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The Bird · 1d
We just said the same thing but differently.
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I thought you knew about the Brussels affect, that's why I gave the example with EU.

Not sure why you think I'm attacking you but clearly you can't catch the reference I'm using without explaining them in detail.


Clearly we don't speak the same language and you feel unhappy about it, so I will not bother you anymore.
freemymind 🇨🇭 · 2d
But regulation makes competition deminish. So there is actual competition, otherwise regulations would be without effect. And CEOs of big coorporations look to be close to the government. Because the...
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Do you believe in EU is no competition?

I will always give an example of Revolut. Taking the most regulated sector and make a name for himself.

Second example ASML without this company you would have computers like in the old days that fills the whole room or small computers that are very slow.

Third example Spotify leader in the music and podcast distribution.

Not to mention Nokia and Skype.

Smart regulations are a good thing, stupid regulations are a bad thing like "age verification" ( i call it digital profile building ).

I was really amazed by the Republicans when after their president depletes the arm stock, increase the fuel and grocery costs, increase the inflation and bond yields and give a tax break of the billionaires I saw there was still 30% of voters who supports him. So I dig deeper and I saw the story of Jim Jones and this explained everything for me.

As funny as it sounds MAGA are victims of Donald Joke Trump, and because the people with critical thinking and the rest of the world who are not exposed to him we can see what MAGA can't.
freemymind 🇨🇭 · 2d
Yes I totally agree, that extremely rich people can not be a good sign for a society. Especially, when their wealth was built on extortion of a kind. Apartheid is also a form of extortion. But one al...
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Personally I don't believe in conspiracy theories, but I would ask you a question how come Elon Musk was besties with Obama and the Dems and when the Dems stand behind the Paris accord Trump was elected and Musk was nowhere to be found around the Dems?

All the riches of Musks comes from the credit ratings companies that value Tesla @ 400x and SpaceX @ 100x, he even can't retrieve his trillion dollars from the shares, but he has 400M for midterm ads.
Why would you ask? Because he hates the agencies who regulate his business, need tariffs on BYD, BMW etc. so they can't be sold in USA in order he sells his Teslas.

We live in 21 century. We do not have to allow to get back to the laws of the jungle and erase centuries of evolution.

This is not good, but if there were enough competitors there will be no Musk.
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freemymind 🇨🇭 · 2d
But regulation makes competition deminish. So there is actual competition, otherwise regulations would be without effect. And CEOs of big coorporations look to be close to the government. Because there is the biggest source of easy influence, that helps their companies to make more profits. And th...
freemymind 🇨🇭 · 2d
I hope you understand that math has no oppinion at all. Math is a tool. And the economy is not an end, but a means to an end as well. I feel you are full of knowledge. But you need to explain yoursel...
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I do not have problem with wealthy people, but with rich people.
I think we can agree that better economy is better for the people right? So it is correlated.
You can't expect education, healthcare, social net and pension when people do not pay taxes.
And as I said SME are paying more taxes than the trillionairs, consume more than the trillionairs and participate more in the society than the trilionairs.

And the dangerous part is that the trillionairs find the government as a threat to their riches and will do whatever they can to buy it as we see with Elon Musk, because he was used to in South Africa to buy the government to do whatever you want, because of apartheid.
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freemymind 🇨🇭 · 2d
Yes I totally agree, that extremely rich people can not be a good sign for a society. Especially, when their wealth was built on extortion of a kind. Apartheid is also a form of extortion. But one also should not belief in conspiracy theories, that Elon imported the idea of estortion from somewhere...
freemymind 🇨🇭 · 2d
Yes it just seems very naiv to me, when people present their ideas as if they are facts as you do. Since people that belief to know something for sure already lost the opportunity to learn better. I ...
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Not sure how familiar are you with the world tax system to say this.

It is better to have 1'000'000 millionaires than 1 trilionaire because the trilionare do not pay taxes.

The do BBD ( Born - Borrow - Die ). In this system in eyes of the law they are broke all the time, they never have money to be taxed, because they borrow against their shares all their life and this is debt which is not taxable event, They borrow from the banks until they die, then the banks collect collateral of stocks and there are no taxes paid in this event.

Second - how much expenses can a trillionare make in his lifetime according to the expenses that 1'000'000 millionaires can do?
Can the trilionare use ( not buy ) 1'000'000 cars, 1'000'000 homes etc.

And yeas from mathematical point of view a million millionaires are better than 1 trillionare for the economy and society.

You can disagree from emotional point of view, but math is math.
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freemymind 🇨🇭 · 2d
I hope you understand that math has no oppinion at all. Math is a tool. And the economy is not an end, but a means to an end as well. I feel you are full of knowledge. But you need to explain yourself better. I appreciate your try in this note. For me it is a good goal to have more free people, wh...
freemymind 🇨🇭 · 2d
What makes you think I am touchy? I just find it quiet unintresting how you write as if you know all the best solutions. I like more to talk with people, which exchange ideas to find out, which soluti...
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I think you got me wrong.

There is no "best" solution ... for me it could be best to travel with car, for you could be best to travel with cruise for other could be best to travel with train ... there is no best solution that fits everybody.

What I mean is that I can't find a better solution that works for me, and expect from you do to the same in order to have a discussion.

If you do not want to discuss ... I\m OK with it.
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freemymind 🇨🇭 · 2d
Yes it just seems very naiv to me, when people present their ideas as if they are facts as you do. Since people that belief to know something for sure already lost the opportunity to learn better. I in contrary belief, that there can be better ways in doing stuff, than what I do or know. And this w...
freemymind 🇨🇭 · 2d
This is also what I lack to see in your notes. Your notes are kind of free from the idea to be completly wrong or the intention to put preferences and explain why. Only unrelated oppinions or facts. But the why you think something is important or true is all that is intresting for me, when I read a...
freemymind 🇨🇭 · 2d
What makes you think I am touchy? I just find it quiet unintresting how you write as if you know all the best solutions. I like more to talk with people, which exchange ideas to find out, which solutions could be good. To just say what is best has not much value. Even less, when it is far from any ...