having access to cheap gas we were protected from that
having access to cheap gas we were protected from that
1812 if I remember my history was in large part because they wanted to genocide all the natives and the British wanted to establish a nation for the natives (not out of altruism native trade was one of the only things that ever actually made money out of the Americas)
yeah America also spends the most on healthcare and they aren’t the healthiest country on earth
in the same building as a floor used for an office wouldn’t be living at work
yeah not a bad idea
When Israel kills Hamas it’s collateral damage from them going after civilians would explain the numbers better
That’s what I said
The minimum cost they could charge is the amount it cost them to make it which would go up but they charge the maximum which is the price that generates the most profit without sacrificing sales therefore a pay rise would mean the company would just have to eat the cost and make less profit
I think the companies already charge whatever they can get away with. They are always going to charge the maximum price they can without losing more money in lost sales.
The workers getting a pay rise would increase the minimum cost they could charge but they already charge the maximum which is what the market will bear. To not do the latter would mean these companies are willingly leaving money on the table
that’s nice what is he going to do about it
well also being apartheid, settler colonial states, that relied on US support and technical military dominance over neighbours, and that developed nuclear weapons on their own
Thousands of guidanceless rockets were fired at Isreal, are they expected not to respond?
This kind of thinking is what got the troubles as bad as it was
Palestinian politics is also very heavily influenced by which group is getting external support and aid
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I was actually just comparing what Israel is doing now to a policy of nazi Germany regarding racial redistribution of property
that’s fair
what of the poor Germans who moved into the homes seized from Jews where would they go if we gave those homes back
Israel and South Africa really are very similar countries
lets not get into are Jews white
Yes you are correct I am arguing from what is the best way to behave within a market system and you are also correct that a market system is not the best way to organise society but as it is the current way we organise our society it’s worth considering how to live in it
Yes trade unions won’t on their own result in communism
operating in the market competitatively is stupid for anyone. It’s like paying double whatever the person you’re negotiating with was asking
I think you would call this transductive reasoning. Rather than using information to put together a theory and work off that theory you work directly off the evidence
for example hearing a bell and dinner being ready and coming to associate the bell with dinner without ever learning why the bell means dinner
found pie in the bush, there might be pie in that bush