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by test0account 5y ago
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 freedom, professionally and socially Is 15k enough to keep working
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by test0account 5y ago
I don't mind the assumptions. I don't think we are unfairly characterized. What we are is unfairly treated most of the time.
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by test0account 5y ago
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 divide that money in categories, and it turns out IT ind
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by test0account 5y ago
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. 1) Open source is a human right, 2) security is a mess, 3)
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by test0account 5y ago
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 possible alternative to european style quasi socialism (56% on
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by test0account 5y ago
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 my health expenditures are 1000 per year, and I am self-tau
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by test0account 5y ago
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 arena. That's how you end up with non existent tech of
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by test0account 5y ago
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 promoting whatever is in the European Commission agenda, wh
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by test0account 5y ago
Is Google not just one massive web scraper?