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These people are beyond hope. They are basically Communists. They can't grasp the benefits of the modern economy and so they just complain. Sure it would be ni
by meri_dian 9y ago
These people are beyond hope. They are basically Communists. They can't grasp the benefits of the modern economy and so they just complain.
Sure it would be nice if workers were paid more. It would also be nice if a homeless person could sleep in a bed tonight, or at least on a couch. Perhaps a Guardian writer could spare their couch? That wouldn't be too much to ask.
- amenghra 9y agoThere’s a difference between communism and monarchy. It’s not all black and white, but I don’t think you can call Dubai a communist city/state.
- wrong_variable 9y agoHe is not calling Dubai a communist state, he is calling people who are criticizing how a sovereign country spends its income communist - which is true by definition.
- kurthr 9y agoI'm confused by "calling people who are criticizing how a sovereign country spends its income communist - which is true by definition". So if I criticize how a monarchy or a "communist" country (like Dubai or China), or even a "capitalist" country like the US or EU spends their money then... I'm a communist? No. If you recommend that the workers own the means of production then you might be a communist, but it's silly to all criticism communist. You might as well call everyone who criticizes a Nazi (i.e. socialists==communists, am I right?).
- OrganicMSG 9y agoIf that is true by definition, then there are going to be a lot of very surprised macro-economists.