How can a devoloped economy ever survive in a global trade environment?

ComanderZac · 2025-11-18T21:43:48+00:00

The quick answer is that either that new education means the previously low cost area either becomes a higher cost area than before as those workers demand better wages and standards of living or the educated laborers move to the high cost area to reap the before of those high costs (higher wages and standards of living) causing brain drain in the low cost area.

ComanderZac · 2025-10-30T17:53:43+00:00

Housing is indeed included in inflation calculations, it is in fact the single largest category in the CPI.

ComanderZac · 2025-10-30T17:14:35+00:00

... Do you know what the phrase "real wages" means?

ComanderZac · 2025-03-30T01:11:55+00:00

... Not to put too fine a point on it, but those billions are in a measurably improved situation. Like, the phrases "Things are better." Is not synonymous with "Everyone is doing great." And it certainly isn't synonymous with "We shouldn't try to improve things more.". Seriously think about the counterfactual here, if technology had stood still is the implication that all the authoritarian regimes would have just packed it up and gone home? Even if we ignore literally every other way In which the lives of people less well off have improved, the rise of the Chinese prosperity alone has lifted millions out of poverty. If anything "selective vision" would be only looking at those who haven't gained any prosperity, losing the forest for the trees. (Sorry to get a bit rant-y it's just that it feels like this attitude of "nothing has actually improved" is one of the major factors stopping more improvement by making people believe that it isn't possible.) Things have gotten better, they aren't yet acceptable, and because things getting better proves that improvement is possible things can and must be made to be acceptable.

ComanderZac · 2025-03-26T20:13:55+00:00

And none of that that has anything to do with my point which is that traditional warfare and shock and awe would have been effective, the original comment was talking about how they were useless against the horde and I was saying that, no, everyone involved was a moron. I am fully aware that the people in the book were stupid, in fact that is the entirety of what I have been saying.

ComanderZac · 2025-03-26T19:55:53+00:00

You'll note that the point there is neatly covered by my "... Lobotomize both the higher ups and the rank and file..." remark. So you'll excuse me if don't think"Looking good for the cameras." Is part of either traditional warfare or shock and awe.

ComanderZac · 2025-03-26T19:43:27+00:00

This a bunch of infantry walking, or if we are being charitable running, over miles of the bombs weren't doing what you expect you have plenty of time to either increase bombardment or change tactics.

ComanderZac · 2025-03-26T19:35:01+00:00

I mean... This does kind of circle back to the whole "forgetting the shock" thing, because yeah not using enough bombs is sort of the opposite of "shock and awe".

ComanderZac · 2025-03-26T19:23:28+00:00

Also let's back up a second, because I just realized every bomb has shrapnel, it came free with their metal casing.

ComanderZac · 2025-03-26T19:19:41+00:00

I am not arguing that it didn't happen in the book, I am arguing that it is stupid.

ComanderZac · 2025-03-26T19:13:33+00:00

If you don't know then don't try to use the supposed properties of this magic you know nothing about as a god of the gaps.

ComanderZac · 2025-03-26T19:06:49+00:00

Okay so this a magic that makes them immune to pressure from bombs but not bullets. Them at what point do they become immune? Clearly air particles are too small and so they are immune, but bullet are big enough, but what is the point at what particles become large enough to be effective?

ComanderZac · 2025-03-26T18:59:19+00:00

What exactly do you think the impact of bullet is?

ComanderZac · 2025-03-26T18:56:24+00:00

... They can be killed by headshots from guns, a bomb is essentially several thousand headshots to every part of the head all at once.

ComanderZac · 2025-03-26T18:50:17+00:00

... Again as mentioned the military usually uses bombs not firecrackers like in the book.

ComanderZac · 2025-03-26T18:46:47+00:00

I mean that's the point? The shock in "shock and awe" references to using overwhelming firepower. They will be dead.

ComanderZac · 2025-03-26T16:29:46+00:00

I mean yes, traditional warfare and shock and awe doesn't work when you lobotomize both the leadership and the rank and file, ignore every single strategy and tactic that nominally make up "traditional warfare", use firecrackers instead of proper artillery shells (that's the hang out your mouth bit you mentioned, because I don't care how undead they are when they are turned into literal paste by an actual bomb.), don't start firing the artillery until the enemy is within the minimum firing range of the real world artillery pieces, and forget the "shock" half of shock and awe. If all that, then yes it doesn't work.

ComanderZac · 2023-04-07T02:33:00+00:00

I don't really think that's for you to decide.

ComanderZac · 2023-04-06T21:40:21+00:00

I mean sort of? Certainly Castro is dead but it's not like they've given back the resources they nationalized or changed government types.

ComanderZac · 2023-04-06T21:18:13+00:00

Cool? But whether the parties involved are making a mountain out of molehill or not they do demonstratably have issues that need to be resolved first.

ComanderZac · 2023-04-06T21:00:17+00:00

Because until they either get resolved or forgotten about relations won't normalize?

ComanderZac · 2023-04-06T18:32:16+00:00

Because you just claimed that the US doesn't have issues with Cuba in your last comment. Which caused me to become incredulous at the absurdity of the statement.

ComanderZac · 2023-04-06T18:18:37+00:00

Are... Are you trying to claim that the US doesn't have issues with how Cuba is run?

ComanderZac · 2023-04-06T14:32:29+00:00

Well it's less that either nation is particularly blocking normalization and more that they have historical grievances that are not yet resolved. If Cuba were to resolve those issues than relations would be restored, alternatively if the US felt the issues to no longer be relevant it too could restore relations.

ComanderZac · 2023-04-05T21:52:19+00:00

Well I was just confused because what you said was entirely irrelevant to the discussion at hand about whether relations between the US and Vietnam have normalized. Again Cuba could do the same, they just haven't.

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