Whatever is going on in the world, Thomas Sowell always got there first and summed it up perfectly.

Thanks to socialism, the average Zimbabwean became a trillionaire before @elonmusk 💪

Üks vend sai arvestuslikult triljonäriks. Sotsiaalmeedia on nüüd äkitselt täis elus mitte midagi kasulikku teinud petiseid, tolasid ja tuleahve, kes nüüd arutlevad, kuidas see triljon tuleks "õiglaselt ümber jagada." Sotsialism on ikka hull asi. Väga hull asi.

Milton Friedman: “Tell me, is there some society you know that doesn’t run on greed? You think Russia doesn’t run on greed? You think China doesn’t run on greed?” “The world runs on individuals pursuing their separate interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn’t construct his theory under order from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn’t revolutionize the automobile industry that way.” “The only cases in which the masses have escaped from the kind of grinding poverty you’re talking about are where they have had capitalism and largely free trade.”

With the SpaceX IPO @elonmusk is the first person to surpass J.D. Rockefeller as the richest private citizen ever. However, adjusted for over 100 years of inflation, Rockefeller earned about $2 billion per year in real income. Musk earns nothing. What a difference a bubble makes.

Thomas Sowell on socialists’ attitude toward wealth.

"Sunk cost fallacy is continuing a decision/investment because of already made past investments (time, money, effort) rather than current and future benefits." Meil käib üks selline asi hetkel eepilistes proportsioonides. 😁

- Miks vahetas hauakaevaja töökohta? - Talle ei meeldinud oma endises töökohas mitte üks põrm! #dadjoke #illleadmyselfout

Finnish vs. russian road network, most of the russian roads are old Finnish roads from before WW2

...mõned inimesed olevat selle kolumni peale pahased. See kolumn ongi neist ja pühendatud ka neile. (Tellijale avatud) arvamus.postimees.ee/8483263…

I will never get tired of saying this: the narrative "Russian society is being held hostage by Putin and once he dies, there will be ponies and sunshine" is not just stupid, it is dangerous.

Most people should know by now that unless you pursue the policies of wealth creation, you will not in fact get the improvement of social services that you desire. Just because you speak softly and talk more about welfare and social services does not mean you do more for them.

Minu viimase aja absoluutselt kõige lemmikum kommentaar sotsiaalmeediast.

„Paks riik“ tekitab sõltuvust.Sõltuvus kasvatab nõudlust veelgi suurema riigi järele.See vajab kõrgemaid makse. Kõrgemad maksud vähendavad investeeringuid. Väiksemad investeeringud aeglustavad majanduskasvu ja toovad fiskaalkriisi. Lahendus? Maksud üles ja rohkem riiki! #facepalm

Thomas Sowell: “The Soviet Union was one of the most richly supplied countries with natural resources—and probably the most richly supplied.” “The irony is, one of the world’s great famines occurred in the Soviet Union ... Milton Friedman once said that if the government took over the Sahara Desert, there’d be a shortage of sand. The Soviet Union was just that way.”

Eile kohtasin Säutslas päris ehtsat lamemaalast. Jauras korralikult. Ehk nad on päriselt olemas. On a completely unrelated note: tervitan ilusa hommiku puhul kõiki, kelle meelest plaanimajandus "saab töötada küll, kui seda õigesti teha."

Mõned Z võsukesed suveks tööturul: väike 30min hilinemine siin ja seal. Oi, reedel ja laupäeval ikka ei taha töötada, sest oma elu. Põiepõletik esmaspäeva hommikul. Noorte tööpuudus on ajaloo suurim. Kui sa ei taha tööl käia, siis ära hoia kohta kinni nende eest, kes tahavad.

Why on earth would you imagine socialists want to end poverty when their entire power base and message depends on its existence?

True socialism *has* been tried and it’s always failed.