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Cake day: July 13th, 2023

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  • I’m not American so I don’t really know what’s going on. It seems that people, especially on this website, can’t see anything Trump says or does as a positive because he isn’t on their team. But he certainly has said and done things that are right or a positive at least for some people. Can’t just disagree with someone for the sole reason you don’t like him.

    But economics is complicated. For example trade barriers make things more expensive and could increase jobs or decrease them. Or more accurately increase in some areas and decrease in others. No one knows what’s going to happen for sure, even looking back people disagree on what has happened.

    But I personally think there has been too much emphasis on GDP growth around the western world and lower business costs rather than increasing discretionary income and jobs for lowest earners. So policies that are weighted for that rather than businesses I see as net gain at the moment.


  • Do you want things to be cheaper or wages to be higher (especially wages for those in low wage jobs).

    There were ideals about competitive advantage. But the whole economy has been undercut by lower wages elsewhere that things got cheaper but not because of increases in productivity in the economy so wages went down.

    There are a lot of pressure to deflate wages with free trade and immigration. But things that increase wages like market forces and limited labour aren’t really a factor anymore.

    Making things again would be taxes on imports, free education, tax breaks for RandD and investment. Also subsidies and blocks on exporting IP and knowledge.









  • Wanderer@lemm.eetookmatewanker@feddit.ukits called a half-pint, you absolute melts
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    10 days ago

    Anyone that likes schooners are wankers.

    Look I’ll accept 500ml in Europe as it’s metric and metric and better. (Also sometimes you can get 1l)

    But a pint is just right. Fuck everything else. I want a pint and I’m willing to riot about it. Fuck you, you cunts. It’s been pints since time immemorial and as a good fucking Brit I’ll kick off about this. If we give up on pints might as well just sink the whole fucking country, I’m not going to be the generation that fucks up the future for the future generations.


  • The view is anyone that can’t get sex is worthless. It’s a harsh truth that people don’t like to admit.

    People love to use the fact that people aren’t get sex against them.

    The whole treatment of incels seems hypocritical to me tbh. Like they make some good points. But society can’t accept nuance, they can’t accept that someone that don’t like might be right about something’s.



  • I’ve talked to so many fucking idiots about this that don’t get it.

    Look roads are for cars and we all did a driving test and we know how fast is safe. Numbers don’t mean anything.

    I should be able to drive 60 down a residential if I think I can. If some kid gets run over then that’s their fault and their parents. Roads are for cars. What you expect me to slow down and be late for work? I was already late when I left and this is going to add minutes to my journey people just don’t think.

    I know I’m a good driver, I’ve only ever got points for speeding and for drunk driving (but I was still driving well). There some fucking idiots on the road I agree but we shouldn’t all be punished. We need more roads so we can go faster that’s the real issue.