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> Brazil One of the most violently unequal countries on the planet. Very proficient however in virtue signalling.

by rebanevapustus 1y ago

mvid 1y ago
“The problem isn’t solved, so how dare they try to solve it”
- pennaMan 1y ago
  They are not trying to solve it. They are pretending to solve it by masking the underlying issue and making things worse in the proccess.
  - exe34 1y ago
    Worse for whom? If it's for people richer than me, I'm okay with it.
    - octo888 1y ago
      That is completely obviously not what they meant
    - carlosjobim 1y ago
      Everybody who is richer than me are bourgeois scum and should have all their property confiscated. Everybody who is poorer than me are lazy bums and shouldn't get any more help.
  - actionfromafar 1y ago
    I don't have high hopes it will solve anything, but I'm also not sold on it making anything significantly worse.
octo888 1y ago
Also let's not forget Spain's endless corruption scandals. You aren't going to tax the people giving you money
- diggan 1y ago
  > You aren't going to tax the people giving you money Lol, why are we still being taxed then? We do have endless corruption scandals though, that part is pretty accurate, but they still tax us like there is no tomorrow. At least we have pretty good healthcare, so it isn't all doom and gloom like the "news" want us to believe.
  - skirge 1y ago
    health insurance contribution is considered as tax in Spain?
  - deleted 1y ago
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  - octo888 1y ago
    I meant: you're not going to tax the people giving you bribes. Are you bribing politicians LOL? I hope not
    - diggan 1y ago
      No, at least not as far as I know :) But we are indeed paying their salaries ("giving you money") via our taxes, I guess that's what I thought when you wrote that. No foul :)
Propelloni 1y ago
Like I said elsewhere, virtue signaling is moving the Overton window. It works pretty well for the alt-right, so we know it is working. Reading the press release shows me that Spain and Brazil are aware that this is a hard problem. They are especially aware that a nation, or two nations, alone cannot solve it, thus they suggest a "global registry", which is basically a "abolish tax havens" again. Let's see how far we get this time, I wish them all the best.
owebmaster 1y ago
Taxing wealth-extracting foreign corporations is a way to have resources to fix the inequality.

> Brazil One of the most violently unequal countries on the planet. Very proficient however in virtue signalling.

mvid 1y ago

“The problem isn’t solved, so how dare they try to solve it”

pennaMan 1y ago
They are not trying to solve it. They are pretending to solve it by masking the underlying issue and making things worse in the proccess.
- exe34 1y ago
  Worse for whom? If it's for people richer than me, I'm okay with it.
  - octo888 1y ago
    That is completely obviously not what they meant
  - carlosjobim 1y ago
    Everybody who is richer than me are bourgeois scum and should have all their property confiscated. Everybody who is poorer than me are lazy bums and shouldn't get any more help.
- actionfromafar 1y ago
  I don't have high hopes it will solve anything, but I'm also not sold on it making anything significantly worse.

octo888 1y ago

Also let's not forget Spain's endless corruption scandals. You aren't going to tax the people giving you money

diggan 1y ago
> You aren't going to tax the people giving you money Lol, why are we still being taxed then? We do have endless corruption scandals though, that part is pretty accurate, but they still tax us like there is no tomorrow. At least we have pretty good healthcare, so it isn't all doom and gloom like the "news" want us to believe.
- skirge 1y ago
  health insurance contribution is considered as tax in Spain?
- deleted 1y ago
  [deleted]
- octo888 1y ago
  I meant: you're not going to tax the people giving you bribes. Are you bribing politicians LOL? I hope not
  - diggan 1y ago
    No, at least not as far as I know :) But we are indeed paying their salaries ("giving you money") via our taxes, I guess that's what I thought when you wrote that. No foul :)

Propelloni 1y ago

Like I said elsewhere, virtue signaling is moving the Overton window. It works pretty well for the alt-right, so we know it is working. Reading the press release shows me that Spain and Brazil are aware that this is a hard problem. They are especially aware that a nation, or two nations, alone cannot solve it, thus they suggest a "global registry", which is basically a "abolish tax havens" again. Let's see how far we get this time, I wish them all the best.

owebmaster 1y ago

Taxing wealth-extracting foreign corporations is a way to have resources to fix the inequality.