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fosforus, (edited ) to news in Biden says Netanyahu must change, Israel losing global support

No good guys fighting there ATM.

IDF are the good guys, just like the Ukrainian army is. That doesn’t mean that every single individual in either army are angels or that every operation is virtuous, just that their overall intentions are just.

An important question: What would the world look like if these guys won versus if they lost?

fosforus, (edited ) to news in Biden says Netanyahu must change, Israel losing global support

all it does is expose a huge double standard

No, a simple unistandard. I’ll illustrate with a meme.

https://sopuli.xyz/pictrs/image/1d658bab-1bd5-4b73-bc2c-57586624383c.png

fosforus, (edited ) to memes in It's a simple world view

Answer my fucking comment.

Read the book. Educate yourself beyond the crap you’ve studied so far.

Also, I have Cowbee’s statements to lean on, which you yourself conceded to, to know what the book is like.

I conceded that he has such an opinion.

Do you need more internet points for being so incredible?

fosforus, (edited ) to memes in It's a simple world view

Makes bad jokes, doesn’t reply to actual content or even check out the book I recommended, assumes content from book title. Calls me a coward for making bad jokes.

https://sopuli.xyz/pictrs/image/aa1c8a9b-7845-431f-8393-5f7452a64f4d.png

Well done, 10 internet points to you my friend.

fosforus, to memes in It's a simple world view

Fair enough.

fosforus, (edited ) to memes in It's a simple world view

Ok, so which multiple award-winning, widely respected PhD of Economics would you suggest instead? Or you just against things instead of having any positions of your own, like most other deep-end socialists are?

fosforus, (edited ) to memes in It's a simple world view

That’s cute, but also not how any of this works.

I suggest www.amazon.com/…/0465060730 – it’s 700 pages but I’m sure you can do it if you put some effort in.

fosforus, (edited ) to memes in It's a simple world view

And by the way - what do you think causes the financial risk of home ownership

Accidents, subpar maintenance, market changes, divorce.

fosforus, (edited ) to memes in It's a simple world view

Well, you’re not wrong, but what I replied to (“don’t know what capitalism is” and “are rent seekers”) wasn’t exactly filled with nuance, either.

fosforus, (edited ) to memes in It's a simple world view

Perhaps things are different where you live, but where I live, there’s always a significant additional bureaucratic cost when selling a house and buying another one. Because of that, renting has at least a single clear benefit beyond just being able to afford it: greater flexibility. Also, the financial risk is almost zero when you rent.

fosforus, (edited ) to memes in It's a simple world view

You’re implying that the meme “capitalism bad” has amazing amounts of nuance.

fosforus, (edited ) to memes in It's a simple world view

So 30% of people can’t afford their own house and that doesn’t seem like inequality to you?

Income inequality is a completely different thing from home ownership. Also, some of those 30% choose to not own a house. Also further, the average home ownership rate in EU is almost exactly the same as in the US, but our local purchasing power tends to be quite a lot worse.

USA is doing pretty fine economically.

fosforus, to memes in It's a simple world view

Or perhaps we know history and economics.

fosforus, (edited ) to memes in It's a simple world view

What were you promised? Like, owning a home? Home ownership rates in the US have been in the 63-70% range during all of 1966-2023, almost completely stable. Local purchasing power is #5 in the world for americans. What exactly is the problem over there?

We in Europe are having it much worse if you look at the data, especially now when Russia is being fucking Russia.

fosforus, to upliftingnews in Henry Kissinger, America’s Most Notorious War Criminal, Dies At 100

I’m sure you all hate him, but this is “Uplifting News”.

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