gandalf_der_12te
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- Comment on I mean why not? 1 day ago:
The parable of the broken window was introduced by French economist Frédéric Bastiat in his 1850 essay “That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen” (“Ce qu’on voit et ce qu’on ne voit pas”) to illustrate why destruction, and the money spent to recover from destruction, is not actually a net benefit to society.
- Comment on Know the difference 10 months ago:
“pissplatteln” pops up in my mind every time someone says “piss”
those who know, know
- Comment on Do people really think setting up domestic manufacturing in the USA is easy? 10 months ago:
Consider:
scenario today:
labor cost for product is $3, which goes to a chinese worker. total product cost is $5.
scenario “manufactured in the USA”:
labor cost is $6, which goes to american worker. total product cost is $10.
the product gets more expensive, but the extra expenses partially go to an american worker, which again will spend the money in the US economy, so it doesn’t really cost the national economy that much.
however, the extra $4 in the “manufactured in the USA” scenario go to american middle-management and “investors” a.k.a skimmed by the owning class. that is why the people would still lose out. that is why “home-shoring” in itself is not enough; a wealth tax is also needed.
- Comment on Chemistry 1 year ago:
It is if you just don’t do it.
- Comment on Corn 🌽 1 year ago:
selective breeding
I wonder, isn’t sexual selection a form of “selective breeding”?