@Brad_Setser It is always funny to see people blame the plaza accords for Japans woes but the bigger problem was that they enforced minimum prices on electronics exports which lead to the industry leaving (not completely obviously) to Korea and Taiwan
@actsmaniac Some people would kill Hitler if they could time travel, I would put a bullet in Mitterand and Attlee instead for their crimes against the economy
@lizisamused But I am not against spanking or whatever light to medium things on that spectrum if she likes it so it is purely that she wouldnt want it, if that makes sense
@lizisamused If she acted like she was into it but afterwards said that she only did it for my sake an infinitely deep pit in my stomach would form and I would want to kill myself. I cant even imagine raping someone so I dunno where that places me in the socialization or turn off spectrum
@C_Harwick So basically keep your group away from massmedia and it will be harder for maladaptive cultural variants to spread. So basically any access to the internet today dooms your group
@lymanstoneky If it is one thing women love it is financial stability and security. Close to all male teachers and nurses that I have met are married with at least 2 kids, I bet if someone studied men in those kinds of careers theyโd find that their wives are close to their intended fertility
@maxtempers Or you subsidize the rent of some old boomer that has just sold the house he has been living in for 40 years while accruing time in the queue so he can use his 40 years of queue time to snag some apartment for below 50% of market rent
@maxtempers The London rental market will become like Stockholms rental market, only old noble families, old priest families and Labour aristocracy will have access to the in demand rentals and they will trade the contracts within their circle fucking over everyone else
@mean_field_zane@LinkofSunshine Everyone has to take a heavily g-loaded test when they turn 18 and the poll tax will be based on this. To get the incentives right this test will be what colleges use to admit students so if you do not do well you wont go to uni
@learig331@andywightman Sweden has like 290 municipalities (like 10 million total population) that levy an income tax of around 22% (they each set their own) and are responsible for elderly care, education, child care, social care etc. Regions take care of health care. So Scotland can subdivide a lot
@actsmaniac Sweden could have been free now but the Left Party blew up the government over it, would increase our long run GDP with 4% according to the OECD