Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson Are RIGHT About The World Economic Forum In Davos: Brie u0026 Robby" video.

@gdiwolverinemale2745 Working fewer hours increases productivity (value of product produced per hour worked), for obvious reasons. Yes, the redistribution of wealth to 0.05% of humanity has been a disaster, agreed.
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Vive la France.
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@gdiwolverinemale2745 I didn't say it was a linear relationship, and it is obvious that it couldn't be. But nice try. I thought everyone knew about things like marginal value, diminishing returns, etc., which characterize economics. You know, optimization problems; Economics 101. Re: "national balance sheets" We've had about 40 years of reducing taxes on capital, which has then purchased government bonds and become the government's creditor -- instead of paying taxes, they collect interest on the national debt. In the meantime, industry, farming, and fishing are gutted while the service sector grows. Laws which prohibited banks backed by the government from taking certain risks in highly volatile securities markets have been repealed. Gee. What could go wrong? Oh, I don't know. It should be a blast to find out. In the meantime, go after seniors. BTW, do you have any familiarity with France? When people get their pension, which secures their basic needs, come what may, they don't usually retire. They very often open their own shop. Sometimes they even paint, or write. Did you ever wonder why you have to say "bonjour madame, bonjour monsieur" when you walk into a boutique? It's not owned by some conglomerate, it's that older person's joint.
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@gracelynne3918 LOL
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@onefreepalestine Just saw the Ministry of the Interior admitted that the January 19 general mobilization reached over a million. I wonder how many actually turned up!
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@gdiwolverinemale2745 The ability to off-shore jobs depends in great measure on what the government is willing to help you do, like provide security for ports and shipping lanes while you avoid paying payroll taxes. Those companies don't have their own private global security force. The money comes from somewhere . . . hm.
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I think Amazon has harmed the quality of life in lots of ways. Do we walk less? Do we have far fewer small shops to visit, and shopkeepers to get to know, who live an independent existence without bosses over them? Do we spend a whole lot of money on things we don't need?
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imeverywhereandnowhere56 He gave it. Reuters.
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@gdiwolverinemale2745 I already explained that at least in France, when people retire they usually continue to work, very often by opening a shop related to their favorite hobby (a record store, a book store, a little cafe). Contrary to the caricature popularized in the English-speaking world, the French aren't "lazy" at all. They like to work. When Annie Ernaux won the Nobel Prize, she had her phone off because she was working. When she finally turned on her phone and got the news, her first reaction was, "are you sure?" LOL She is about 80 years old. Zero entitlement, eh?
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@gdiwolverinemale2745 Ha, are you ever funny. So, they want to start businesses without going into debt? They are looking to remain productive, and increase their productivity, based on interest, talent and prudence, without debt? Note: No banks need to be involved. "Oh, the horror! The horror!" You are the one trying to make an emotional appeal. That isn't receiving an "early pension," that is maintenance of the status quo. Note: no debt, and that means no control over them by creditors. "Oh, oh, the horror!" 🤣
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You mean like, say, McDonald's? Taco Bell? The Microsoft Start Page and news feed? PFIZER? In all seriousness, I suggest you look into the real history of various corporations, and find out why they dominated a market, rather than having the kind of diversity of providers that Adam Smith envisioned -- and what Smith thought were the possible pitfalls that could prevent that development.
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@gdiwolverinemale2745 Unions are market participants.
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@gdiwolverinemale2745 Well, now I can disagree with you while knowing that we both inhabit reality.
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@fredschnerbert1238 Who told you that? Faux News? At the close of business for the year, December 2022, the richest man in the world was Bernard Arnault. Source: Forbes. Arnault is the co-founder and CEO of a conglomerate that owns luxury brands in clothing, footwear, other leather goods, champagne, and so forth. Stuff France is known for, and perfected prior to the Industrial Revolution. Then they bought up media (naturally), and other stuff, like companies that build yachts.
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Robby, the only use of billions of dollars is to control other people -- including by buying influence. There is nothing else these people can buy with that much money.
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@big.sweetheart.energy It's the Taco Bell of apps.
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Elite is too kind, really
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@thomashovgaard3134 No it's not.
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@patrickwrightson2072 I already read between 50 and 70 books per year, plus legal opinions in their entirety, and speak three languages fluently, and know two others a fair bit. You?
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@patrickwrightson2072 There is a whole science of making people do what they don't want to do, based on manipulating them using their known needs, and has been noted at least since the 19th century. We've just seen it in action since 2020. Why does a house cost what it costs? Did families with young kids suddenly decide that having two breadwinners working 50 hours per week and spending two hours a day commuting, and taking out a mortgage that was just a little too high, was their American Dream? Actually, speaking of history, economic history is a fascinating subject. As for, say, Microsoft, the published cases from their antitrust trial are fascinating. The whole history of its dominance was tested in court. People never read those because they came away with the technically mistaken but pragmatically correct impression that Microsoft won!
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But you're right, Economic is plain wrong.
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@big.sweetheart.energy NICE!!
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imeverywhereandnowhere56 I thought you asked for the source of his report. I thought you assumed it may not be accurate. Now I'm not sure what you're asking. BTW, it was about two million who went on strike in France, and more demonstrations are planned. We may have data soon? I really don't know what back-up plans the billionaires have for maintaining the electrical grid, but based on the Paradise Papers, etc., they are clearly afraid of something derailing their hegemony. This time I know that doesn't answer your question, but anyway . . . a semi-relevant aside. :)
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@thenoneckpeoplerepresentat8074 On Avenue Foch, perhaps not.
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@demsandlibsareswinecancer4667 Productivity is an economic concept, and its definition is market value of product produced per manhour worked. It is never optimal to work, say, 12 hours per day; your overall productivity could easily be lower than for someone who works seven hours but diligently, with a fresh mind, and consistently so, rather than working without a break, and then needing to take sick days, etc. (BTW, my mother is from the same region as Nikola Tesla. We get weird migraines, we love math, etc. Something tells me you know nothing about him except what you might have found on Facebook.)
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You should have heard Francois Ruffin denouncing Macron in the National Assembly: "Instead of writing in the book of history, you won't be a footnote on an accounting ledger. You've made us pity you." Whereas we still invite Bll (friend of Jeffrey) Gates to pontificate.
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The only use of billions of dollars is to control other people -- including by buying influence. There is nothing else these people can buy with that much money. Gutting mathematics education was the smartest thing Reagan and Thatcher did. No one is equipped to understand economics, like, at all. They think about their high school cliques as a guide.
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