Comments by "Mosern1977" (@Mosern1977) on "VisualPolitik EN" channel.

  1. Stopping a Russian invasion only needs a crate of Vodka every 50 meter on the inbound routes. And 200 USD in bonus for laying down arms and surrendering. Some sort of app to allow for easy surrender and payout should be made. Much cheaper and more humane than rockets. I do however see the point that military spending can indeed fuel innovation, its sad but true.
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  2. As a Norwegian, I really cannot imagine living in a society that is having such turbulent economic history. I guess the Argentinians just are very passionate about everything, at least they look very passionate in these videos. Might not make for the best long term pragmatic policies, but I'm sure they enjoy the show. Best of luck to them, I guess this will succeed for a while, and then crash down into a ditch eventually.
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  3. Well, the Norwegian government is filthy rich, the average Norwegian doesn't see too much of this money though. People's economy in Norway has worsened (rising electricity, gas, petrol, interest rates and all sorts of prices) while the government has propped up its enormous wealth even more. Norwegian government is doing setting new record in loosing voters now and unless they turn around things have no chance in hell for a re-election.
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  4. Well, as a Norwegian I can clearly say, one issue Sweden has was the lack of nationalism. Because Sweden has been at peace for 200+ years, and nobody in Sweden has every had to fight for their country or freedom. They took Sweden for granted, and thought that everyone coming to Sweden would become Swedes the moment they set the fot on Swedish soil. Boy where they wrong.
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  5. 30 years of hard work.
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  6. Coming from a very organized, stable and civilized country, Norway, I have a hard time wrapping my head around anything like this. How does a mortgage work in such an economic environment? If you had a few dollars in a drawer, could you pay down your house mortgage? How does super-high inflation work? Do you re-negotiate your salaries every day? How does people know what to charge for things, and how are prices set? I'm just curious how this work in a day-to-day everyday life situation?
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  7. As a Norwegian, it has been clear the path Sweden has been on for 3 decades already. Thanks to Sweden for being the lightning rod, and Denmark for being the border guard, Norway has managed to keep immigration on a manageable level. So this is no news, of course Sweden now has to pay for their foolish policies. It will take decades to fix.
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  8.  @mothgru  things should have been cheaper and Norwegians more wealthy than ever. The fact this is not happening is testament to the poor governing of the country.
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  9. Doesn't sound like you have the French mentality.
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  10.  @bubble0  - Yeah... "Better than the majority of the world" is kinda low bar, when you hit the oil/gas jackpot and have a nice and easy population to work with. Norwegians should be top 0.5% or better. But nope, people are loaded in debt and just a few have actual productive jobs. And most of the money goes to pay for the non-productive parts of society, because that shuts them up.
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  11.  @jeschinstad  - the typical Norwegian lives in a modest home, have maybe one old car, and takes a trip to southern Europe one time per year. Frozen pizza instead of restaurant food is the name of the game. And he is in big debt and the government takes most of his money he earns away from him. He gets some mediocre services back, if he is lucky, and fit the government rules for those things. It is a very modest lifestyle, but he is happy knowing he is so "rich", while at the same time hardly having money to heat his home. Yeah, its very impressive.
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  12.  @tukulitobenitez9661  - no they live further north.
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  13. Russia is somewhat rational in its aggression. And neither Finland nor Sweden is seen as Russian zones of influence. The Baltic states however, are much more in danger. Those countries are small and does not have any great natural defensive features. With Sweden and Finland in NATO, the protection of those countries becomes much much easier, and the likelihood of Russia doing stupid stuff again much less.
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  14. Yes, but Norway is at its hearth a very capitalistic society. Its just that the state works as a big shareholder, and things are run capitalistically. Laws are followed and corruption is very low, planning is done long term. Norway's passive income is now so big, that the government isn't even able to spend the 3% it is allowed to spend each year. So the fund is growing exponentially now.
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  15. The devil is in the details. The state must then run things in a capitalistic manner, and laws must be abided, corruption must be low, etc.
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  16. Yes, Wind and Solar are dead ends in a modern society. Because they are unstable. Nuclear is the best alternative, if you don't have hydropower.
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  17. Swedish arrogance, now they will have to pay.
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  18.  @glennnoway6569  - "if you want the govt to start making highways, airport and hospitals all over the place we get the Dutch Disease." - no, not true. You get the same (or even more) inflation pressure by giving people on welfare more money, or giving higher salaries to managers in the public sector. It is just an excuse used to prioritize some public spending vs. other. I will say that the poor in Norway have it pretty good compared to the rest of the world. The middle class suffer quite a lot because of that. But due to Norwegian culture being what it is, the middle class is content with low disposable income.
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  19. So the store clerks just goes around reprising everything? At what point do you get a salary increase?
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  20.  @Nelox2000  - not the first time Argentina has done drastic changes, improved things for a while and still a few years later, being in some new (but different) economic problems? It will be interesting to see how this latest iteration will work. At least your politics isn't boring, unlike Norwegian politics.
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  21.  @hogatiwash7750  - yes. But far less than Sweden. Norway and Denmark do deport bad apples if possible, just knowing this makes the bad apples go to Sweden. Denmark is stricter and Norway has enough money to pay for the extra social costs and programs.
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  22. Norway's approach is: Use renewables domestically, and then export everything else (oil and gas). Don't get high on your own supply.
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  23. Yeah, that's something to strive for in the far future. But it requires a very cold and long-term mindset, not sure if that describes the Argentinian mentality.
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  24. But you also must not make the rules so bad that nobody will invest. Careful balancing is key.
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  25. Just move to Denmark or Norway.
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  26. “In Argentina, if you go away for a month, everything has changed; if you go away for ten years, nothing has changed.”
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  27. That's how Norway did it. Changed things back in 2010-ish. Changing the system gradually over decades so that it will be financially stable in the future, and everyone has ample time to change. Basically the government will pay less of your pensions, and you will have to save up more yourself.
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  28. Great training ground for the US military. It was an advanced shooting range.
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  29. Well, come to Norway or Denmark instead. That's where Swedes go as well.
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  30. Pretty sure Milei has a good grasp on that potential issue.
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  31.  @bubble0  - well the hyper rich government is now taking away all people's purchasing power, and you are unable to see it. This while at the same time filling the over-filled coffers even more. Seems like most Norwegians are kinda unhappy about it though, so that's good. At some point some of Norway's immense wealth should actually get funneled to normal working people.
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  32. China is much smarter than the US. It will do business but will stay away from telling Afghans how to run their country. No talk about democracy or human rights and stuff like that. Just business.
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  33.  Dennisestrada  - not really sure tbh. I think it might be fairly recently (some animal welfare laws or something). It is not a big political issue.
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  34. I'm sure Milei is aware of this potential issue, and will take the necessary actions to avoid it. He is a smart dude.
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  35. Of course they don't.
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  36. Well, maybe not compared to a Danish force, but compared to an Afghan force.
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  37.  @Barskor1  - the fund owns parts of businesses all over the world. It is not placed in money.
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  38.  @Barskor1  - don't know. What is a world-wide "money" crisis? There are hundreds of currencies out there, why would they all have a "crisis" at the same time?
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  39.  @Barskor1  - Yes, the system is based on trust. And I trust the Swiss.
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  40.  @annap8328  - we just need alcohol to thaw up and bring out the old viking genes.
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  41. The US and Taliban had a deal about US exiting Afghanistan by August. Both parties held on to their end of the agreement.
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  42. Well, I don't think we will see this in the very short term, unless Russia goes nuclear or similar in Ukraine.
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  43. Fracking is extremely polluting and nasty, and Europe is very densely populated. Nobody want's that in their neighborhood, so it won't happen in Europe.
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  44. As a Norwegian, we are indeed blaming our government. Because Norway now export all the gas and electricity we are able to. And the Norwegian government is now earning shit-tons of money every day (thanks Germany, UK). However, now we Norwegians must pay the same inflated price as UK and Germany for our electricity - and that is 10 times normal price. This won't fly - and the Norwegian government will now have to fix this fast, or they'll have a real riot on their hands pretty soon.
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  45. And then Singapore has no natural resources. Meaning - correct economic policies are what will make or break a nation. Natural resources aren't really that important.
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  46.  @zarach9459  - as far as I know Opium cultivation is prohibited by Taliban. Even had politicians in my country being worried about the price of heroin now for drug addicts going up.
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  47. Because you can live of welfare and have a good life doing nothing. Then invite your entire extended family too.
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  48. Nobody wants war with NATO. That's the whole point of it.
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  49. The grown ups came back in power.
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  50.  @Blah888  money is way more important.
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