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Honestly, how can we ever beat climate change if this is the norm.
Greta T's just gotta be shaking her head over this shit.
AFAIK this is common practice in many armies, where each group obtains a predetermined amount ('dotation') of goods (gas, ammo, clothes...) for a given period (often a year), uses whatever it needs, then an accounting process takes into account whatever wasn't used in order to calculate the next dotation. It seems consistent and efficient. However it neglects human nature. The soldiers want to avoid missing anything,…
It's also a common practice in any department that has their budget determined this way, e.g. https://vimeo.com/27060669
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Yep, and the really interesting thing is when you combine libertarian principles with this insight. If large corporations (and large concentrations of individual wealth) are as undesirable as large governments, then the economic model starts to look very different!
Out of curiosity, how would a "libertarian" propose we achieve economic anything without large individual concentrations of wealth?
the libertarian dream, as I understand it, is sort of like the unix philosophy applied to business: a large number of small/medium-size firms each offering a focused line of products. of course, libertarians disagree on exactly how to get to that world, but most don't oppose stuff like antitrust regulation on principle. intervening in the case of market failure is usually considered to be one of the (few) legitimate roles of the state.
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And yet, all of these companies that run like command economies have collectively out-competed all the companies that run like market economies. We know this, because the latter... Don't really exist. No company of any note operates like one. Does that imply that command economies are actually more efficient than market ones?
"Does that imply that command economies are actually more efficient than market ones?" I think it's probably similar to politics. A well-run dictatorship can do better than a democracy but usually dictatorships deteriorate after a while.
Corporate leaders get sacked by the board rather quickly if they completely screw up. Most of them also don't blatantly steal from their firm.
Regime change in governments happens much slowly.
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Yep, and the really interesting thing is when you combine libertarian principles with this insight. If large corporations (and large concentrations of individual wealth) are as undesirable as large governments, then the economic model starts to look very different!
Out of curiosity, how would a "libertarian" propose we achieve economic anything without large individual concentrations of wealth?
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Out of curiosity, how would a "libertarian" propose we achieve economic anything without large individual concentrations of wealth?
sort of a weird question. libertarians don't necessarily consider large concentrations of private wealth to be a problem in and of itself. they are concerned more with the power of institutions, usually (but not always) the state. the libertarian dream, as I understand it, is sort of like the unix philosophy applied to business: a large number of small/medium-size firms each offering a focused line of products. of co…
Does anyone have any reliable information on the risks of flying right now? I took a couple flights this week, seemed to be status quo. People of all ages flying with no one practicing any special hygiene measures.
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You cannot seriously believe this. Is a parking company only successful due to how well it serves its users? No, it extracts rent.
If the parking compny pays rent to the parking space owner (based on the auction’s highest price), then yes (the owner gets all the rental profits).
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Yeah, go check out what type of ISP service you can get in Australia for comparison of a similarly sized country. Get ready for ADSL and quotas.
It has nothing to do with size and everything to do with politics. Plenty of small countries have crap internet too. Australia's internet sucks because the conservative government nerfed the NBN plan.
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Yep, they are human beings forced by the government to hide the truth under the guise of “harmony” with the threat of much worse. Also, you can criticize the Chinese government without having any issues with Chinese people. Learn the difference or life is going to be hard.
You're literally just agreeing with me, but in a condescending tone. My point is that not literally every Chinese person is "conspiring" to "fake" a "veneer" because they're "scared", because people != government. It's GP who needs to learn the difference.