the2real4mafol said:
This "democracy" has to be more representative to stop dissatisfaction
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Which it can't be in modern superstates like the USA or EU because the people who call the shots are physically and socially too far removed from the people in whose name they enrich themselves govern.
the2real4mafol said:
If only money wasn't involved!
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Yes, if only they were free to wield their power without financial concerns. It's all that pesky money. Like Lord Acton said, "Money tends to corrupt, and absolute money corrupts absolutely."
the2real4mafol said:
Corruption is one thing but Bolivia isn't a dictatorship. It's like anyone who wins 60% of the popular vote is seen as a dictator.
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I was probably speaking too loosely there. What I meant was that Morales has enjoyed the same fetishization as a lot of dictators such as his buddy Hugo, although he probably doesn't qualify as one himself. As far as I know he's merely a race-baiting shithead.
the2real4mafol said:
Shouldn't we get something back for paying taxes in? Also, the actual reason people are disincentised to work is not because they are lazy. No, it's because most jobs pay so badly that you are better off on benefits. Sad but true. Unless pay increases and more decent jobs are put into the economy then things will stay the same. Minimum wage simply isn't high enough
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Again, this is circular reasoning. You have to pay taxes to support the activities of the government, so shouldn't the government give you something for paying taxes? Well, now! The government is giving us so much, so we should be glad to pay more taxes! Hmm... but shouldn't the government maybe give us more? I mean we pay all these taxes...
I think you are quite naive to believe that there aren't genuinely lazy people who are perfectly happy to subsist on welfare and you miss the larger point, besides. Even if you insist that all poor people are such saints that they are immune to the incentives and disincentives that drive us mere mortals, any system that punishes work is a terribly perverse one.
the2real4mafol said:
Proof?
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Proof. Maybe I shouldn't say hurriedly, because it's part of a longer trend. One I would expect to accelerate if the native Swedes lose patience with welfare-dependent immigrants after all the rioting of late.