Yeah, AfD in Germany is planning similar moves.

I get your point. But the buyer will only pay for the value that the buyer perceives for the service or product. That’s not just capitalism, that has been the case since trade was invented. So you are paying a certain sum for a bicycle, because it is a transportation solution for a challenge that you and similar people have: how to get from A to B, it must be sturdy, comfortable etc. As the buyer, you don’t care whether one of the screws was produced under terrible circumstances, you won’t pay a higher price for that bike to help that poor person somewhere down the line, that whole concept is too abstract. I’m not saying that’s a good thing; but I’m skeptical we will ever be able to completely change that, as most buyers will just look at the price and check whether it reflects the value (eg many of us may know that, for many reasons, we shouldn’t buy Chinese products, but weirdly enough Chinese exports are still booming).

Sales manager here. Why should they get a discount? The provided service has gotten better and/or faster, so clients should pay more.

… And we need to make sure we beat the Russians. Space travel is to a large extend an arms race.

No, I’m guessing somebody played golf, hit the ball hard and high, and it got stuck in the tree.

For many years, I have been thinking about migrating to some other spot, the south of France, Italy, UK, Spain , but then I discovered that it is much better to be a tourist in exotic places. I’ve met quite a few people who have moved to those places, and oh my god can they complain about their new host country. On top of that, many of them keep the option open to go home, for instance for healthcare reasons, or when they get older, but that is not emigrating; then you live in two countries, and in that case, I would feel very lost and “in between”. If you move to another country , you will need to integrate; get involved in administrative problems and political issues, -and you must learn the local language really well, speaking just a few words doesn’t mean that you have truly arrived. So, the novelty and exotic experience wears off quite quickly. So I’m staying put, I just make sure my EV is charged, the railway station is close by, I have cash in the bank,and my passport is up-to-date.

i’ve seen many reasons for emigration, but this one tops them all.

Atheist here. These religious sects are like chilli in the soup, I’m intrigued by them no end, can read about them for hours. Sometimes they even start doing weird, unethical or illegal stuff, wow human’s phantasy is truly bigger than the universe. In France we have mostly Jehovas, they just stand around like ghouls, saying nothing. But since they had some scandals (involving children) they have increased their presence. In Belgium and London I’ve met Orthodox Jews, that’s heavy soup too, almost too spicy. I always pity the children, because escape from a sect is hard.

Door is always open during the day; over all the summer months.

In the country where I live, cops retire when they get old.

Yes, and you will need people to operate them. Such people are called soldiers.

If only I were 14 again!

I’m getting more cynical as I get older, I witnessed the moon landings when I was young and I was thrilled. Humans are not made to live in, or to travel though space. Space, with its vacuum and high radiation levels is extremely unwelcoming. We better stay on Earth and fix our beautiful planet! But, it is again a space race, if NASA or Bezos or musk don’t get there first, the Chinese might. OMG! The Chinese! So we invent a lot of reasons why humans must live on the moon or mars - whereas our robots are doing a pretty good job in exploring these planets or the universe.

Two Journeys by Clemens P. Suter. Definitely.

Edit: saw too late they shouldn’t be from USA or uk, anyways I listen to: Destroy Boys, amyl and the sniffers, dead pony, pixies, lambrini girls, mannequin pussy, warmduscher, viagra boys…

I like your example, as the pyramids weren’t built by slaves.

The itch is killing me! Not sure I will ever vote Trump again.

That’s the idea of “yes we definitely need an army” but personally I’m not willing to contribute 😉

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That’s a poor comparison, certainly you can do better.