Ah catholics.

Somehow they still believe that they are the good guys.

Tomorrow I'm a uyghur in a concentration camp.

And the day after that is the day I get my anti psychotic medication refilled.

Ask him and bear grylls.

Sounds about right.

India is like Florida on steroids, the prime Minister literally squeezed the " juice " of an elephant's turd directly into his mouth on camera right alongside bear grylls.

Kinda hilarious tbh

I know I will get hate for this, but if you are not a "he" or a "she" you are an "it".

I refuse to address you like monarchy with "they" or be made to use the ridiculous "Xi" or "xer" or whatever it is.

Carpet bombing is an option.

They offered watermelons and grape soda to the invitees.

You would be too if you were as irrelevant as the French and their country.

*individual afflicted with the French.

The judge could increase your sentence but otherwise I too would tell the judge what I think about them and their court if they find me guilty.

>All the Chinese and Russian students in American universities getting real scared their parents might get a cheaper deal sending their kids to a North Korean university.

Payable with bags of humanitarian aid rice per semester.

>It sucks to have been born to a meth head, this guy never had a chance to be anything but a criminal. Look at that fucking mug, who'd hire him for anything?

Guy is not a child, he's an adult.

He doesn't get to blame mommy and daddy for his own actions and decisions.

>Gas > Oil > Coal

Nuclear and hydro > all of the above.

>Capitalism is good for stimulating growth, but extended use of it ultimately ends in a consolidation of wealth and power.

So long as institution are weakened/not strengthened.

So long as power is derived from the people/voters and there's transparency in the political process, there is nothing to worry about.

>Hell, even authoritarianism has its uses, although it's difficult (but not impossible) to institute temporarily. The handling of COVID is a perfect example of a proper time for authoritarianism for the good of humanity. Too many people were too dumb to follow the rules that could have made the impacts of COVID substantially less, meaning less deaths and less of a hit on the global economy and supply chain. There have been countries that successfully have used temporary authoritarian means for the good of the citizens, and then those powers were abandoned.

Political and voter realities are the only concern, if the people want to bestow emergency powers on the "imperial" president, then that's democracy and the will of the people (see de Gaul and Caesar)

>It's a dangerous move, but the tool itself is just a force, like you said.

Indeed.

>So yeah, they're all tools, but as the saying goes "if a hammer is your only tool, then everything starts to look like a nail", and you can cause some real damage when you don't use the right tool for the job. I think the problem arose mainly during the cold war when US vs Russia became Capitalism vs Communism, and economic systems were forced into our personal identities, and we were taught that capitalism was the best system for everything ever

I am not American or western but I still uphold the belief that capitalism (excepting laissez-faire capitalism and its ilk, of course) is the all around best mode of economy.

It is a system that supports meritocracy and fosters innovations that improve the quality of our lives.

Sure, some people will benefit more than others but a raising tide lifts all boats big and small and ideal shouldn't be the enemy of good.

>even though it only won out in that particular situation because that situation called for rapid growth,

False, I can't get into it in a reddit comment but communism was the main disease that caused the systematic symptoms that USSR suffered from.

I suggest you read up on communist command economy to properly understand it.

>You can't force, but he's saying that regulation is still necessary. Too much regulation and too little regulation are both just as bad for the average person in the long run

It's best to support and aid the market rather than dictating it to go against economic gravity.

Like the US does, it supports farmers by regulations that make ethanol made from corn be part of gasoline.

This regulation supports farmers, makes fuel cheaper for consumers AND is good for the environment.

See? Capitalism is like science and nature, forces that can't be suppressed, not evil or good, simply a force of human nature.

It is by embracing Capitalism and incorporating it into your POV that environmentalism can prosper.

If tomorrow someone discovers/creates a material that is much cheaper and/or more efficient than fossil fuels/hydrocarbons then you will see capitalists be among its strongest supporters.

Like i said, Capitalism and capitalists are forces of human nature, they don’t care about if something is good or bad for the environment, you or me, or even Capitalism itself (see big corporations selling socialist merch and material, you can literally buy the communist manifesto from Amazon)

It is by accepting Capitalism and directing it naturally towards things that achieve environmentalist goals can we achieve a realistic and sustainable future for our planet.

>He should simply make it illegal for this to fail. Duh.

>Man this economy stuff’s easy, idk why we’re always listening to those eggheads with degrees

Some barely literate soviet peasants want to talk to you.

>but for basic goods, people don't have a choice.

Either way, it will end in empty shelves or price increases.

You can't really force the free market to do what you want for free and/or without harm to the wider economy.

Next he will print more money to make everyone richer

>Because it worked so well all the times it was tried, right? RIGHT?

"ThATs nOt reAL coMmuNiSm/sOCialiSm"

>Seems like a fun experiment I wish no country did in practice.

Google the soviet union.

>Nixon did it.

Belarus is obviously pining for the good ol' soviet economy, where the state sets up prices for the economy but at the same time expect shelves to not be empty.

And some people wonder why communism/socialism lost.