Comments by "Christian Baune" (@programaths) on "Why Socialism Never Works: A Video Marathon | Marathons" video.

  1. In Belgium. we have an average of 7% yearly inflation. Wage index is roughly 3.5% and taxes are rising. Without change, half of the population will definitely be under poverty line within the decade. (70% decrease in buying power over 10 years) The last two votes results were dismissed, it's why we ended up for years without a government. Democratic vote is effectively dead since two decades; At this point, we should not be forced to go to the voting boots. Our welfare system encourage companies to hire people who were unemployed the longest. The corollary is that if you get unemployed then you are guaranteed, by the same mechanism, to be in for a long time. The country also promotes career changes, but only if you can prove you don't have the credentials. As an example, I work in IT field and we need higher studies diploma, so I am barred to ask help for switching job. On top of that, happens it's a penury job (jobs people don't want to do), so it's another thing that forbid me to ask help to switch. Rents are going rampant too, Brussels try to stop it by having landlord write down the expected renting cost. But at the same times, try to lure people buying their house/apartment cheaper if it's owned by the state. (So, you buy the use for life) Of course, those three last years didn't help.
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  2.  @Ryan91487  I am a bit German on those: standardization. We perfectly know that Asian, Black and Idian (yes, I know, Indian are Asian and Black is not an ethnicity) have very distinctive biological differences and thus different needs. Especially in drugs. Yet, we blatantly ignore those differences. If you take black people, they are black (or "non white", maybe that's more descriptive), because they have more melanin which do affect drugs! Asian are more prone to not being able to process lactose, which also affect some drugs (Especially the "wrapper" of drugs). And even food can be an issue for Asians due to lactose intolerance. So, only tacking 3 different cases, we already see complications. It's not even accounting cultural differences... Like Muslims not eating pork and some Hindouists(?) not eating beef for religious reasons. Of course that brings troubles by putting the system under pressure! Yet, people ignore that. As a stupid example, it's too expansive to cater to all religions and believes, so, school cantinas simply banned pork...vegan just eat the same stuff without meat (Quite sub-optimal) and if they are lucky, a protein rich alternative is proposed (but rarely). The funniest thing was that in the early '90, we served beer to kids. That wasn't an issue at all, until we became more inclusive. The beer we served was very healthy, it was "piedboeuf" and it didn't even taste like a pilsener (think "Jupiler") or a special (think "Orval"). And there was less than 1.5%. (for kids, it was under 0.5%, but amazingly, it's not to be found on the net!) Rationale was that if the kid didn't eat, he would have at least something in the stomach. Keep in mind that school was tougher overall.
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