gandalf_der_12te
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- Comment on Why are we taxing working people more than billionaires? 14 hours ago:
If you’re rich and invested in MSCI World ETF (stocks) 10 years ago, on Mar 28, 2015, the stocks exactly doubled (+ 107%) since then. That makes an average annual increase by 7.5%, considering how exponential growth works. (Formula is: (2.07^(1/10) - 1)*100%)
Source: www.finanzen.net/index/msci-world/charttool
This means that rich people’s assets literally proliferate by 7.5% annually, without lifting a finger. That means, it’s not their “hard earned fruits” or their “hard work”. They’re literally lazying around and their wealth increases by that amount.
I think it’s fair to tax that. Skim the unfair proliferation of wealth. Introduce a wealth tax, make billionaires pay 7.5% of their total wealth as an annual tax.
- Comment on I'm leaving the US for good, anything I should do before I leave? 15 hours ago:
or just encrypt it, in case you have the technical knowledge to do that reliably.
- Comment on 'vegetative electron microscopy' 16 hours ago:
tbf school-goers nowadays are mostly taught to not make mistakes.
- Comment on Key principles on in-game virtual currencies | European Commission 4 days ago:
rare EU commission W
- Comment on Depart, men of education. 4 days ago:
is the title a pun on “depart-ment of education”?
- Comment on Minecraft is getting a visual overhaul you probably don't need because of all of those mods you've got installed 4 days ago:
Luanti is the better option IMHO because it’s FOSS and therefore more ethical.
- Comment on Minecraft is getting a visual overhaul you probably don't need because of all of those mods you've got installed 4 days ago:
I think journalists too often have way too little education and way often than not they have no idea what they’re talking about. The quality of news is often low. We need better journalism. I was thinking about exactly that just yesterday, by chance.
- Comment on Anon is chasing an old high 5 days ago:
that’s why you should seek out new things to see wonder and novel in. as a person with AuDHD, that is very easy for me.
- Comment on I'm sure dolphins will fuck it up in their own special way. 5 days ago:
squirrels will be next
think about it: apes were successful because they had hands (for climbing trees). Guess who else is climbing trees and has tiny little hands? squirrels.
- Comment on Are old people usually attracted to other old people? 1 week ago:
i’m not in a rush, j’m just stating facts
- Comment on Anon gets ghosted 1 week ago:
better so i guess
- Comment on Are old people usually attracted to other old people? 1 week ago:
let’s settle on “i’m an adult”
- Comment on Are old people usually attracted to other old people? 1 week ago:
well am i old if i feel old enough?
isn’t oldness relative?
- Comment on How it feels wandering into different bubbles sometimes 1 week ago:
It helps to think yourself. At least you can make more consistent arguments. But also, yeah, our world is sometimes complicated. Understanding everything isn’t feasible.
- Comment on Are old people usually attracted to other old people? 1 week ago:
I can recount from my personal experience that i’ve been attracted to teens when i was younger. Now that i’m 25, not so much anymore. I still see the appeal, but it gets less interesting to me as i’m not looking for that kind of relationship anymore. I’m looking for a more “reliable” partner.
Oh and also in the past i could never imagine staying with one person only. Now, i can.
- Comment on Anti-acknowlegements 1 week ago:
Yeah i agree with you. I feel like prose is for free-style text, which doesn’t claim to be rigorous. Bullet points always feel like there’s more rigor involved.
- Comment on Musk shares post that Hitler didn’t kill millions, public workers did. Union rages 1 week ago:
Hitler’s expansionism killed millions. Just like a cancer disease that doesn’t know when to stop growing, it eventually became a lethal threat to the world and had to be surgically removed. It’s good that they lost the war.
- Comment on goddammit Ralph 2 weeks ago:
it means use better language/expression/figures of speech instead of using simplistic trump speech style.
- Comment on My shape is a middle finger 2 weeks ago:
But also, you shape the environment (at least a little bit).
- Comment on Fuck animal breeders that keep breeding damaged animals into a life where they will only know pain and torment. 2 weeks ago:
to some people, other’s suffering is “adorable”
- Comment on Anon reads a depressing book 2 weeks ago:
Herman Hesse is drastically underrated in general IMO. so many great books. I enjoyed Siddharta and Glasperlenspiel (both in german).
- Comment on life changed due to shrimp 2 weeks ago:
Do have kids if you find happiness in seeing others succeed through your mentorship.
or become a teacher, i guess?
- Comment on I'm missing an entire hour of my life. AMA. 2 weeks ago:
Have you looked behind the sofa?
- Comment on life changed due to shrimp 2 weeks ago:
oh yeah, i remember, in school when i was 12 years old, a teacher told me “no holding hands because that’s immoral” and walked away.
- Comment on life changed due to shrimp 2 weeks ago:
that’s a ponzi scheme.
You have depression so you have 3-4 children to take care of. Then these children have depression again, again needing to have 3-4 children each to have some fun again. In the end, after 5 generations, you end up with 300 grand-grand-grand-grandchildren, and there is no more space, and they are stuck, and have to live with their depression.
Congratulations, you just multiplied your depression by about 300.
- Comment on The billionaires and politicians did it 2 weeks ago:
yeah the phenomenon of bullshit jobs is one of the great riddles of our times
- Comment on The billionaires and politicians did it 2 weeks ago:
It is because of the Tendency of the Rate of Profit to Fall and was predicted as far back as 1880. Now we’re seeing it in reality. The surprising thing isn’t that this is happening, but that it took so long to happen.
- Comment on would getting back with an ex be a bad idea? 2 weeks ago:
If you want my honest opinion, listen to what your feelings tell you. Don’t let people tell you what is “right” or “wrong”, as these are often meaningless concepts in relationships. Be responsible, but also: be happy.
- Comment on Anon is a gamer 3 weeks ago:
How many hours yearly do people work?
Assume 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year. That makes 2000 hours a year. So yeah, hiw do people do this shit?
- Comment on nets 3 weeks ago:
As much as I’d like a valid reason to shit on the Republican government (and there are many), this is not one of them.
Borders arw closing because globalization is declining world-wide. That has to do with reduced growth and progress, and is not due to the whims of a politician. The borders have been closed before the 20th century; what makes you believe that “borders open” is an invariable and ultimate truth? If that were really so, why weren’t global borders so open before the 20th century?