Oddbean new post about login | logout Is it better to have a democracy where they take more than 50% of what you earn, like Germany, or is it better to have a dictatorship like Abu Dhabi where they take 10%? https://m.primal.net/LUbs.png
Damn’ that’s hard but I guess Germany takes like 65-70% including spcial security and givea you back shit, street biolence and high energy prices. Abu Dhabi leves you money tou earn and let you decide how you spend it. It is up to you if you burn it for Ferrari or secure you family’s future. Now for dufference between democracy and dictatorship/ kingdom. Some say that you nat end up with dictator like Saddam or Idi Amin who will waste your land. Fair enough but you may also leave in Oman where their kings are one by one good for the country. Moreover my experience with so called western liberal democracy is that for the last 30 years I can see the same bastards in charge of their parties, just switching sides and instaead of meritocracy only the worst, least competent but loyal are chosen to be in parliament or government. Fuck this shit!
I don't want to live in an Arab society or a society shaped by Islam. Do we leave the traditions in Germany as they are and only give up 10%? At the same time, we continue to abolish the state. #mindblow Btw it is also a "parliamentary democracy". A few people decide over many. Yeah
"A few people decide over many" is true for any kind of organisation.
If you meant, that in a democracy, a majority dictates their will onto the rest, that idea is - at best - only very superficially true.
In a functioning democracy (i.e. the population is alert), no change can be made that excessively hurts even a 1% minority. Because otherwise you get protests, riots, etc. See Gilets Jaunes and similar movements.
Our current democracies are in danger from several sides:
- a complacent populace, sedated by free money and confused by crap on social media
- increasing centralisation (EU, WHO, FATF, …) and deference of authority ("we're just implementing <next layer up> recommendations")
- autocracies, using their transaction-based nature for a speed advantage to outplay rule-bound democracies.
- the broken fiat system, the collapsing of which was accelerated by excessive demands from both the unproductive (welfare state) and the ultra-rich (bail outs), both on the backs of the middle class.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_vests_protests What does that have to do with countries influenced by Islam? But okay. The parliamentary construct with the parties' proposed solutions is not viable. The EU is a centralized bunch of egomaniacs. "DeMocRAcy" is in danger because at some point the system began to eat its way through the population like cancer. Social media are the problem? Then the ÖRR simply has the worse product. Keyword "4th estate/violance". Or as politicians would say today. "Yes, ähm, we just need ähm to explain our policies better." GFY Who do you think you are? More anarchy. More disobedience. More barriers against politicians. You have decided to serve the people. They only push themselves and are overbearing. And they no longer hide it. Smug and hypocritical.
Are you: A drunk B deranged C replying to something I didn't write D all of the above ?
Only a little bit heated. No offensive against you. Only against politicians.
Is it better to be 50% slave with 50% of your productivity stolen or 100% slave but with 10% of your productivity stolen 🤔
I don't think you have visited the Arab Emirates.
Correct. I've just heard stories about the slave like conditions when people were working on the on the construction projects etc. in Arab Emirates. If you're the tourist there then the story is different.
I have not been there as a tourist, I have been there for work. As for the working conditions of the people who work in construction, it is not slavery as they sell it, I also see it in Europe, they are just underpaid. In Europe, especially in the southern countries, the same thing happens with the people who work in the fields, the seasonal workers.
It's all fun and games until you criticize the king.
The same as in Germany if you criticize covid or the holocaust. https://primal.net/e/note1s6j8kl7e3dtrlwk4zxl2320a3eleyxfwwgc0k0skagug73v2xj9qrcat4u
Islam? Yeah I think I'll pass
In the Arab Emirates, no one forces you to follow Islam, in fact the majority of the population is foreign.
Is there a citizen's "free income" there? For people that don't want to work? 😅 And who builds the roads? 🙀😹
The natives receive government subsidies from oil dividends, which you will not see in any western democracy, as well as other assistance such as housing, health care, etc., with practically no taxes.
Thank you for the quick response. Do they also provide services to migrants? Are there more incentives to work than to be dependent on the state?
The local community is only 15%, they are the only ones who receive subsidies, it must be understood that the oil is theirs, not the foreigners', their country, their rules. Foreigners with a labor contract have full medical assistance included. The b-side is the Pakistani construction workers who have none of this although it is something that has been mitigated quite a bit.
But how will the unproductive wellfare class influence policy?
It's a monarchy...they have no influence.
As if you know anything about Islam. Keep worshipping your ignorance.
I really am ignorant about Islam, I'll give you that. What I'm pretty sure about is the the work-life balance will never be the same in Germany as it is in the UAE. Plus, german beer
You're right, the work-life balance is infinitely better in the UAE than Germany. Plus, you can get German, British, French and Italian beer in addition to a plethora of international beers from almost all countries.
ChatGPT seems to disagree 😃. You do you and go to UAE, I think I'll try Germany https://image.nostr.build/c75ec71e44dae4e70bb65d0138feafe6cb473cbe3f5ccdfa88802a7c4bcc0573.jpg
4.5 work days in Dubai. Stick with AI, it seems reality and you don't mix well. At least I've been to both countries.
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Having seen the answers to this note I see that you have not visited the UAE where the majority of the population is foreign, more than 80%, where you are not forced to follow any religion, where there is security in the streets, where there is economic freedom and above all progress and where you are not treated like a criminal for using bitcoin. Arab Emirates (especially dubai and abu dabhi) is a stone's throw from Europe, the only precaution is not to mess with the monarchy. Ask yourselves why it is becoming one of the financial centers of the world. If you think that because European regimes put democracy on a piece of paper it is democracy? Democracy has only existed in ancient Greece. Travel more. nostr:note1vu54t56260eruj4xhdyysl7d25t2wxenk8g9gs2pc25z2nplqaasj3w56v
The only tax in Dubai is a 5% VAT
They also have a corporate income tax rate of around 9%.
Only if the corporation makes more than a net annual profit of $102k/year. This applies to the corporation itself and not on the income of its employees.
