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I even became interested in how much energy is needed to desalinate water by boiling it, taking into account recuperation and everything else.
> Desalination depends on electricity prices, which are fairly high in the UK at the moment.
Electricity prices are largely dependent on the need to deliver a steady flow of energy and store it, which are not a concern in the context of desalination water.
Oh, look, you did it in literally two sentences. It turns out it's pretty easy to to oppose such law. Only there's simply no need to do it when you're the main beneficiary.
With your good name. In the end, it is not important what the politician had or did not have on the disk, but who the public will believe more, the secret services, who claim that there was something there, or the politician, who claims that he is being set up and groundlessly persecuted for the purpose of political pressure.
And as long as public opinion about the special services is what it is, politicians can safely stash CP on their disks without fear that they will be charged with anything even if they are found.
Yes, many of them are really stupid people. But they are not idiots. I think 95 percent of them are perfectly aware of why the laws they pass are really needed. And they pass them EXACTLY FOR THIS, and not at all for protecting children and internet safety.
But they could. But no amount of money will encourage an engineer as much as the need to escape the gulag. Especially if you add some variety to their experience by staying in the gulag.
> In other countries that paid their engineers they produced more and better products.
It is precisely for this reason that the overwhelming majority of engineers in the USSR were not threatened with the gulag for inefficiency. And many believe that this is a good thing, and that "efficient" engineers threaten to destroy the labor market entirely.
> History is clear and obvious on this fact.
Yes. The Soviet space program created by Korolev is the pinnacle of human engineering thought, only God is above it. History is definitely clear and obvious on this fact
> I and many others, of course, will never cooperate with you.
That's the best part. You will vote yourself out of economic freedom, and then there will be no reason to ask about your opinion. Just look at the trends and public opinion on the necessity for economic freedom. You are already in checkmate if you look a few moves ahead.
They will decrease on their own if people think about where to get food, and not about extra money for the lottery.
> and maximum stock investments as well?
No, there are no restrictions. Any amount of investment. But there are only government's stocks and the terms of return on investment are determined by the government
> Will I still be allowed to hunt for food?
Only deep in the sparsely populated provinces. To avoid armed rebellions.
> Society is something better encouraged than gamified.
You'll be surprised at what methods encourage people best.
Read the biography of Korolev, who sent the first satellite and the first man into space. A case was fabricated against him, he was sentenced to 10 years in a gulag, but after a year he was transferred to a prison for engineers, on the condition that he will be a very effective engineer.
And he was. The results of such encouragement were amazing and almost unachievable by any other methods.
It is like when slavery was abolished, someone would protest against it, arguing that slavery cannot be abolished, since the masters feeds their slaves, takes care of them, treats and educates them, and if slavery is abolished, the standard of living of former slaves will fall sharply.
In a world where Tor is not a honeypot of some three letter agency, there are implementations of projects like Jim Bell's Assassination Politics. In a world where Tor is not a honeypot its use would be banned, much like the use of Tornado Cash was banned and shut down until the secret services took control of it.
And we obviously don't live in such world.
Quite compatible
> If you want a high trust society, you don't want capitalism.
There is nothing at all in capitalism that would prevent a high level of trust in society.
> Capitalism is inherently low trust
But that's not true. The thing about capitalism is that it's RESILENT to low trust. It does not require low levels of trust, but is capable of functioning in such conditions.
> If the penalty for deceit was greater than the penalty for non-deceit
Who are the judges? Capitalism is the most resistant to deception, deceivers under capitalism receive fewer benefits than under any other economic system. Simply because capitalism is based on the premise that people cheat, act out of greed, try to get the most for themselves at the expense of others. These qualities exist in people regardless of the existence of capitalism, it is just that capitalism ensures prosperity in society even when people have these qualities.
> absolutely the first time I've ever heard someone describe the persecution of homosexuals as an authoritarian behavior
Google defines "authoritarian" even more broadly than I do:
> favouring or enforcing strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom.
So I would say that that recognition is established extremely wide.
Under capitalism, the rich are forbidden to rob the poor. Most elites are very unhappy with such ban.
Only there are even more people who do not wear seat belts than practicing homosexuals, i.e. by your logic, a fine for not wearing a seat belt is MORE AUTHORITARIAN than the law on persecuting homosexuals.
For example, the persecution of homosexuals is widely recognized as an authoritarian behavior and has nothing to do with consolidate of authority
This is literally the argument autocrats use for any authoritarian law they pass.
But that complete bs. Vehicle affordability is not in any danger, average price of a new pickus trucks depends on the amount of money the population has. Even if the middle class completely disappears, people will just drive cheaper pickups.
>Would you cry for me if I wanted a Lambo but couldn’t afford it?
But they could. And that the reason why "the average price of a new full-size pickup truck is around $64,000"
Yes, yes, we all know. "You'll own nothing and be happy". Fewer and fewer people believe you.
I really wonder what kind of world people live in who write such articles and what kind of world people live in who seriously read them. It's hard to believe that they live among us, there must be some separate island in the ocean or something like that where they can write their articles in complete isolation from the rest of the world.
Yes, and most of these engineers are not in the US and are cheaper than engineers in the US.
The only reason engineers in the US have jobs is because employers, for one reason or another, believe that in an office environment under their constant supervision, workers work more efficiently.
When they stop believing this, engineers in the US will not work remotely, they will lose their jobs.
I am sure Soviet Union is THE BEST example to demonstrate the concept.
It shows perfectly that you can have anything, anywhere and as much as you want - but it won't mean anything if you take away people's economic freedom.
I really like this position from an ethical point of view.
But in reality you will be conquered by a neighboring country with different principles in about 3 days.
I doubt it. The cure is way worse than the disease and is a direct path to totalitarianism. The influence of capital will not go to the people, it will go to the government, and the government will use it to depend even less on the will of the people.
Such laws are adopted precisely so that society cannot influence politicians and their decisions.
That is, if society does not have the ability to do something about it now, then they will be even less able to do something about it later.