I’m gonna simply say this: if you are at all interested in a Stargate show with ANY of the original creators/performers involved, now is the time to say something. Otherwise it really will be the end of that chapter forever. Let them know you are THERE
@griptmedia Why aren't they looking to see what other countries are doing.
Argentina being a prime example of cutting rent regulations.
Supply increased and rent prices decreased.
Less Government involvement is what is needed yet people think its the state controls that protect us.
@MrReeceballa Does it matter if they are or not. Plenty of economists are proponents of MMT which is economic suicide. Better to explain how they are wrong rather than say they aren't qualified. We know they are wrong,they still have a background in the financial sector giving them credibility
“What about Sweden!!!!”
Let’s talk about the socialist utopia Sweden.
First, it’s not a socialist country. It’s a free market capitalist country, with high taxes.
Second, it doesn’t have especially high taxes on the rich. Sweden has one of the least progressive tax systems among developed countries, meaning the poor and middle class pay a relatively larger share of the overall tax burden.
The Swedish mindset is not to redistribute wealth from the top to the bottom, but to redistribute resources across the lifetime of its citizens. Their philosophy is that you need more support at the beginning and end of life, and you pay for that during your peak earning years in the middle.
They don’t have a policy of taxing the rich because they are rich. They learned the hard way that this leads to capital flight and a loss of national wealth.
Third, they weren’t always this way. From the mid-1800s to the 1960s, Sweden was a low-tax, highly capitalist country. By 1950, it had become the fourth-richest nation in the world by GDP per capita.
Then the Social Democrats expanded government aggressively from the 1970s to the early 1990s, and the economy went into severe crisis. By 1990, growth had stalled, inflation and debt soared, major companies were leaving or being sold off cheaply to foreign buyers, and Sweden had fallen to around 14th in global GDP per capita rankings.
They admitted the mistake and, starting in the 1990s, adopted smaller government and more market-oriented policies year after year and their economy has since recovered strongly.
So next time your favorite Gen Z Mamdani-loving comrade points to Sweden as proof of socialism, hit them with these basics.