Supernaut

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by Supernaut 9y ago
Can you provide some examples of countries that are poor because of the generally low IQ of their populations?
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by Supernaut 9y ago
Correct, nobody said that the desire to own your home was axiomatically irrational. I didn't claim that anyone did. What I took issue with was the statement that the Irish populace have an obsessive (i.e. irrational) focus on property
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by Supernaut 9y ago
No, it's nothing to do with Apple's tax arrangements. They're not in the business of buying houses. It's a simple supply and demand issue. There are a lot of young people who want to buy a home, and not enough housing st
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by Supernaut 9y ago
Your use of the term "obsession" implies a degree of irrationality. Many people, myself included, would contend that the desire to own your own home is eminently sensible.
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by Supernaut 9y ago
I drive a manual transmission car every day and I'm bemused by your reference to "having to think about changing gears". For an experienced and competent driver, registering and acting upon the need to move up or down a gear
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by Supernaut 9y ago
In any given (Western) key, the major and minor scales have most of their notes in common. So, transposition between major and minor does not result in a 'night and day' difference - depending on the melody, there may be only a fe
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by Supernaut 9y ago
I note that the examples that you cite above are all nations that were relatively wealthy to begin with. They did not suddenly lift themselves out of poverty in the 17th century by enslaving Africans. Rather, their advanced technology and c
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by Supernaut 9y ago
> Do you still consider it an "absurd generalization"? Yes, I do. I concede that you have demonstrated that economic benefits from slave labour continued to accrue to the UK economy until the 19th century. However, it is simpl
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by Supernaut 9y ago
Thank you for your excellent reply. I stand corrected that regard. However, the fact that the period to which your refer is some 250 years in the past supports my wider point that it is specious to claim that the the wealth of current-day f
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by Supernaut 9y ago
I'm not sure what the point you're making is. The country's corporate tax rate was only reduced to 12.5% in the late '90s. Before that, it was comparable to other that of other EU nations. The reduction in the rate, alon
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by Supernaut 9y ago
This is an absurd generalisation. The only nation in your list that benefitted greatly from slave labour is the USA, and even that period is over a hundred and fifty years ago. Furthermore, the civil war that was waged to end slavery ultima
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by Supernaut 9y ago
Can we see some evidence for that claim? According to my research, Ireland is a net contributor to the EU budget. In 2014, the last year for which complete data is available, the country paid €168m more to the EU than it received in grants