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It matters if not everything is about money. Is 15k extra per year an effective boost to happiness? Is 15k enough to keep working for Big Brother, in a job with very limited freedo…

I don't mind the assumptions. I don't think we are unfairly characterized. What we are is unfairly treated most of the time.

Correct. The government has a spending target, let's say 56% of GDP (that is taxes, how much you can borrow from creditors, and how much money printing you can afford). Then they d…

Why do governments feel compelled to constantly intervene in businesses? What market failure (apparently unique to Germany) are they fixing? Edit: I have like 4 different responses…

20k of GDP per capita means in any year of your life, even after 65. People migrate to the US before the EU. Besides, US lifestyle (also a high tax country btw) is not the only pos…

56% of GDP amounts to around 20k euro per person and year Would you rather get the public health and education, or keep the 20k euro and find a solution for yourself? I reckon that…

56% of GDP in public spending in no rush to become more efficient. In fact, quite the contrary. Compare this with the cut throat competition in Sillicon Valley or the international…

It's quite off-puting branding, playing with the flag of a bureaucratic institution like the EU. If it was about what Europeans create, I would be receptive. Instead, they are prom…

Is Google not just one massive web scraper?

For the American Left, individual responsibility doesn't exist. We don't control our life. It's all about systemic We in the rest of the world laugh our ass off.

From France to Asia, Oceania and Latin America, the American Left is considered an extreme ideology.