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by jazzyk 8y ago
It is about class, and old-boy network, not skin color.
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by jazzyk 8y ago
Replace "black men from rich families" with "second-generation Italian-Americans from rich families" and you get the same result. This is not about race, this is about belonging to a small network of Brahmin aristocracy
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by jazzyk 8y ago
>Inequality may be a problem, but it's not an existential threat or even a primary concern to developed countries If a single person's net worth is more than a medium sized country's GDP, we DO have a problem. If you have
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by jazzyk 9y ago
1. Suicides rates are influenced by other factors, such as weather (Finland, etc), societal norms (Japan), etc. 2. The US would move further up the suicide table if you classify deaths from overdosing as suicides. 3. If the US population ha
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by jazzyk 9y ago
>If you are upper middle class or higher in the US...life here is better than most other places in the world Please change to: your purchasing power is better than most places in the world. Do not confuse purchasing power with better l
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by jazzyk 9y ago
It will sound terribly insensitive, but many, many more people die in "regular" car accidents every single day. The number of deaths in envelope-pushing, new tech, accidents, compared to regular traffic deaths, is minuscule.
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by jazzyk 9y ago
Pretty simple, really: 1. Neutrality - not being ruined by 2 consecutive world wars 2. Profiting from wars - in Sweden's case, by selling arms and minerals (Bofors, iron ore, etc.) to both warring sides. "Peace-loving" and &
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by jazzyk 9y ago
Thank you! They don;t offer EUR accounts, though? So, there is always currency exchange risk, when you travel in Europe? EDIT: Nevermind, they do offer EUR, USD, CHF and GBP accounts.
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by jazzyk 9y ago
Would you be willing to name the Polish bank? Are there any other banks providing similar services/support?
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by jazzyk 9y ago
They did not default - there was a 10% haircut on accounts > 100K. The haircut was possible only because most of the > 100K accounts were held by rich (mostly shady) Russians.
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by jazzyk 9y ago
OK, let's take Canada: You call house prices 6-10 times [1] the family annual income reasonable? What planet are you from? [1] In areas where people actually want to live in Canada, like B.C. or Ontario https://www.theglobea
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by jazzyk 9y ago
10 years, to be precise: - IL Senator 1997–2004 - US Senator 2005-2008 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
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by jazzyk 9y ago
Just to be fair: Wasn't Obama a "blustering populist without a shred of actual policy experience", either? And, no business experience. Also, Trump's message (however controversial) was more concrete than "hope and
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by jazzyk 9y ago
The "large salaries and golden parachutes are necessary to attract top-notch talent" is just typical b.s to justify awarding even more compensation within the boys (and girls) club. In reality, you could easily find at least sever
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by jazzyk 9y ago
He has been CEO for only 6 years. His net worth is about 800M, increasing by about 100M every year, so he will be a billionaire in a couple of years. He did not invent anything, he did not start a world-changing company (like Gates). He is
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by jazzyk 9y ago
>Tim Cook, leading the most valuable company in the world, earned $13M in 2017 Not so fast, comrade :-) You just showed his salary, but forgot the stock ownership which is part of the total compensation package. In 2017, he cashed in at
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by jazzyk 9y ago
I think the title is imprecise. I know exactly two people who deserve that kind of money: Jobs and Musk (there may be a couple more) with a track of repeat success and world-changing impact. Most big-corp CEOs don't deserve the money t
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by jazzyk 9y ago
You are kidding, right? If money is not a factor, I want to feel important, have people suck up to me, travel on corporate jet, etc. :-)
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by jazzyk 9y ago
Seems like you are mixing up two things: 1. search results 2. sponsored ads/links and Google shopping marketplace, which appear separately. If Google chooses to not accept money from selling X, there will not be X items appearing in th
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by jazzyk 9y ago
Imagine a few years ago, if Snowden had said on YouTube that there was a backdoor in every electronic device in the USA, he would surely have been banned as a lunatic spreading false propaganda against the US intelligence service.
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by jazzyk 9y ago
Just two, off the top of my head, but there are more: 1. Recently reported white-out on "gun purchase" related searches. Gun laws (and enforcement) certainly need to be improved, but Google is not the elected body to decide what i
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by jazzyk 9y ago
But in the US, some people argue that the house is not completely "yours" - if you don't pay your (ever increasing) real-estate taxes, the house may be taken from you.
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by jazzyk 9y ago
It did take 5-6 years, but prices in Spain fell ~40% off their highs reached in 2008
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by jazzyk 9y ago
>"freedom on paper" is a load of BS “The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum....” - Noam Chomsky
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by jazzyk 9y ago
This is a bit simplistic. If you are in a high-tax state, your employees will pay a lot in taxes, and the cost is passed on to you, their employer. You will need to pay them enough to pay 40% in taxes and have some money left for living exp
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by jazzyk 9y ago
You forgot the /s
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by jazzyk 9y ago
I think he is talking about "Keynesians", who use Keynes as theoretical cover for their statist/elitist policies. For example, Keynes advocated that governments spend the money that they HAVE (saved from budget surpluses when
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by jazzyk 9y ago
Why did a lot of rich people (Bjorn Borg, Ingvar Kamprad (IKEA)) move out of Sweden, then?
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by jazzyk 9y ago
You can't compare absolute incomes. $52K in Germany is probably equivalent to $100K in the US, if you take into account that you don't have to pay $250K/child in college tuition, $25K/year in health care premiums, etc. Y
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by jazzyk 9y ago
Yes, each party has their sponsors that they need to keep happy. Hence the differences. The sponsors are... not you and I. OK, sometimes they pander to voters regarding their pet issues (transgender bathrooms, etc) Neither party ever even t

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