az04

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[–] az04@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Stop playing so much DnD

"No."

[–] az04@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I would sleep just as well if Shaq's top marginal rate was 90%.

[–] az04@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not relevant anymore, TempleOS now has more users than BSD.

[–] az04@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

You're not wrong. There's probably a better way to stabilize Argentina's currency which won't lead to as much suffering. But no one presented that better way.

Peronists have been doing the same things for decades and it led to 40% poverty. Milei ripped off the band-aid and it led to 60% poverty. But it probably paved the way for lower poverty in the future.

If you find a way to lower inflation (which helps everyone) and make the poorest people in society equally prosperous, I'm sure they'll give you a Nobel in Economics for it.

[–] az04@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Lowering inflation when it's too high is always a question of short term pain for some people to get long term benefits for most people.

[–] az04@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

Milei is a Christian, authoritarian, regressive fascist.

And he would never have gotten into power if the Argentinian left had respected the independence of the central bank, been more pragmatic with their subsidies and let the market decide more of their economy. Protectionism doesn't work and Argentina is a shining beacon letting everyone know that.

The left in Argentina did this to themselves. Even the trade unions in Argentina are struggling with support because they're seen as complicit in the country's wild overspending.

[–] az04@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Because in the long term, very high inflation leads to everyone being poorer. And Argentina is the very best example of this.

A country that went from being the 6th richest in the world to having over half the population in poverty in 100 years. All thanks to protectionism, subsidized living costs, low taxes and printing money to make up the difference.

And let's not forget fleecing the international community for money to rebuild the economy several times and then not paying it back.

[–] az04@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago

It existed up until the pandemic, Trenhotel, I took it once. Fell asleep in the center of Madrid, woke up in downtown Lisbon. The trip had beautiful snowy landscapes lit by the full moon. It's such a shame it's gone.

[–] az04@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (11 children)

What do you mean?

[–] az04@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You could learn this internet if you decided to.

 

The airplane was empty, with no passengers.

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