@mlhenshaw@ZackPolanski There is some truth in this, but a lot of wealth is inherited or otherwise unearned. Additionally, not everyone is a striver trying to get rich, but it does not mean they are lazy either. The problem now is being rich is becoming the only way to have a decent quality of life.
@richimedhurst@KitKlarenberg@richimedhurst it is without doubt one of your best works, and we are all very proud of you! This is real journalism - looking at the why, not just the what.
@sagewilyam@The_JBS@disclosetv They don’t refuse to procreate - they cannot afford to, because the elites have destroyed their standard of living. Same problem in Japan - the JP birth rate is 1.2 on average, but 1.8 among married couples.
“We were attacked in the gulf of Tonkin”
“They took the babies out of the incubators”
“The smoking gun could come in the form of a mushroom cloud”
“Assad is gassing his own people”
“We captured him because of drugs”
“Iran killed 20,000 of its own people the past week”
@BernieSanders You can’t tax robots you idiot - the whole point is that that you don’t need to pay them a salary. All you can do is tax more the corporation which is increasing its profits by using robots instead of salaried workers.
@trussliz Seeing Brits attempt to lecture China on “democracy” and the importance of Taiwan’s independence, when they gave neither to HK, and are in the process of dismantling their own, makes me ashamed to come from the same country. You are a failed state.
@VCBrags@VCBrags this is the same BS artist who claimed to start 20VC with only $50 and no money for a mike filter, despite having been to *four* private schools.
@Nihonpolitics My concern is that Sanseito will concede their progressive economic policies in order to get what they want on social and foreign policy, with the result that nothing will be done to improve the living standards of ordinary Japanese.