Derec
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What happened to retiring in Costa Rica? Or Panama? Does he speak Russian already?An appraiser I hired last yr told me he was saving, planning to retire to Russia.
What happened to retiring in Costa Rica? Or Panama? Does he speak Russian already?An appraiser I hired last yr told me he was saving, planning to retire to Russia.
That's why it is important to specify what kind of average you mean. I hate that Excel is contributing to the confusion by calling its mean function AVERAGE rather than MEAN. I guess all the business majors that use Excel would get confused.Bill Gates goes into a dive bar and orders a drink. One bar regular turns to another and says, "By average, this bar now has the wealthiest clientele".
It is mostly not MAGAs but left-wing posters on here and also some left-wing politicians who are confusing capitalist countries in Europe with socialism.To the average MAGA person, almost all of Europe is "socialist" which is the definition I suspect CC is using.
Look also at politicians like AOC who is a card-carrying member of DSA but doesn't really understand DSA's tenets, like support for seizing the means of production (although they want to seize them "democratically" rather than through a proletarian revolution like RevComs).
CC also doesn't strike me as a MAGA.
For $200k, he can get my 2/2 in Ohio and have enough leftover for a slightly used Corolla.An appraiser I hired last yr told me he was saving, planning to retire to Russia.
He wants the walled estate and security guards. Weird guy ... born a Brit, naturalized Murkin, voted for Trump the first time, then smelled rat and sat out 2020.For $200k, he can get my 2/2 in Ohio and have enough leftover for a slightly used Corolla.
And electronic monitoring in every room.An appraiser I hired last yr told me he was saving, planning to retire to Russia. Said he could buy a 3 bed 3 bath newly built home in a gated community with security, tons of amenities, gorgeous landscaping etc etc …
All for about $200kUSD.
They aren't, but Bernie, AOC et al are.Fascinating, I didn't realize that Trump and Desantis are "left wing".
You do realize that Trump and Desantis are just the most prominent ignoramuses about socialism on the right. There are plenty more of them. The term "socialism", like many terms, has lost its very specific meaning. For example, there are plenty of dogmatic libertarians who maintain that the neither the USA nor most of Europe is "capitalist".They aren't, but Bernie, AOC et al are.Fascinating, I didn't realize that Trump and Desantis are "left wing".
And Bernie and AOC are just the most prominent ignoramuses about socialism on the left. So much so that the prime minister of Denmark directly rebuked Sanders about that. And so much so that AOC is member of DSA but is ignorant of their tenets which include public ownership of the means of production, according to their constitution.You do realize that Trump and Desantis are just the most prominent ignoramuses about socialism on the right.
It is possible. In my view, it is more probable that your animus against "leftists" colors your analysis.And Bernie and AOC are just the most prominent ignoramuses about socialism on the left. So much so that the prime minister of Denmark directly rebuked Sanders about that. And so much so that AOC is member of DSA but is ignorant of their tenets which include public ownership of the means of production, according to their constitution.You do realize that Trump and Desantis are just the most prominent ignoramuses about socialism on the right.
I suspect the OP wrongly thought western European countries were "socialist" because he listens to the likes of Bernie and not because he listens to the likes of RdS. Or "dogmatic libertarians" for that matter.
What do you mean "Doubtful"?Doubtful, at least outside major cities.
It upsets you that people correctly describe "mixed economies" as "mixed economies".You do realize that Trump and Desantis are just the most prominent ignoramuses about socialism on the right. There are plenty more of them. The term "socialism", like many terms, has lost its very specific meaning. For example, there are plenty of dogmatic libertarians who maintain that the neither the USA nor most of Europe is "capitalist".They aren't, but Bernie, AOC et al are.Fascinating, I didn't realize that Trump and Desantis are "left wing".
No, it doesn’t. Do you have a point relevant to the OP topic or are you just going to continue with incorrect and out of context personal observations?It upsets you that people correctly describe "mixed economies" as "mixed economies".