Товарищ! (Tovarishch)
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Comrade! Seeing as we all live under the glorious leadership of the Chairman President (or Prime Minister or King or Clown-In-Charge) of our Central Committee Democratic and Representative system, it occurred to us that it would be a good idea to clarify the conditions necessary to facilitate the perfect implementation of modern democratic principles also known as The Democratic Manifesto. To task.
THE DEMOCRATIC MANIFESTO
Plank #1: On-Demand abolition of private…
The Trash Tyranny - Part 5 of 5
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TRASH TYRANNY - CONT'D
Russian saying
There was an old Russian saying very much in style during the glorious years of the USSR: They pretend to pay us and we pretend to work.
In the same spirit, most enlightened (or at least learned) people have adopted a similar modus-operandi when it comes to the trash overlords. It reads:
"They pretend to control us and we pretend to obey them"
And…
The Trash Tyranny - Part 4 of 5
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TRASH TYRANNY
We live in a world where there is no freedom even if you live in a developed country (see for example Your Country Is Your Prison Cell). We are constantly bombarded with ridiculous laws, rules and regulations that decide for us what and how we must behave. Trash is only one of those niches where bureaucratic gods have achieved absolute power over all of us.
Absolute tyranny
The…
The Trash Tyranny - Part 3 of 5
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GOLD MINES - CONT'D
The electronic equipment black hole
Then we have the "enlightened" way of dealing with electronic equipment. In most places you cannot simply dump electronic equipment with the trash, because it is valuabletoxic, toxic! You see dear reader, there is gold in them boards. All kinds of precious, semi-precious and plain expensive metals can be extracted from obsolete electronic boards. There is no reason why this wealth…
The Trash Tyranny - Part 2 of 5
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MODERN OFFLOADING - CONT'D
X marks the trash or color coding the garbage
And then we have "the markings". You see dear reader, it is not enough that specialty containers must be used, but they must also be properly marked. Recyclables of this type can only go in pink or gray boxes. Recyclables of the other type only in blue boxes. Compostable in specially designed green boxes. Regular trash in…
The Trash Tyranny - Part 1 of 5
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INTRO
Apologies in advance for the multi-part article. It did not start as such but sometimes the issue is larger than its planned size.
ROMANS
Roman sewage systems are arguably one of the biggest wonders of the ancient world. They used running water powered by nothing more than gravity to flush excrement and urine out from the cities. Most sewers were connected to public latrines and baths but a few houses belonging…
Make Money - Be Happy! - Part 3 of 3
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HAPPINES AND LIFE SATISFACTION - CONT'D
Greed and socialism
But what about greed then? We have stated many times that greed is the engine of free markets. Wouldn't this graph destroy this statement? If people become content then there is no reason to be greedy. This is true. But the reality is not that simple. There are a few points that we need to consider.
Every person has a different…
Make Money - Be Happy! - Part 2 of 3
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HAPPINESS AND LIFE SATISFACTION - CONT'D
Inside and Outside Countries Income and Life Satisfaction
Yet another way to look at the data is what happens inside of a country and also between countries. The plot below answers this question. The black circles are the values of Life Satisfaction against Income for each country. As you can see, the higher the Income, the higher the Life Satisfaction. The arrows indicate the…
Make Money - Be Happy! - Part 1 of 3
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There is an old saying that goes something like this: "Money cannot purchase happiness but it does help!" And do you know what? It is absolutely true; we mean statistically true. Many people have accused Libertarian and people with Austrian Economics orientation to be, in essence, greedy bastards. No, we don't mean the usual critique to rich people (see for example Those Bastards - The Rich People). What we mean…
