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Yes, Denmark is much more business focused than the USA. Look at these key rankings;
1. Ease of doing business. Den #3, USA #6
2. Starting a new business. Den #34, USA #49
3. Dealing with construction permits. Den #1, USA #36
4. Getting electricity. Den #16, USA #49.
5 Registering property. Den #11, USA #37
And Denmark's 22% corporate tax rate is quite low. So yes, Denmark loves businesses.
Denmark is much more business favorable than the USA and that's what drives their success.
You are also wrong regarding drug laws. Marijuana is ILLEGAL for recreational use in Denmark, but several states in the USA have made it legal.
Pot/hashish is technically illegal, but typically they will let you go with a warning for possession of small amounts, so the enforcement is very liberal.
Pot/hashish is technically illegal, but typically they will let you go with a warning for possession of small amounts, so the enforcement is very liberal.
IQ is a terrible measure of human potential all it measures is how well you take a test. Black people have faced centuries of discrimination in the USA even after the civil rights movement and still right wingers claim why aren't we equal yet when only a generation ago the right wingers were kicking the ladder of opportunity away from people of color.
Yes, IQ is a difficult topic. I actually do think that Africans are on average less intelligent, but not because they are African/black, but because of the presence of problems that lead to lower intelligence in INDIVIDUALS, not in genetically related groups such as races or ethnic groups. For instance when children get too few and/or the wrong nutrients during the first couple of years, the brain doesn't develop to its full potential as the body decides to invest the scarce nutrients in other parts of the body, for instance important muscles. And that deficit can't be undone later on in life.
Another aspect is intellectual challenge. The brain develops faster and simply more when it is challenged, especially at school. So when a child doesn't go to school or only for a few years, the brain responds accordingly. Especially when the parent generation is not educated and thus intellectually challenging, either.
In short, it does not have anything to do with race and ethnicity, it might as well hit whites or Asians if they live and grow up under certain adverse conditions.
According to IQ rankings the Nepalese for instance are less intelligent than Kenyans or Ugandans. Nepal's neighbors and, genetically speaking, fellow East Asians, the Chinese however are supposedly way more intelligent than the Nepalese. Today that is, because the Chinese IQ has increased a lot over time. So, genetically, it doesn't make sense.
Yep. Christiania. Been there several times in the -80s/90s, and saw drugs (cannabis) being sold openly on the streets, and police did not bother entering the area. The residents self-enforced rules to keep hard drugs out. I was told the open market is now closed, and the biker-gangs took over the drug trade, and it spread to every part of the city
Contrary to what we hear from Bernie and other socialists. Most Nordic countries rank very high on the freedom index and are great countries for business.
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One of the most common fallacies of the new populists is to say that their model is the “Nordic” one and that those countries are successful examples of how “socialism works”. When I mentioned it to the Finnish Finance Minister Petteri Orpo at a recent ECR dinner, he could not believe it.
Expropriations, massive tax increases, appropriation of savings and subordinating the growth model to political control is what populists defend. The same as Venezuela, which all of them praised — from Bernie Sanders to Owen Jones or Corbyn and Chomsky — until it collapsed. Then they moved on to the fallacy of “the Nordic model”.
Do you know what interventionists forget about the Nordic nations?
They are leaders in the economic freedom index (Heritage) and ease of doing business according to the World Bank.
Yes, IQ is a difficult topic. I actually do think that Africans are on average less intelligent, but not because they are African/black, but because of the presence of problems that lead to lower intelligence in INDIVIDUALS, not in genetically related groups such as races or ethnic groups. For instance when children get too few and/or the wrong nutrients during the first couple of years, the brain doesn't develop to its full potential as the body decides to invest the scarce nutrients in other parts of the body, for instance important muscles. And that deficit can't be undone later on in life.
Another aspect is intellectual challenge. The brain develops faster and simply more when it is challenged, especially at school. So when a child doesn't go to school or only for a few years, the brain responds accordingly. Especially when the parent generation is not educated and thus intellectually challenging, either.
In short, it does not have anything to do with race and ethnicity, it might as well hit whites or Asians if they live and grow up under certain adverse conditions.
According to IQ rankings the Nepalese for instance are less intelligent than Kenyans or Ugandans. Nepal's neighbors and, genetically speaking, fellow East Asians, the Chinese however are supposedly way more intelligent than the Nepalese. Today that is, because the Chinese IQ has increased a lot over time. So, genetically, it doesn't make sense.
It hardly matters what it is or what you call it. You can be smart and lazy at the same time. You can be corrupt. You can be temperamental. You can be artistic. How smart anyone is hardly matters if not more than 10 people care to cooperate. 10 strong men pulling randomly will be moved by 3 weaklings cooperating.
The fact of the matter is the honey bee is an analog in nature. The bees collect more honey because they must due to long winters. African honey bees don't make as much honey because they don't have to.
Democratic Socialism is not Marxism. Learn your terms.
Quite agree. However all it means is the people vote for the "socialist government" which is why it tends to be more about redistribution than the central planning of the productive elements of the society. Its certainly different, and in theory, better because the producers are paid and they decide how to produce.
Of course the problem is if there is not much of a gap between life styles in the productive class then Democratic Socialism ends up more fitting into the Tytler theoretical framework, not Marxism. Marx did not predict Venezuela , but Tytler did.
Your opinion doesn't trump my experience living and visiting these countries and what the statistics say. I lived in Japan for 3 years, they don't show their racism from a touristy/customer service standpoint (besides banning "gaijin" from many establishments) but make no mistake they are very racist to the core. https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...discrimination
My point is that these highly developed homogeneous countries are not the "socialist utopia" liberals claim them to be. You must be native to enjoy all the benefits of said countries.
My wife is japanese, and I have been to japan once, but I have known many people who have lived in japan. Again, it is a culture, not a racial problem. In the japanese society everyone has to follow the rule strictly, if a foreigner does not know them, they will simply do what is common sense to them. Some japanese businesses just don't want to deal with this problems of communications and rules. For example, there will be language barriers, people have to follow strict rules with trash assortment, more neighbors complains, etc. Japanese themselves receive the same derogatory remarks if they don't follow the rules.
Did you live there in a military base or as a civilian? Because if you were there in the military of course they see as foreign invaders and want you out.
That is not to say there aren't racist people, I am saying it is exaggerated. Besides, black people have it rough even in africa, they are prejudiced among themselves. Same with indians. Are you going to say they are racist?
Good thing I'm not arguing for a homogeneous society then! Just pointing out that those countries are objectively better places to live if you aren't wealthy than the USA.
Only if you’re white. For Asians, blacks, Hispanics, middle-easterners, or other ethnic minorities or foreigners or immigrants these places are a nightmare.
Only if you’re white. For Asians, blacks, Hispanics, middle-easterners, or other ethnic minorities or foreigners or immigrants these places are a nightmare.
Ok and here we go again I don't condone racism and thats a separate issue for how the society treats its most vulnerable. It sounds like though that you don't like the idea of more social welfare programs in the US because you think the poor deserve it or something whatever your no different than the legion of reactionary conservatives on here.
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