Comments by "Daniel Larson" (@daniellarson3068) on "Ukrainian Consequences: Nord Stream" video.

@bsmithhammer Bernie Sanders has numbers to say the opposite and then there's Thomas Picketty with his enormous tome of facts. Nope! We are in the second gilded age. The rich get richer and the rest of us don't.
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@bsmithhammer Time to restart those German nukes.
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So - The Russians were making billions of dollars from that pipeline. When the situation in Ukraine will be resolved, you would think the Russians could have gone back to making billions of dollars from that pipeline. It would be plenty to actually upgrade their military so they could pose a real threat to whomever. They seem to like being the bad bully country. So - why would they blow up this potential money making resource? It's like killing the goose that laid the golden egg. It must make sense some how.
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@bsmithhammer Given Bernie's age and the number of years he worked, it is not unusual to find a millionaire. In fact if a man his age had meager savings for retirement year after year with a pretty good job, they too would be a millionaire. Socialism does not necessarily deny that to people. I've read that there are higher per capita millionaires in the Scandinavian countries than in USA. You assume to understand Democratic Socialism, but you don't. Capitalism is restricted not outlawed.
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@bsmithhammer Please note i used the phrase democratic socialist. The world is not black and white as many right wingers would have one believe. Public schools, libraries, public roads and the beloved military are all examples of socialism. The Scandinavian countries merely have a larger dose of socialism. Some think that it is a better mix. I own a Husquevarna chain saw. I realize that is a huge private company. I also realize that health care in the US is about one thing, profit. Health care is an example where socialism often provides better service to the masses. As for Bernie, he is 81 years old. I will concede that his books have given him extra income. However, let's take the example of a college professor working to 81 years old. It is certainly plausible that this professor will be a millionaire. We further suppose that our professor has contributed to his retirement fund and has worked 60 years. Is it implausible to believe that he could have several millions in his 401 K and this be a millionaire? The stock market has average returns of 8 percent per annum. Perhaps as inflation continues and the wealth gap increases, Bernie may be saying the trilionaires are the problem. I'm not convinced the "Communist dinosaur"is wrong.
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@SchwartzSchnee I am quite certain that wouldn't happen. Unlike their neighbors to the East of Finland, these are known as Diplomatic people.
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