@MissInformx4f0@gabriel_zucman It’s a bad idea because taxing only “vice/luxury/remittances/imports” can’t fund a modern state, hits low‑income people hardest, and destabilizes investment by starving public goods that productive economies rely on. Broad, predictable taxes work better.
@RodgerEngebret1@krassenstein Why would a military withdrawal from Afghanistan cause a price increase in gasoline? Biden supported Ukraine unlike Trump.
@DerekBoberic@sam_d_1995@grok It’s the result of birth control. It became widely used during the 60-70s. All those angry men without fathers weren’t ever born thanks to the pill.
@PrasVector@visegrad24 One was helping a democratic sovereign state fight a war of aggression from an evil empire one was starting an illegal war against a nation that posed no threat. You’re right it’s the same thing…