He was once Greece's Finance Minister. He says lots of intelligent things... although he's a huge DiEM 25 supporter.... which sometimes clouds his judgement.
Greece is the G in PIGS... Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain... the countries that social spended themselves to death.
Like most people that badmouth capitalism, first he throws away the actual definition of capitalism and uses his own. Very unethical treatment of strawmen.
Appeal to authority fallacies are still fallacies. Taxing people (at real or implied gunpoint) so a government can transfer your wealth to a favored entity isn't capitalism. Capitalism would put machine gun vending machines in elementary schools where they are desperately needed.
Only in a "who cares how the sausage is made as long as we get sausage" sense. The sausage that doesn't include rat droppings will sell better, forcing the other sausage makers to go rat dropping-free without a government regulation.
The downside of course, is I thought tuna tasted better when it had a little dolphin in the mix. There should be a choice. I'd pay more for tuna canneries to leave a little Flipper in the mash.
Don't get me started on how we have to order Campbell's Pepper Pot soup from Canada to get the right amount of tripe. THE Creole-inspired soup that won the American Revolutionary War isn't mass produced and canned in America anymore. It's outrageous.
"The sausage that doesn't include rat droppings will sell better, forcing the other sausage makers to go rat dropping-free without a government regulation".
Calling a government controlled economy "capitalism" is retarded. Does this guy get around to saying something resembling intelligent?
ReplyDeleteHe was once Greece's Finance Minister. He says lots of intelligent things... although he's a huge DiEM 25 supporter.... which sometimes clouds his judgement.
ReplyDeleteHe dreams of a "democratic EU"
ReplyDeleteGreece is the G in PIGS... Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain... the countries that social spended themselves to death.
ReplyDeleteLike most people that badmouth capitalism, first he throws away the actual definition of capitalism and uses his own. Very unethical treatment of strawmen.
It's not a strawman if the economists are still calling what we have now, "capitalism".
ReplyDeleteAppeal to authority fallacies are still fallacies. Taxing people (at real or implied gunpoint) so a government can transfer your wealth to a favored entity isn't capitalism. Capitalism would put machine gun vending machines in elementary schools where they are desperately needed.
ReplyDeleteThat's a free market, not capitalism.
ReplyDeleteOnly in a "who cares how the sausage is made as long as we get sausage" sense. The sausage that doesn't include rat droppings will sell better, forcing the other sausage makers to go rat dropping-free without a government regulation.
ReplyDeleteThe downside of course, is I thought tuna tasted better when it had a little dolphin in the mix. There should be a choice. I'd pay more for tuna canneries to leave a little Flipper in the mash.
Now you have to go to Subway to get artificial tuna for that authentic dolphin taste ;)
ReplyDeleteDon't get me started on how we have to order Campbell's Pepper Pot soup from Canada to get the right amount of tripe. THE Creole-inspired soup that won the American Revolutionary War isn't mass produced and canned in America anymore. It's outrageous.
ReplyDeleteThe way it gets made is the ONLY thing that's important.
ReplyDeleteFree means as much dolphin in the tuna as "the market" wants.
ReplyDeleteAt least Bumblebee Tuna occasionally has a Mexican janitor in it.
ReplyDeleteIt's not packed in water? lol!
ReplyDelete"The sausage that doesn't include rat droppings will sell better, forcing the other sausage makers to go rat dropping-free without a government regulation".
ReplyDeleteLibertarian bullplop.
^^wants sausage kept out of his rat dropping purchases^^
ReplyDelete^^wants rat droppings KEPT IN his sausage purchases^^
DeleteThey already are...
ReplyDeleteYou want more.
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