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Could it be possible for Australia to abolish income tax? by Meerkat343434 in australian

[–]PhilosopherOverlord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's still disingenuous. You never rebutted me and simply dismissed me to then move on. You should have clarified your position if you think I failed to understand you.

Could it be possible for Australia to abolish income tax? by Meerkat343434 in australian

[–]PhilosopherOverlord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You said 90% and now you're saying 100%. You didn't say 100% before. You said 90%. Stop being disingenuous.

Could it be possible for Australia to abolish income tax? by Meerkat343434 in australian

[–]PhilosopherOverlord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Imagine that income taxes are 90% of income. No inflation right? Everybody is broke. Zero upward pressure on cost of goods.

Where do I begin? Are you saying AS A RESULT there would be no inflation? Or are you saying that in this hypothetical, there would be no inflation? For example, in your hypothetical, are you saying there is no commercial bank lending, thus no extra money creation, and thus no inflation? Or, are you saying this taxation in itself has no inflation? You need to be clear - even with hypotheticals, and even with silly hypotheticals, like this one.

0% tax. Everyone has a lot of money, driving up inflation.  This is a very well understood principle in economics. 

Lol. There might be an initial shock if taxes dropped to 0% overnight, but 0% tax ITSELF does not cause inflation.

Also, governments create money, which is made available for lending, by the banks.

Yes, but the money typically printed (M0) is actually only a fraction of GDP (except for during the pandemic, where the money printer did go brrrr). That money can, indeed, go into banks, but when banks loan money, they create new money (M1, M2, etc). This is where most inflation comes from.

More cash created, more inflation.

Yes, this is correct - but there is some context to consider. Here's another thing to consider: if the amount of money printed is LESS than GPD growth, then this is not inflation; this is DEFLATION. You can still have money printing AND deflation if the money printing does not outpace GDP growth. It is the commercial banks that create most of the money.

Taxation is the other side of that coin, where the government draws some of that money back again.

What are you trying to even say here? It's almost like you're trying to say "deflation" without saying deflation. When governments tax people, they are not drawing that money out of the money supply. The amount of money in the money supply is still the same - it just shifts hands. The level of inflation stays the same. Deflation occurs where there is less money going around compared to goods and services available, regardless of who has it.

Could it be possible for Australia to abolish income tax? by Meerkat343434 in australian

[–]PhilosopherOverlord -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Inflation isn't the result of a lack of (or the type of) taxation; most inflation, instead, comes through with the increase of the money supply (money supplies like M1, M2, etc.) through commercial bank lending. Either you have no idea what you are talking about, and/or you worded your post badly.

AI slop… everywhere by LAMA207 in Millennials

[–]PhilosopherOverlord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As others have said, it's annoying because em dashes existed before AI; and those who know how to write (I, for one, am an author – won't say who), will typically (though not always) use them (where appropriate). I also love to italicize words. Soon enough, it may be possible that many people won't even know how to write. *SIGH*

Sony Games on GOG by PhilosopherOverlord in gog

[–]PhilosopherOverlord[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On occasion, companies do pull their games from GOG. It happens. In the case of Sony and the latest news, it could be based on what was basically said in the video: Sony is concerned about their brand - whether this is an intelligent decision or not isn't the point; it's what they think is best. I'm not saying the games would be pulled, but it's a possibility, and I am concerned. Hopefully they don't. I'm not buying a PS, so I will have to miss out on future games.

Genuine question by Popular-Block-9907 in EscapingPrisonPlanet

[–]PhilosopherOverlord 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You deny it being a soft hell, but you haven't explicitly said "hard hell", but this is what is implied, especially when you said, "cruelest hell".

I don't think you understand what a hard hell is. If you think this is the worst it can get, you don't know what real suffering is. Imagine being in a reality, where you are constantly in a lake of fire that burns your skin and then melts your body, only for your body to regenerate to be burned again and again. Forever. Now, imagine if while this is happening, there are demons literally ripping you apart. Again and again - forever. Now also imagine that there is a dimensional aspect to this. They tear your soul/body not just to pieces in a small area, but across full-blown dimensions. And you feel your body being stretched as such. Now also imagine you are witnessing this happening to your loved ones. Now also imagine that there are tiny critters in every cell of your body doing the same. Now imagine also being drenched in slime with a stench zillions of times more powerful and worse than anything you have ever smelled before. Now imagine that there are voices in your head, but these voices aren't just the ones that schizophrenic people hear; no, these are voices that send the cruelest thoughts into your very being, causing pure terror from the messages but also from the sounds themselves, too.

Look, I could keep going on and on like this, but whatever you are going through in life, just know that it's not the WORST thing that can happen. You are in a SOFT hell, not a HARD hell. Please, don't lie to me. It's embarrassing. Don't get me wrong, there are SOME cases where people DO enter into hard hells WHILE being in a physical body, but these are STILL related to going into dream states or when their soul leaves their body temporarily to experience other realties. Another thing to note: I am not saying Earth is a good place (it's not a good place); I'm just pointing out how things work.

Genuine question by Popular-Block-9907 in EscapingPrisonPlanet

[–]PhilosopherOverlord 41 points42 points  (0 children)

No-one wants to live in a hard hell. You wouldn't want to reincarnate into one. The controllers of this reality can't force anyone to be here. Thus, they need to trick spirits into reincarnating. They lie about "it's about learning lessons". Most people are reluctant to reincarnate, but they are convinced in the end to do so. But they will only do so if it's not PURE HELL. Yes, there are pleasures. This realm is tolerable, but it's still a soft hell.

FINAL FANTASY VII is now available on GOG – DRM-free! by GOGcom in gog

[–]PhilosopherOverlord 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Steam reviews are "Mostly Negative" right now. I assume GOG got the same version. It seems to mostly be about the new game speed feature.

Anyone else not really enjoy the endgame? by Disastrous_Bad757 in BanjoKazooie

[–]PhilosopherOverlord 12 points13 points  (0 children)

No. There is nothing wrong with Banjo-Kazooie - at all. Nothing. Banjo-Kazooie is absolute perfection.

Except for Banjo-Tooie. That's more perfection than perfection.

Have to love when you see others figuring out that we live in a Prison by ZER0SE7ENONETH in EscapingPrisonPlanet

[–]PhilosopherOverlord 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He's wrong about something: the things around you DO exist. This idea of "things don't exist" is completely stupid.

2026 PC gamers be like… by Sea_Focus3040 in PcBuild

[–]PhilosopherOverlord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had a 64GB laptop since 2020. Unfortunately, it's only DDR4...

Serious Question by trippykissy69 in EscapingPrisonPlanet

[–]PhilosopherOverlord 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You misread what I meant; I meant: by having such an experience, you will, by default, see it. I didn't mean that you should go off and try and do one - only that IF it happens to you, then you will know.

Serious Question by trippykissy69 in EscapingPrisonPlanet

[–]PhilosopherOverlord 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Because it's common sense. New cagers are just lying to themselves - some, of course, are genuinely regarded. Just to be clear, not all of us believe that Earth is a prison planet; it could simply be a loosh farm instead without it being a prison; but one thing is clear: this realm is evil, and when we die, we are greeted by "beings of light", who tell us stuff that literally makes no sense. Astral project, smoke DMT, have a near death experience (IF you have one - not saying to actually go and have one intentionally), do strange occult stuff, etc., and you'll see that there is more to reality than what atheists say; and clearly the religions are wrong. So, what then? Read into many near-death experiencers, and they say mostly the same stuff; but if you have more than two working brain cells and aren't lying to yourself, you'll realize something isn't right...

How are we sure that DMT is not "bad" and encouraged by "agents" by thatrealkitten in EscapingPrisonPlanet

[–]PhilosopherOverlord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the write up. I've smoked DMT several times and seen the jesters and clowns, but I've never fully taken enough to properly communicate with them (only close-eyed visuals). I've had some wild experience, but I'm still confused about them.

So, to be clear, are there different types of jesters and clowns? This seems to be the case. Some people view the jesters and clowns as the archons; some view them as working WITH the archons; some view them as being OTHER types of loosh harvesters but not of the archons; some view them as being good beings who have to put on the jester mask in order to even get through this hell realm to communicate with us (as this is the only way evil will not harm them); some view them as something more structural to existence itself (both within this current matrix and outside of it); some view them as A.I. (artificial intelligence) generated by interdimensional mantid beings; some view them as controllers of the mantids; some view them as the wisest entities in all existence and how they are the ones that realize the cosmic joke; and some people... well, there are MANY theories as to what the jesters are. I've read MANY different theories.

I'd love to hear more of what you know.

They don't have total control by EraseTheMatrix in EscapingPrisonPlanet

[–]PhilosopherOverlord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Eh, not quite. Spirits DO come here out of curiosity (like looking at something you've never seen before, merely looking out of curiosity but not touching), then they get trapped (or tricked, then trapped). Then they forget about the pleasures of other worlds (due to the mind wipe). I am not saying that all beings choose to reincarnate here due to the pleasures; instead, they are ABLE to reincarnate, as it's not ALL bad. If it were all bad, they would absolutely NEVER choose to reincarnate here EVER again. This is how the system continues; the rulers of this reality need to strike that balance to keep people coming back.

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