If you think any billionaire "worked" for the amount of money they have, you're sorely mistaken. It's a byproduct of a flawed economic system, not their "work ethic." Not to say capitalism doesn't have it's benefits, but it's the system in which capitalism is allowed to operate that produces inequalities like that.

Yes. Considering the net loss in population and the its aging, an influx of new people generates new consumption and opportunities for market growth, and sustains socialized systems like pensions and health care, albeit over a long period.

On the other hand, billionaires hoard disgusting fortunes like fucking dragons to the detriment of society at large. They thus deserve to be slayed, like we would dragons.

Did you know some of the original guillotines already exist?

The rich can only "create jobs" because we have an economic and political system that skews reward toward investment rather than labor. Both are important, but let's not pretend that anyone can earn a billions without excessive wage theft from the people doing the actual labor.

I up voted you because you aren't wrong. At least in the sense of sweat shops. May not be good jobs, but they do technically count as jobs.

The wealthy don’t “create” anything. Consumer demand creates jobs. Workers create the products and the value.

The only thing the wealthy have is the capital, which they gain by siphoning off the excess value the laborers create.

I laughed at this and I don't like it.

Have you tried live streaming your drowning? Maybe that would get more attention from folks. Gotta pull yourself up by them booty straps!

How many times do you hear about a submarine going missing though?

Oh no, 1% of my paycheck is going toward efforts to save lives

Especially one built by a guy who scoffs at safety protocols

I think it also has to do with the fact they're illegally crossing. If an American or a Filipino got lost in Europe they'd still search for them. Hell, every year here in Croatia we have to rescue Czechs who climb up mountains in flip flops.
I guess the reason is that what they're doing is illegal, and you don't have enough resources to track and save every single migrant ship.
I mean, I don't remember hearing Frontex or national coast guards completely ignoring sinking ships, they often try to save them from what I know, they just don't have as many resources.

But I do think rescue capabilities could be improved. I don't know how hard it is, but I feel like with modern technology, setting up radar combined with satellite imagery shouldn't be that hard. Ships stick out of the water a lot, so tracking the ships that are out of place shouldn't be too hard.

Regarding immigration, once I believed we should take in all refugees, but now I've come to realise that it's more complicated. Untill we figure out how to properly assimilate them into society, it will only lead to problems and disappointment on both sides. If immigrants huddle up into segregated communities they won't assimilate, they'll be poor, and that's the source of all conflict. I don't believe they're any different from us, nor that their cultures are completely incompatible, but if they become segregated they will be ostracized from society, they'll be poor and resent society for shunning them. They came to this land from so far away, hearing promises of how great it is, and then they live worse than they did back home. That leads to crime, more resentment and racism, leading to them having an even harder time. It's a brutal cycle.

Non-citizen lives don't matter? Do you ever check someone's passport before saving them from drowning? Ridiculous.

Are you asserting that the US wouldn't do this, or is this just for deflection's sake?

Hold on a moment. They didn't say that they didn't care about the lives. They were stating the viewpoint of the governments that send out the S&R.

How are you going to continue to enforce gun control in your country if there are zero borders?

I am impressed that he got these people to pay him for a ride in his janky submarine. I bet that each „ticket“ costs more than the whole submarine.

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Those billionaires are obviously focused on taking as much money as possible for themselves, so... I don't feel a lot of sympathy for them. In fact, maybe it's a fitting end that all their money can't save them.

Update: They found some debree that indicates implosion. They are dead for sure now.

Or maybe it has to do more with the region in which they're lost. The USCG is typically very good about aiding anyone within their AOR, no matter their socioeconomic class. This should be framed more as "why isn't Europe/Greece doing their jobs" than "why are the USCG/Canada actually doing their jobs".

@jeebus @LoreleiSankTheShip the "Xbox Controller" concern is a little bit of a media boogeyman. Similar controllers are used for military vehicles too.

Using a controller to steer a sub is normal.

Xbox controller is not the problem. The most expensive part of the whole thing is what failed.

Damn that's pretty bad

Cool, please tell us more how you refused to save people based on their income.

Feel sorry for the kid. Didn't deserve it when he was just trying to make his dad happy

I am also fine with expanding them e.g. in space.

For that you would have to press F.

It isn't always true tho it is true for developed countries with low birth rates. For many developing countries immigrants taking low level jobs is a negative because there isn't enough high level jobs. And I am saying this as someone who is supportive of immigration

It doesn't always work out man, I live it in first person, they don't integrate don't work because we need every last job we have and distrust public peace

I always hated the legal argument. No landmass was ever historically conquered /populated / taken over / whatever through "legal immigration" except by indigenous peoples of those lands. These immigrants are trying to find better lives for themselves and their families and it's horrible that people refuse to show any empathy for their struggles or dreams

I'm just not going to talk to someone who thinks he's morally superior just because he will never admit he's wrong even if he is plus you don't know our situation

Immigrants induce demand for goods and services, thus jobs

Except when the highest demand is for land. So they end up illegally occupying land, often government-maintained land that it usually allocates to agricultural projects.

Perhaps it shouldn't be illegal

If you're a third world country with a dense population and the population overflow is coming from an even more densely populated country that seems to have no motive to control it, then it damn right should be illegal. I'm not sacrificing my demographic if you can't take any right steps to regulate yours.

Muti Merkel and her 'Wir schafen das' promised them free money.

They came here for free money. Not for european culture and values.

Germans / French women and girls are raped every week by migrants.
Knife attacks are common business in Germany / France.
Sweden is admitting that they can't handle gang wars made by migrants.

Europe is getting to destroy by migrants because they don't give fuck about europe.

Peace, love for everyone is one big fairy tale. World / nature / universe doesn't work like it.

Move out of europe if you hate europe.

You don't live what we live so I don't think you can understand

@tomve_cz the only reason we have crime is because politicians keep making things illegal.

You mean rich white people make laws to criminalize the normal behavior of minorities? :shocked_pikachu:

Poor people commit crime - it’s a breakthrough!

that's literally a willie horthon argument