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new phone who dis
May 24, 2007

by VideoGames
Morbid Hound

Decebal posted:

It would work like a charm if everyone was high on MDMA.

For about 3 months until everyone's receptors were burnt out.

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Nut to Butt
Apr 13, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
austerity is a myth.

naem
May 29, 2011

Belec's bouncin' tit hour sounds pretty baller honestly

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

naem posted:

The issue is that the broke sovereign nations can't print more cash money to solve today's debt issues, and deal with inflation down the line, because they don't have their own currency anymore.

The non-broke countries (Germany) are like "INFLATION??? We ain't printin' aww hail naw" even though mabes they should (I don't claim to know)

Germans own, they keep on pretending there's nothing wrong with the Euro-concept or integrating widely disparate economies.


School Nickname posted:

My colleagues and I had dinner and drinks with this guy about a year ago. One of the most direct economists you'll meet and is insanely funny. His lectures on austerity are the poo poo.

It's a really good talk since it shows how bad economic decisions influenced world history.

Basically austerity created hitler and also war mongering japan.

etalian fucked around with this message at 23:55 on Jan 14, 2015

TEAYCHES
Jun 23, 2002

Top City Homo posted:

humanity is a selfish species whose monkey brains can only recognize a max of 70 people as part of their kin network

economic biotruths

the ladder theory of economics

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

TEAYCHES posted:

economic biotruths

the ladder theory of economics

On the fundamental it's why the Eurozone is fundamentally flawed.

Why should German's ruin their export economy just to save some greeks and Spaniards?

TEAYCHES
Jun 23, 2002

etalian posted:

On the fundamental it's why the Eurozone is fundamentally flawed.

Why should German's ruin their export economy just to save some greeks and Spaniards?

because the greeks and spanish dont have a vote at all in what happens to them economically, and cant affect germany in the least bit despite being part of the same integrated economy. imo its just a poorly implemented political / economic abortion

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

TEAYCHES posted:

because the greeks and spanish dont have a vote at all in what happens to them economically, and cant affect germany in the least bit despite being part of the same integrated economy. imo its just a poorly implemented political / economic abortion

The German's are also hilariously out of touch saying there's no eurozone deflation risk, cheap oil will fix everything or austerity is working great.

Aves Maria!
Jul 26, 2008

Maybe I'll drown
germany, as always, is trying to destroy the rest of Europe

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

Business Gorillas
Mar 11, 2009

:harambe:



why bother labelling the people if youre gonna make it so small you can't even read who they are?

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

420DD Butts posted:

germany, as always, is trying to destroy the rest of Europe

like imagine if the rest of the USA told alabama they couldn't do anything until they repaid their debts

ManMythLegend
Aug 18, 2003

I don't believe in anything, I'm just here for the violence.

Who's the bald white dude who magically appears in the second panel supposed to be?

TEAYCHES
Jun 23, 2002

Harald posted:

like imagine if the rest of the USA told alabama they couldn't do anything until they repaid their debts

alabama would have a rising leftwing populist movement

Aves Maria!
Jul 26, 2008

Maybe I'll drown

Business Gorillas posted:

why bother labelling the people if youre gonna make it so small you can't even read who they are?

because it's badcartoon.jpg

ManMythLegend
Aug 18, 2003

I don't believe in anything, I'm just here for the violence.

Harald posted:

like imagine if the rest of the USA told alabama they couldn't do anything until they repaid their debts

So you're saying that all non-German Europe is a bunch of racist, back water, NASCAR loving, rednecks?


I've always suspected as much.

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

ManMythLegend posted:

So you're saying that all non-German Europe is a bunch of racist, back water, NASCAR loving, rednecks?


I've always suspected as much.


Yup it is like the deep south since most of the broke countries like Greece don't have a modern economy and still depend on things like agricultural exports.

The whole euro currency basically screws them over but on the flip provides a big benefit to Germany's manufacturing/durable goods focused export economy.

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

ManMythLegend posted:

So you're saying that all non-German Europe is a bunch of racist, back water, NASCAR loving, rednecks?


I've always suspected as much.
much like the USA, the poor areas are candid in their racism while the rich areas have institutionalized it.

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

Decebal posted:

It would work like a charm if everyone was high on MDMA.

now we are talking

in reality though MDMA is too expensive and most rulers realized that the only way to spread kinship is through conformity

on the one end you have legal dress codes and religions and ethnicities '



on the other you have invisible codes through Hollywood and media propaganda

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

TEAYCHES posted:

economic biotruths

the ladder theory of economics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number

the worst thing is
Oct 3, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
Thats all fine and well but people conform without anyone telling them to. anytime anyone says "just be an individual", everyone else tries to be like the first person who looks like they might be an individual and the cycle begins again. example : hipsters, feminists, "genderfluids" (:stare:), etc

TEAYCHES
Jun 23, 2002


this has little to nothing to do with political relationships. no one asks that you know everyone's names or whatever the gently caress. the point is everyone has the same interests in the end. decent employment, good sanitation, healthy food, medical care. a state predicated on those guarantees doesnt require you to succumb to not achieving those goals because its outside of the 100 ppl in your social sphere

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

TEAYCHES posted:

this has little to nothing to do with political relationships. no one asks that you know everyone's names or whatever the gently caress. the point is everyone has the same interests in the end. decent employment, good sanitation, healthy food, medical care. a state predicated on those guarantees doesnt require you to succumb to not achieving those goals because its outside of the 100 ppl in your social sphere

thats all great and good except

gently caress you, got mine

tragedy of the commons

etc.

TEAYCHES
Jun 23, 2002

Top City Homo posted:

thats all great and good except

gently caress you, got mine

tragedy of the commons

etc.

if that were the end of the argument then no state or national or social project ever in history would ever have worked or happened. imo thats just as naive as Worldwide Communism Now

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

TEAYCHES posted:

if that were the end of the argument then no state or national or social project ever in history would ever have worked or happened. imo thats just as naive as Worldwide Communism Now

things happen all the time but can you really claim that things are working?

TEAYCHES
Jun 23, 2002

Top City Homo posted:

things happen all the time but can you really claim that things are working?

*checks iwatch*

working on a scale far outside of dunbar's number

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

Harald posted:

much like the USA, the poor areas are candid in their racism while the rich areas have institutionalized it.

best thing about Euros is how they point out how backwards and barbaric the evil US is by comparison, then get complete meltdowns when threads mention gypsy problems.

Basically every rich euro in existence has at one time or another been horribly wronged by thieving, subhuman gypsies.

huskarl_marx
Oct 13, 2013

by zen death robot
Who wants to be the person who says socialism is only possible in a racially homogenous society

the worst thing is
Oct 3, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

huskarl_marx posted:

Who wants to be the person who says socialism is only possible in a racially homogenous society

page 1 bro

ManMythLegend
Aug 18, 2003

I don't believe in anything, I'm just here for the violence.

huskarl_marx posted:

Who wants to be the person who says socialism is only possible in a racially homogenous society

Here is a concise list:

*Posts the name of every European*

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

TEAYCHES posted:

*checks iwatch*

working on a scale far outside of dunbar's number

yeah well rreality is that it is all barely being held together and adding impossible complexity in the form of communism is not going to work

if you think i am wrong prove it to me on the court 1v1 to 21

instead making a point score some points

street ball

no rules

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
wowo these chucklefucks finally decided to do QE six years too late


Merkel is going to go down as the second worst chancellor in german history

Harald fucked around with this message at 01:27 on Jan 23, 2015

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

Harald posted:

wowo these chucklefucks finally decided to do QE six years too late


Merkel is going to go down as the second worst chancellor in german history

It's also not some sort of magic cure, yields for Euro-bonds are already extremely low and the economy hasn't magically recovered due to cheaper credit.

Nut to Butt
Apr 13, 2009

by FactsAreUseless

Harald posted:

wowo these chucklefucks finally decided to do QE six years too late


Merkel is going to go down as the second worst chancellor in german history

gerhard schroder was a real chucklefuck

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etalian
Mar 20, 2006

Harald posted:

wowo these chucklefucks finally decided to do QE six years too late


Merkel is going to go down as the second worst chancellor in german history

Germans are so out of touch it's hilarious, their finance minister said no government intervention would be needed since cheap oil alone would help the Eurozone escape stagnation.

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