether it takes 5 years, 25 years, or 122 years (obviously, with a person who bought the mortgage from another, or passed down voluntarily a few generations ).
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Oddly though, Ben and Jerry's is still operating in nations with severe human rights issues, such as China and Saudi Arabia. I'm confused.
"Unilever Multinational corporation [owner of Ben and Jerry's] also maintains corporate offices in numerous human rights-abusing countries, including China, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Venezuela, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. Unilever is reportedly a major purchaser of tomato paste from state-owned factories in China's Xinjiang region, where the U.S. State Department says China is engaged in "horrific abuses." In January 2021, the U.S. government halted the import of all such tomato paste into the U.S., citing the use of forced labor that amounted to "exploiting modern slavery." Yet neither Unilever nor Ben & Jerry's appears to have ever taken action against China's massive human rights violations in Xinjiang."¹
Guess Ben and Jerry's is perfectly fine with boycotting Israel as its small, but china...well, that would be economic suicide for the conglomerate. It's not about human rights, it's about who has more money.
Source:
¹https://www.newsweek.com/double-scoops-double-standards-courtesy-ben-jerrys-opinion-1612002
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Read Stephabie Keltons The Deficit Myth. MMT shows that currency issuers (central banks) are not households as households do not make their own currency (not just counterfeiting, but actually making their own Johnson Bucks or McLeod Quids). Their only constraint is debt to GDP ratio and inflation.
"Put simply, such governments do not rely on taxes or borrowing for spending since they can print as much as they need and are the monopoly issuers of the currency. Since their budgets aren’t like a regular household’s, their policies should not be shaped by fears of rising national debt...
While supporters of the theory acknowledge that inflation is theoretically a possible outcome from such spending, they say it is highly unlikely and can be fought with policy decisions in the future if required. They often cite the example of Japan, which has much higher public debt than the U.S. [which has been and is currently experience deflation, not inflation].
According to MMT, the only limit that the government has when it comes to spending is the availability of real resources, like workers, construction supplies, etc. When government spending is too great with respect to the resources available, inflation can surge if decision-makers are not careful.
Taxes create an ongoing demand for currency and are a tool to take money out of an economy that is getting overheated, says MMT. This goes against the conventional idea that taxes are primarily meant to provide the government with money to spend to build infrastructure, fund social welfare programs, etc."¹
Source:
¹https://www.investopedia.com/modern-monetary-theory-mmt-4588060
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@halfvolley11
Ugly is in eye of the beholder, but from this beholder, regardless if its low or high density, if they can't cut crime, pick up the litter, and erase the graffiti, then it may stay ugly. Many city skylines look great at night, some even in the day (curtain wall glass construction), but i would not want to live within them. Only a select few would i feel safe in (eg singapore, Seoul, tokyo). Whatever they're doing, I would urge to copy.
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160 planes really isn't that impressive. That's like me saying my army has a total force of 500 soldiers. It's quite impressive.
Should have at least 500,000 aircraft, split between 200,000 fighter jets, 50,000 support aircraft, 50,000 intelligence aircraft, 100,000 bombers, and 100,000 cargo/troop aircraft, imho.
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Have you been to Germany? Codetermination. American-style capitalism is not the only kind. Why have only peas or carrots when you can have both? Absolutism of either capitaliam or socialism is not the answer. Compromise and negotiations - a mix. Also, many democracies have publicly funded elections so no need for candidates to be beholden to large donors. In america, vast majority of lawmakers are lawyers. Theyre the only ones with the money and influence to get elected. In many europeam countries, there are plumbers, teachers, librarians, local butchers, street performers, etc. You know, society, different points of view. Also, MMP with 5 different parties in Bundestag (parliament).
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Give everyone jobs, even with automation. Replace corporate tax with employment incentive tax rebate that is pegged to corporate revenue.
Full employment in company = 1% corporate income tax;
Half employment in company = 25% corporate income tax;
Zero employment in company = 50% corporate income tax.
And the percentages in between...
Do you want to give 40% of corporate revenue away to salaried workers who may only work 2 days a week for 2 hours per day, or would you rather give 50% of corporate revenue to the govt in taxes? Incentivise long term workers too, providing a lifetime employment option.
A bonus would be that more time off to consume goods & services and refresh ones batteries. Another bonus would be less direct govt involvement from trying to give everybody UBI. UBI, in essence, would come from their employers. Employers or local chambers of commerce would provide housing directly or housing allowances (private real estate companies would be incentivised to build more supply than demand to keep housing prices down--helped by the above employment scheme)...or better yet, law that states only 30% of income can be charged for home mortgage, whether it takes 5 years, 25 years, or 122 years (obviously, with a person who bought the mortgage from another, or passed down voluntarily a few generations ).
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If each state had their own currency and central banks, as the federal govt currently has, then funding wouldn't be an issue.
Does the US, Canada, South Korea, etc run a balanced budget? Are they not able to "print" their own money? But, are they not wealthy nations?
Regardless of one's economic belief system, no one would argue that the nations mentioned above are not wealthy and prosperous.
If states had the same power of their own currency and central banks, they too could be prosperous. As long as the "minimum payments" were kept per month, it would not lead to hyperinflation or disbelief in the currency (belief is part of the fiat currency system).
Further, by having multiple state currencies, wealth could be developed by having a DOMEX (currency exchange within the country) or even put on the FOREX. It would also lead to less centralized control.
The euro was an experiment. "Merging" currencies into one creates issues with member-states not able to fully control their local economies. Perhaps what we need is not a single or oligopoly of currencies, but much more.
Lastly, having state central banks would mean less reliance on the federal govt and less cronyism. It's easier to sack a state legislator than a federal legislator (congressman or senator). States could have reacted quicker and each state could give the stimulus they thought was needed.
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Oddly though, Ben and Jerry's is still operating in nations with severe human rights issues, such as China and Saudi Arabia. I'm confused.
"Unilever Multinational corporation [owner of Ben and Jerry's] also maintains corporate offices in numerous human rights-abusing countries, including China, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Venezuela, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. Unilever is reportedly a major purchaser of tomato paste from state-owned factories in China's Xinjiang region, where the U.S. State Department says China is engaged in "horrific abuses." In January 2021, the U.S. government halted the import of all such tomato paste into the U.S., citing the use of forced labor that amounted to "exploiting modern slavery." Yet neither Unilever nor Ben & Jerry's appears to have ever taken action against China's massive human rights violations in Xinjiang."¹
Guess Ben and Jerry's is perfectly fine with boycotting Israel as its small, but china...well, that would be economic suicide for the conglomerate. It's not about human rights, it's about who has more money.
Source:
¹https://www.newsweek.com/double-scoops-double-standards-courtesy-ben-jerrys-opinion-1612002
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Regardless of the likeability or lack thereof of this series, anyone notice that tech regressed so much?
Chronologically:
In discovery, glass walls and touchscreens abounded. Site to sit transportation existed. Androids with weird make-up for some reason exist....and workers at one station are required to shave the side of their head for no apparent reason (different people manned station).
TOS, tech lost or weird pseudo-luddite ideology caused control panels to revert to push buttons and slides, and lamps over the consoles.
The original movies, still push buttons and levers, but wire frame and even crude textured 3d graphics (Genesis planet proposal video) came to fruition. Still CRT box tvs and fat microcassettes though.
TNG, touchscreens finally returned after the pseudo-luddite phase. Androids back.
DS9, Voyager, pretty much the same as TNG tech-wise. 3d hologram doctors exist.
Picard, tech is now 3d beyond (hologram) for everything, including commercials (which get me as commercialism was supposedly wiped out...maybe ferengi territory)...
I still say that this is not the original timeline. Old Spock really shrewed things up going back with Nero.
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Give everyone jobs, even with automation. Replace corporate tax with employment incentive tax rebate that is pegged to corporate revenue.
Full employment in company = 1% corporate income tax;
Half employment in company = 25% corporate income tax;
Zero employment in company = 50% corporate income tax.
And the percentages in between...
Do you want to give 40% of corporate revenue away to salaried workers who may only work 2 days a week for 2 hours per day, or would you rather give 50% of corporate revenue to the govt in taxes? Incentivise long term workers too, providing a lifetime employment option.
A bonus would be that more time off to consume goods & services and refresh ones batteries. Another bonus would be less direct govt involvement from trying to give everybody UBI. UBI, in essence, would come from their employers. Employers or local chambers of commerce would provide housing directly or housing allowances (private real estate companies would be incentivised to build more supply than demand to keep housing prices down--helped by the above employment scheme)...or better yet, law that states only 30% of income can be charged for home mortgage, whether it takes 5 years, 25 years, or 122 years (obviously, with a person who bought the mortgage from another, or passed down voluntarily a few generations ).
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2 things:
1) trains are ONLY 77% less emitting of fossil fuels in france? Sorry, but does france still use diesels or steam engine trains? There are electric (overhead catenary-pantograph or third rail) trains and modern (see japan, Korea, etc). Even if one says that the power must come from polluting power plants, France has nuclear power--green energy's b-stard child. It doesn't pollute unless someone or something has gone completely bonkers. And let's not forget geothermal, hydroelectric, solar, and wind...
2) does the astronomical start up costs associated with starting ones own railway, auto, airline, and shipping companies show that modern capitalism requires govt subsidies and benefits to even function? There is no viable way I can see starting off a company even with just a small cessna (airline company) or sailboat (shipping company). If anybody knows a way that doesn't involve govt subsidies, being rich, or knowing a rich person, please let me know.
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