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by DominikR 11y ago
> It makes sense when you have debt instead of net savings. This is true for the US > And it makes sense when your consumables are local, but you export internationally, so now your foreign customers can afford to buy more. This certa
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> Offloading foreign currency holdings in a mass sell-off is not something China would WANT to do I'm sure China is not only guided by purely economic considerations here. They might already consider the possibility that China/
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Is it wrong in English or just unusual? I'm from a German speaking country and we use the word "Phantasie", so that's why I used "ph" instead of "f".
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I'm not insisting in anything, I'm just saying Switzerland is ranked 4th place in the world in terms of guns per capita. But it doesn't make any sense for me discuss anymore with you because you seem to believe that insulting
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Depending on where you are living of course. I'm giving you here an example of Austria (EU): If you want to earn more than around 5000 dollars a year, you HAVE to incorporate. The cheapest setup will still cost you a few hundred dollar
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Well, Switzerland still ranks very high in terms of gun ownership. (4th place in the world) My point is that the mere availability of guns can't be the only reason. This is most likely a very complex problem with many different issues
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I once used to believe that the problem in the US is that guns are so widely available, but today I'm not so sure about that anymore, because there are many very safe countries that rank high in number of guns per capita like Switzerla
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Of course the government didn't invent these payment methods, businessmen like you and I did. I'm not against cashless payment, I'm using these services myself. I'm against the government having too much power and regula
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You are absolutely correct. The bolshevik takeover of the country resulted in a fierce civil war where they basically wiped out the previous intelligentsia and large parts of the church. And then there were external threats (causing paranoi
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The push to abolish cash isn't about its supposed archaic or primitive nature, it is all about power and nothing else. On the one hand the state would know about every transaction made, on the other hand the state would hold immense po
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I know Argentina had a bad time, and the Greeks will probably too for some time. (albeit much shorter) But not every country is equally valuable to the great powers. China needs a strong commercial foothold in the mediterranean sea (ports)
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What does the Atheist USSR have to do with Orthodox Christian Byzantium? The USSR tried to eradicate all traces of this culture by harsh means. They killed priest on a large scale, destroyed churches and outlawed religious practices. When t
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Well, it is your right to dispute this poll but I doubt that the EU gives incentives in creating polls that paint EU member states as pro-Russian.
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As it was once the enemy of Serbia and Russia. Bulgaria is today Orthodox Christian and has kept the culture of their "arch-enemy". If the majority of Bulgarians really viewed this as their arch enemy then they probably would have
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I wouldn't count Hungary as part of the Balkans or if so, only small parts of it. But last time I heard of Hungary their government was seeking stronger ties to Russia and McCain called the PM a Nazi and compared his policies to those
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I did not write that Bulgaria is anti-EU, I said it's majority is pro-Russian. EU polls: http://www.ecfr.eu/article/public_opinion_poll311520 Bulgarians are pro EU as long as the majority still believes that they
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Well, Greeks are not Slavic but the Orthodox Slavic populations certainly view Greek culture (or to be more precise - Byzantine, East-Roman or Roman culture or whatever you'd like to call it) as one of the foundations of their own cult
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Funny that the economist mentions the "history of coups" when in fact these military coups and dictatorships were instigated and supported by the US and UK to prevent a communist government. (like they did in Iran back then) What
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Wow, you simply presume that they (the Greek) are wrong and the West is always right with their good advices and reforms. Just look at what kind of better life the "good advice" and "reforms" of the West has brought the
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There is no legal way for the EU to throw Greece out of the Eurozone without them agreeing to it. Greece could default, revert back to their national currency or keep the Euro currency and STAY in the EU at the same time. He declared what h
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They are now for the first time in power and only for 5 months. Of course they needed time to conduct negotiations to see, if there is a way to end austerity on the basis of a mutual agreement with the EU institutions. Apparently this didn&
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> What is actually happening here is that Tsipras is simply trying to save face. I disagree with you. He was democratically voted into power 5 months ago to end austerity, but NOT to leave the Euro currency or the EU. Now that he came to
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It might even be one of the best economic choice in YOUR country, considering how much money can be made with prostitution. But I'm pretty sure that you'd have slight reservations if your wife or daughter chose this kind of job. W
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According to the US state department the Netherlands is among the top 5 countries of origin among victims of human trafficking. (specifically for forced prostitution) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking_in_t
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So he was really just trying to build democracy and meritocracy, but the primitive population didn't get his "pitch"? I think I've already heard something similar a million dead Iraqis ago.
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Yes, he had his American Dream. Conquering Europe and eventually Russia. Went in with 600.000 men and returned with 26.000. By the way it's funny how western media writes fluff pieces about mass murdering barbarians like Napoleon who w
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Proportionate? The US has killed 4 million Vietnamese and poisoned large parts of the country with chemical weapons. I doubt that their "regime" has ever done something comparable. How many millions did any Vietnamese government i
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Because they have limited choice. In an oligarchy the marketing money tends to go to candidates who support the status quo or even better - give the oligarchs even more power.
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He probably broke the law. (I'm no legal expert) But when I take a look at the general conduct of the US government both internal and external, and the insane chaos it is creating around the globe, it doesn't feel morally wrong to
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What makes you think they never did? Maybe its are rare thing to do in the US, but with foreign governments, especially those where corruption is rampant I'd imagine this is nothing unheard of. By the way, TPP is circulating within man

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