Re: My Dinner With Marc Andreessen

On Sat, 6 Jul 2024, Dave Yeo wrote:

D wrote:

In terms of european failure we can just compare european GDP (PPP) per
capita according to IMF (58,838 USD) with the US (85,373 USD) to see
that a more free society is a richer and more ethical society.

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Are you actually claiming that higher GDP equals more ethical? So Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, as well as various European nations are more ethical then America as well as China's increasing GDP is based on becoming more ethical.
Dave
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Yes, because they steal less from me in terms of taxes. Tax is theft. In terms of violence, war, theft etc. governments are all bad. The difference is the type of criminal activity, and if it is successfully hidden. So yes, from a tax point of view, that is my opinion.
One thing to note though, is that I say more ethical, and not _ethical. No government is ethical. And all governments can become more and more ethical as they strive to abolish themselves. So no, arabia is not "ethical" but since they engage in less theft than for instance, sweden, then yes, they are more ethical than sweden.