In a good or a bad way?

Can’t watch right now. Is he actually saying stuff or is it just vague gesturing towards “corporate greed” with a random side swipe against China (that somehow always makes it in even among otherwise nice people)?

These are great!

He supported cuba too afaik

Wtf we have palme emotes i had no idea

Hot take: CSS is probably the closest thing we have to black magic in UI programming and there’s a reason why every single successful GUI framework and/or library (even the fully native non-webview) ones try their best to emulate it.

He’s giving so much BG3 Raphael vibes, but in a “too much of a coward to admit it” way

Thank you for the responses. Reading through the older post you linked it seems like the GDP KPI would be an easy place to start. Is there anyone pushing for such reform? Are there any factions making such criticisms of the system either at the federal or municipal level?

Yeah iirc we (sweden) is among the most indebted countries in the world while also exerting the highest tax pressure on low-middle income workers (the country is basically a tax haven for ultra wealthy). I would not be surprised to see pundits seriously start pushing for more privatization soon.

Interesting. Surely if, as you’re saying, the wealth disparity is so central to the current economic challenges facing China (both short and long term) there must be some people talking about it? Similar to yourself? Is this something that can be addressed at a local level or is all the power to change things in the hands of the central government? You talked about local government mostly concerning themselves with meeting goals/quotas (often by short-sighted numbers pumping as happened with real estate), but there must be someone yelling “bridges and trains are awesome but i also want socialism to mean having a house and luxury goods”

Could you elaborate on the last part? I know you’ve talked at length before about how western economics have sort of “eroded” attitudes towards marxist schools of thought, especially among policy makers. Is this still true, or even worsening due to the intensifying inequality or are there still policy makers who fall into the “damn times are getting tough where’s my little red book” crowd (if I understand your post correctly)

I know you get a lot of flak here sometimes, but I find you analysis fascinating and your explanations pedagogic. Please keep posting!

Common magritte W

Thank you for the thorough answer. I still have more learning to do but this was a great introduction.

I’ve been reading through the thread and the discussion is fascinating. However, I’m realizing my MMT knowledge is a bit too underdeveloped to really grasp some parts. Would you mind explaining? Particularly the “Stalin understood money is debt” bit.

He doesn’t actually miss “old idubbbz”, he misses being 14 and the “being an arrogant shitbag” social free pass that offers (white) boys that age.

Mao stepped outside

Are french hot dogs not a thing in the US??

Damn capybara was my next guess

Hare?

Yeah margarine works great too tastes the same and is usually easier to spread right out of the fridge