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nbgrout t1_j0nmats wrote
Reply to comment by danmilligan in The Reality of Universal Basic Income Future by Prototype47
If you want to take a really serious look at how free market economics has dramatically improved the lives of everyone since it's inception and adoption, I think you'll find you couldn't be more wrong.
Everyone, including regular people, are way better off than before free market economics, but rich people became outlandishly rich; you aren't mad at free market economics, you're mad at our ridiculous wealth inequality, they aren't the same thing.
nbgrout t1_izh589d wrote
Reply to comment by lsspam in Why is the Spanish colonial empire often said/implied to be "less focused on trade" or "not prioritising trade" compared to other empires like the Dutch, British, Portuguese etc.? by raori921
Right? In the books, they seem to have actually taken the breakup pretty badly. They tried real hard to get us back and it wasn't until they saw us with our new French girlfriend that they accepted it was over.
nbgrout t1_ja1fqrn wrote
Reply to comment by Adghar in How far off are we from not needing to learn languages? by AmericanMonsterCock
And knowing more words/languages expands your capability for thought.
Language is more than just some sounds and scribbles that directly translate to person's/places/things. It is very often impossible to express exactly the same thought in a different language because the idea itself has cultural context and meaning imbued by the language.
For example, in English we would say "I like bananas". In Spanish the closest translation is "me gusta bananas," but those are fundamentally two different statements. In English, you are the subject taking affirmative action on the object (banana) by "liking" it. In Spanish, you are instead the passive object being acted upon by the subject (the banana) which is "pleasing" you (gustar ~ to please). Think about that, it seems subtle but consider the implications of being passive, acted upon by the world vs being active, acting up on the world.