One of the reasons I don’t like socialism is public bathrooms.
A public bathroom is about as basic a shared resource as you can get. Everyone gets to use it, and everyone is expected to show a little consideration for the next person. The rules aren’t particularly complicated.
And yet, a shocking number of adults can’t even manage to throw their paper towels in the trash. Some will pee all over a toilet seat and leave it for the next person. And the next person, who didn’t make the mess, certainly isn’t going to clean it up either.
Now imagine trusting these same people to collectively manage an entire economy.
We can’t even get everyone to agree that cleaning up their own pee is a personal responsibility, but somehow we’re supposed to believe everyone will become hardworking, responsible, and considerate when we’re sharing the fruits of each other’s labor.
Now, compare your average public restroom to a Buc-ee’s bathroom.
Buc-ee’s figured something out. Clean bathrooms attract customers. Customers spend money. So the company has a financial incentive to keep those bathrooms spotless. They hire people to maintain them, hold employees accountable, and compete for your business.
And people will literally plan their road trips around stopping there.
That’s capitalism. Someone recognized a problem, found a way to solve it, and made money because people valued the result.
Of course, not everyone contributes equally to society. Some people work harder, make better decisions, and take more responsibility. Others seem perfectly content making life more difficult for everyone around them.
I believe people should have the freedom to live however they choose. I also believe in helping people who genuinely need it.
But I have a hard time accepting an economic philosophy that expects me to trust everyone to act in the collective interest when some people can’t be bothered to clean up after themselves.
Buc-ee’s figured out how to get people to willingly pay for a better experience.
Socialism wants me to believe the people leaving paper towels on the floor will suddenly become responsible stewards of everyone else’s resources.
I’m going with the beaver.
Everyone’s heard of how awesome Jane Street is. Fewer people have heard about the times something stupid nearly put it out of business and it was saved by grit and dumb luck.
Here's a story about how the NYC datacenter was almost destroyed by a false smoke alarm.
@cortisquared Immobilier c’est risqué, parce que par définition impossible à expatrier. Taxer les résidences principales c’est impopulaire, mais pas sûr que ça tienne dans un monde où l’état cherche de l’argent à tout prix.
C’est aussi très exposé aux taux, et donc à une crise de la dette.
@cortisquared Quel idiot. La raison pour laquelle il y a des opportunités à Londres (où je vis également) qui n’existent pas en France, c’est que le système UK est bien plus libéral et pro-business.
@TheWitness2k43 Personne ne dit qu’une femme de ménage doit crever la gueule ouverte. Il compare juste sa valeur ajoutée à celle du chirurgien pour expliquer la différence de salaire / richesse.
@anon597260576 Ils choisissent de devenir chirurgien plutôt qu’entrepreneur, banquier ou autre (ou chirurgien dans un autre pays). C’est un marché implicite.
Si on mets les chirurgiens au SMIC, on aura un problème de demande : les gens intelligents ont d’autres options que chirurgien en France
@genelesur Le régime des retraites est merdique, il faut sacrifier quelqu’un. Sacrifier les jeunes actifs c’est tuer le futur du pays, il faut sacrifier les vieux.
@Doc_Mouh@canardenchaine Ceux qui ont intérêt à faire des dégâts à l’économie française. Donc probablement les russes (vu que l’économie française finance indirectement l’Ukraine).
@Mileistesfr Rien ne va changer.
Les français ne veulent pas de changement. À la moindre réforme pour corriger les problèmes structurels (Macron a essayé) les gens sont dans la rue. Les français sont accro à la dette.
Le bateau coule, il faut quitter le pays, entreprendre ailleurs.