And, picking single examples makes not your original statement true. That you have to be a party member is obvious.
Not every job is just given away by "connections". And in limits you can switch job as you which. Might have been more difficult in your country, but it is not the "general rule" of communist countries that you get forced to do certain jobs and have no choice.
The Mediterranean diet has been shown to be very healthy,,, and it's largely plant-based No, it is not... they eat beef, pork, lamb... depending where you are lots of pork and lamb, or lots of beef and lamb... but they also eat fish. The main difference is pasta, and olive oil and a healthy dose of fish, small breakfast (yes, opposing all other ideas about eating), long lunch and long siesta after lunch, and late evening dinner (yes, opposing all other ideas when and how to eat, and how much). Of course, depending where you are, you also have the occasional tapas during the course of the day...
You don't need much protein. E.g. as a rule of thumb if you want to gain weight as in muscles, for every X kg you already weight, the body can roughly convert X grams a day into muscles. Provided you train hard enough. In other words: if you only want to stay fit the amount of protein you need is close to zero.
The numbers are easy: 2018 in Germany about 1.1million people receive social aid or unemployment aid (officially... actually the number is about 4 times as high) At the same time, the biggest employer in Germany, which is... surprise surprise, Die Bundesargentur für Arbeit. The government agency managing unemployment and social aid payments. They employ close to 100,000 people.
So for every ten people receiving social aid from the state, the state employs one worker. Pays for the office, etc. p.p. Depending what kind of work you do, you easy earn ten times as much as any social aid receiver gets. So: it seems to be a zero sum game.
Great. So why do I need a job? To go to the cinema. To have booze for the weekend. To make a 2 weeks vacation trip to where it is warmer. To have Christmass presents for your family or friends. To buy a book. To go out eating instead of eating at home... And so on...
If you look carefully most western societies are run that way already... 30% do government work, bottom line only farmers, miners and perhaps energy production does "work". The rest is mindless science fiction "keep them busy, so they don't revolt" work. In other words: a huge deal of the population "works" without really contributing anything and is payed by taxes, which are taken from the few that *really work*. That zero sum game gets even more absurd when you realize that all government employees (who are payed with tax money) also pay taxes...
Bottom line that is the interesting question. Under real UBI everyone gets UBI. Surprisingly the "working" ones are worried that the non working get UBI and neglect completely that they themselves (and their kids) receive it too.
The jobs were based not so much on your preferences or skills, Nonsense. but on political activity and/or family ties. Nonsense. Your education might have been based on family ties, you never got a good job based on it, if you lacked the education.
If you refused the job you were given, you ended up in work camps. Perhaps in the USSR or China, certainly not in east Germany
You really honestly want to tell me that people don't know the difference between there and their and they're... and that you believe that? Sorry, they know. They simply make a writing mistake, and by rereading what they typed it does not catch their eye. As I said before: get over it. Not every mind ticks like yours. Not every eye works like yours. If you would speak another language, you most likely would know that. However it is funny to see native english speaking/writing grammar nazis:P
but I'm pretty sure it's the best one. Then you are an idiot. Unless you want to cull them till only 100 people are left. Ever sizeble amount of people will still produce to much CO2, unless they stop producing CO2... so, who do you want to kill? Start with those that produce most per capita? Start with those whee population is still growing? Start with those who still build CO2 emitting plants?
No one has a problem when I work from 11:00 - 19:00 and make a 30 mins break. Especially when I go afterwards directly from work to my martial arts classes.
Because some people will both value a product more highly than others and be able to pay that higher price That is not what it is about. It is about me sitting in Germany and having a contract with Netflix, and when I travel to Spain: I can not see my movie I have paid for in Germany! Or when I'm in Thailand, it tells me: nope you can only watch in Germany!
The rest of your argument is bollocks. The service is the same, so the price should be the same. Just asking for more because you believe he is willing to pay more is just cheating, it is basically fraud, and rightfully the EU is attempting to prevent it. What is next? The closer you are to death the more expensive is a life saving operation? WTF... in what kind of world do you actually want to live?
and under some conditions in a free market it is favourable to allow different prices for different customers so that everyone gets a good outcome. But it is not favourable... at least not for those who get ripped off.
To rain somewhere the cloud needs to get there... if the cloud can not get there it is not raining... a no brainer. I really wonder why people are so stupid...
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I don't think anyone claimed they would be autarkic, as in fully independent.
And, picking single examples makes not your original statement true.
That you have to be a party member is obvious.
Not every job is just given away by "connections". And in limits you can switch job as you which. Might have been more difficult in your country, but it is not the "general rule" of communist countries that you get forced to do certain jobs and have no choice.
Your link is wrong ... but who cares. :P
Why don't you not just travel there a bit
The Mediterranean diet has been shown to be very healthy,,, and it's largely plant-based ... they eat beef, pork, lamb ... depending where you are lots of pork and lamb, or lots of beef and lamb ... but they also eat fish. The main difference is pasta, and olive oil and a healthy dose of fish, small breakfast (yes, opposing all other ideas about eating), long lunch and long siesta after lunch, and late evening dinner (yes, opposing all other ideas when and how to eat, and how much). ...
No, it is not
Of course, depending where you are, you also have the occasional tapas during the course of the day
So she smoked away two racing yachts?
You don't need much protein.
E.g. as a rule of thumb if you want to gain weight as in muscles, for every X kg you already weight, the body can roughly convert X grams a day into muscles. Provided you train hard enough.
In other words: if you only want to stay fit the amount of protein you need is close to zero.
The highest sodium consumption is in Japan. ...
How do you come to that idea? They don't but salt pots on tables in Japan
Most people eat to much sodium ... and it is a main cause for high blood pressure.
However you are trolling this forum with your anti UBI posts ... perhaps every of your posts should be modded "troll"?
I don't need any money to survive. My wife has a farm. Nevertheless I work ...
I guess you simply don't know many people ... sad.
The numbers are easy: ... actually the number is about 4 times as high) ... surprise surprise, Die Bundesargentur für Arbeit. The government agency managing unemployment and social aid payments. They employ close to 100,000 people.
2018 in Germany about 1.1million people receive social aid or unemployment aid (officially
At the same time, the biggest employer in Germany, which is
So for every ten people receiving social aid from the state, the state employs one worker. Pays for the office, etc. p.p. Depending what kind of work you do, you easy earn ten times as much as any social aid receiver gets. So: it seems to be a zero sum game.
Great. So why do I need a job? ... ...
To go to the cinema.
To have booze for the weekend.
To make a 2 weeks vacation trip to where it is warmer.
To have Christmass presents for your family or friends.
To buy a book.
To go out eating instead of eating at home
And so on
Are you retarded?
Yes, and? What is your argument?
If you look carefully most western societies are run that way already ... 30% do government work, bottom line only farmers, miners and perhaps energy production does "work". The rest is mindless science fiction "keep them busy, so they don't revolt" work. In other words: a huge deal of the population "works" without really contributing anything and is payed by taxes, which are taken from the few that *really work*. That zero sum game gets even more absurd when you realize that all government employees (who are payed with tax money) also pay taxes ...
Bottom line that is the interesting question.
Under real UBI everyone gets UBI. Surprisingly the "working" ones are worried that the non working get UBI and neglect completely that they themselves (and their kids) receive it too.
The jobs were based not so much on your preferences or skills,
Nonsense.
but on political activity and/or family ties.
Nonsense. Your education might have been based on family ties, you never got a good job based on it, if you lacked the education.
If you refused the job you were given, you ended up in work camps. Perhaps in the USSR or China, certainly not in east Germany
Yes, there is.
95% of all people in the "welfare business" will be obsolet. So you safe more money by simply paying UBI then paying your welfare apparatus.
Combine that with a tax reform, 90% of all civil servants working in the tax related ministries are obsolet, too.
You really honestly want to tell me that people don't know the difference between there and their and they're ... and that you believe that? Sorry, they know. They simply make a writing mistake, and by rereading what they typed it does not catch their eye. As I said before: get over it. Not every mind ticks like yours. Not every eye works like yours. If you would speak another language, you most likely would know that. However it is funny to see native english speaking/writing grammar nazis :P
These guys ("Robert X. Cringely") know nothing about running a pizza business.
Perhaps he should read Snowcrash?
But it is funny, to watch how the "drone industry" is searching for a problem to solve.
I doubt we ever will have something that is worth building up a drone delivery infrastructure.
I doubt that. A city like this would basically built from floating concrete slaps.
but I'm pretty sure it's the best one. ... so, who do you want to kill? Start with those that produce most per capita? Start with those whee population is still growing? Start with those who still build CO2 emitting plants?
Then you are an idiot. Unless you want to cull them till only 100 people are left.
Ever sizeble amount of people will still produce to much CO2, unless they stop producing CO2
A floating island like tis would use wave energy, wind and solar. That should not be a problem at all. However you are right, the rest is nonsense.
The most stupids thing is to grow plants on them instead of having aqua farms for fish and perhaps kelp.
Which problem?
No one has a problem when I work from 11:00 - 19:00 and make a 30 mins break. Especially when I go afterwards directly from work to my martial arts classes.
Because some people will both value a product more highly than others and be able to pay that higher price That is not what it is about.
It is about me sitting in Germany and having a contract with Netflix, and when I travel to Spain: I can not see my movie I have paid for in Germany! Or when I'm in Thailand, it tells me: nope you can only watch in Germany!
The rest of your argument is bollocks. The service is the same, so the price should be the same. Just asking for more because you believe he is willing to pay more is just cheating, it is basically fraud, and rightfully the EU is attempting to prevent it. What is next? The closer you are to death the more expensive is a life saving operation? WTF ... in what kind of world do you actually want to live?
and under some conditions in a free market it is favourable to allow different prices for different customers so that everyone gets a good outcome. ... at least not for those who get ripped off.
But it is not favourable
Everywhere gets rainier. ... just, no!
Erm
To rain somewhere the cloud needs to get there ... if the cloud can not get there it is not raining ... a no brainer. ...
I really wonder why people are so stupid