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Cake day: June 12th, 2024

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  • Who the fuck is Stoltenberg to make this decision for Europe?

    I hate AfD and the other right wing parties of Europe, they’re definitely fascist and a bad thing for Europe.

    But fuck man at least they don’t want nuclear war.

    I’m not even asking for an actually socialist left anymore just give me some centrist socdems who aren’t willing to send us all to the wall for the sake of US imperialism. Why is even that too much to ask?




  • It’s not actually a well-founded belief that stocks outperform real estate.

    The value of real estate rises slower than stocks but you also benefit from rental income and it’s easier / cheaper to leverage real estate since it’s value is much more consistent, which amplifies returns. These factors, its consistency and low risk profile, mean you can leverage and own twice as much for more than half the rate of return.

    Also while stocks do well over 50-100 year timeframes, there are frequently 10-20 year periods of flat or negative returns. Evidently the big money see us entering one of those periods and is fleeing stocks for real estate.










  • Western stereotype of communism: you have a small apartment to live in instead of a McMansion and the stores only stock 3 types of pasta, 2 types of toilet paper, and 1 type of tomato

    Reality of communism: you now have a small apartment to live in instead of a mud hut with a thatched roof and instead of living on oat mash you now have 3 types of pasta and tomatoes, and you have a flushing toilet instead of a communal bucket also you went to university and have free health care even though your grandparents grew potatoes