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Now the precedent is set: the gate is clearly open for other nations with similar colors in their flag.

This would be a pretty ok joke if somebody wasn’t actually being serious about it. Context sucks.

Well, I’ll try to make this simple.

In economics, we can say “this is how it is”, and “your view is wrong because of a and b”. But what we don’t say is that “this is definitely how it is and if you disagree you’re stupid and your opinions are garbage”.

Well, I’ll try to make this simple.

In economics, we can say “this is how it is”, and “your view is wrong because of a and b”. But what we don’t say is that “this is definitely how it is and if you disagree you’re stupid and your opinions are garbage”.

Well, I’ll try to make this simple.

In economics, we can say “this is how it is”, and “your view is wrong because of a and b”. But what we don’t say is that “this is definitely how it is and if you disagree you’re stupid and your opinions are garbage”.

Or UBI as we seemed to agree on other part of the thread. Either of these are better solutions than minimum wage.

I agree on UBI. That would be a good solution.

Indeed. That’s exactly what will happen. And then people whose wage level is below the minimum wage will be unemployed.

I don’t know you, but I can guess: it’s almost never the individual’s fault. But we should still look for efficient solutions, not populist non-solutions.

Not sure what you have against minimum wage,

Having bit more than basic education in economics, I suppose.

It’s a fantasy that everyone can be educated to a level above minimum wage.

Is it more or less a fantasy than the fantasy that every employer is able to pay the minimum wage?

You need to learn a skill that leads to a living wage. Demanding politicians to directly do that is pointless, they are absolutely unable to give you that. The only thing they can directly do is set a minimum wage, which is essentially a lie. It doesn’t actually give you a minimum/living wage, instead it makes you completely unemployable if your wage level is between 0-(minimum wage).

As u/nomad mentioned, demanding structures that make getting an education easier or give you safety nets when things go to shit, or basic income/negative tax rates for low incomes is something politicans can do. But don’t demand stupid things like minimum wage, they might actually do those.

Liberal boomers:

They’re on to something but fucked up an important detail there.

I’m sorry, but I absolutely cannot understand this. Have you held a modern macbook, like a macbook m2 air, in your hands?

I don’t like their software a lot, but the hardware is top of the industry in almost every way after they released their own CPUs. For what you get, they are cheap.

Before Apple Silicon they were more meh, though.

Shouldn’t there be a single row of white pawns also, though?

Does System76 have right now, or upcoming, any laptops that can match Apple’s hardware quality? They seem like Clevo rebrands.

The Vietnam War was a proxy war as well, but I’m pretty sure the (north) vietnamese still quite authentically wanted USA to gtfo.

So possible options as I see them:

1. Biden’s USA is stubborn and nihilistic and just wants to kill as many Ukrainians and Russians as possible before Trump comes in and forces Ukraine to accept a treaty

2. USA (and Ukraine) knows that Putin hasn’t changed its demands at all so any talks are pointless

3. USA (and Ukraine) knows that Russia is losing and doesn’t want to negotiate

4. Biden forgot how to use a phone and is too embarrased to ask

I’m personally going with 2 with a sprinkle of 4 and 1. In my happy dreams, 3.

the USSR beat your ass and STILL didnt want most of your shit country. they could’ve taken it after winning the winter war, but didnt.

The fact that their casualties were 5 times worse (or about 150x worse if we’re counting tanks) than ours might have had something to do with them not wanting our shit country.

Not that it matters. The important thing was they didn’t conquer us.

and you’re still convinced they’re coming for you.

Well, not anymore that much, thanks to our NATO friends.