@MichaelAArouet I know this isn't the answer, but this could very well be a little house in a Grünanlage in Berlin staring at one of the god ugly towers erected close to Oberbaumbrücke 😂
@texasgermanbre A better reason to learn it is simply to productively exist in German society.
Your kid will be fine. Keep speaking English to them and give them the gift of multilingualism.
@texasgermanbre Let whoever is the mother tongue speaker of said language speak exclusively in said language to the child. There is NO point in having someone teach them second language English. German they will get from the society Kita, Grundschule, Spielplatz) anyway.
@KoketsoResane@WalkerAmerica The difference is that a government is held accountable, so you SEE their reckless spending. Trust me - it's there in the private sector too.
@KoketsoResane@WalkerAmerica Not really, though. Reckless spending is more a function of size. I have seen many large corporates burning money on the most pointless nonsense imaginable.
A lean startup won't burn cash for shits and giggles. But a corporation? They'll easily burn millions.
@ChrisExcel102 Dude, go for it. It's just a beach, and you're a citizen and that's the end of that. Have fun.
But it isn't the massive win you think it is. It's just...people on the beach :P
@KoketsoResane It's capitalism because they employ machinery, money and other technologies to produce a surplus. It's socialist (or perhaps more aptly named just democratic) because both capital and labour has a say in how capital and said surplus is deployed.
So you're both right.
@KoketsoResane E.g. can workers vote on what to build and sell? On where to invest? On how to hire? On what to buy?
Or is this for a select few?
What are the social implications of this?
Etc.
Pointing to idiots claiming Sweden is communist does little to have this much needed conversation.
@KoketsoResane The question we should ask isn't "should South Africa be capitalist or communist". That's not a sensible question. The better question is how do we incentivize a system in which more people have ownership of decisions affecting capital.