31 sats \ 8 replies \ @tomlaies OP 24 Dec 2023 \ parent \ on: What do you think about shock therapy? libertarian
Free market capitalism is inherently global.
If you read Adam Smith he gives a very convincing argument about wine produced in Portugal and machines produced in England. It's better for everybody to drop tariffs between the two countries for economic growth in both countries.
Protectionism and nationalism are inherently anti-free market and pro-big government.
I meant Klaus globalist, not Adam Smith!:) The WEF aren't a big free market bunch.
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Klaus globalism is good. Free market capitalism should decide where people live and wor. It makes economics more efficient. Everyone should be free like a bird.
Edit: Or let's say it like this: I want freedom to work everywhere on earth where I want. I want to do programming in Singapore or Paris or Texas. And therefore everybody should have this freedom. Let free markets decide not governments.
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My thumb slipped while getting out of my car and I unintentionally zapped your response. It's okay, though, since I agree with everything you wrote below the edit :)
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Alright, here are 43 back. Why 43 tho, just a random number?
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No, you earned them. Why 43? I tend to zap a lot, and many of my stacker friends recognize the amount I zap after a while. So, picking a different default zap is a futile attempt at anonymity. I think I need to change it again.
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"You'll own nothing and you'll be happy" (alternatively "you'll own nothing and be happy") is a phrase originating in a 2016 video by the World Economic Forum (WEF), summarising an essay written by Danish politician Ida Auken. The phrase has been used by critics who accuse the WEF of desiring restrictions on ownership of private property.
I always thought private property was a pretty fundamental tenet of free market capitalism. Libertarians are fond of the concept also.
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Ok, I'm not pro-taking-away-peoples-property. Like, obviously.
I just think the general direction of more economic freedom and less government restrictions is good.
This encompass literally everything. Wine from Portugal but also cheap labor from Mexico. But also I want the freedom to rent a Tesla for a day - freedom to rent it or buy it however I wish.
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I agree with your gradualism idea. I don't trust Melei, but maybe he'll prove me wrong. At least I can't see him making matters worse in Argentina, so that's good, I guess.
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