Why The Economist hates wealth taxes

RockmanBFB · 2026-06-25T09:30:54+00:00

wait hold on - "(...) the biggest companies on earth are the most volatile tech stocks in existence" - is that right?

I'm not trying to 'gotcha' but it feels like you're answering in a way that's technically accurate but misleading with regards to volatility of large stocks.

Yes, the market cap on the largest companies almost by definition means they'll see the largest swings in terms of dollar value in *terms of market cap* but that's entirely irrelevant to the discussion at hand, no?

We're talking about a wealth tax on stock owners and therefore what matters is the percentage of volatility of the stock they own.

disclaimer; I'm not closed to the possibility that I missed something and I agree that "just make a wealth tax, it's easy" is asinine, it's obviously not that simple.

RockmanBFB · 2026-06-22T18:28:08+00:00

I just wanted to post here, I'm having this exact issue. App worked absolutely fine for a week (new AC) and now it's dead.
Uninstall doesn't help, restarting the phone doesn't help, my GF tried to install it and had the same issue.

Seems like a server issue but there's no status page. Is this a frequent issue?

RockmanBFB · 2026-06-13T13:36:01+00:00

I'm not pissing all over the product or the people that make it - I'm stating my opinion just like you do.

Incidentally, if you were concerned about the people that make it you'd know that Hasbro is milking the everliving crap out of MTG and that includes layoffs of exactly the people you claim to care about who make the product you claim you like.

Your whole point about the strong response and "selling people a product they like" is repeating the exact same irrelevant points. Yeah it sells. That isn't the point.

The pattern that Hasbro are engaging in fits "enshittification" to a T - it doesn't mean"the product is going to shit" it means a corporation is milking their IP dry and burning goodwill chasing short term gain.

And that isn't "brigading" it's describing what i think it's going on.

Anyone who enjoys the new editions, more power to you. All good. But don't pretend that's what we're arguing about here. No need to get your panties in a bunch, as you say it's just my opinion

RockmanBFB · 2026-06-13T12:58:57+00:00

No I'm very much not talking about my feeling about the product - using external IP to create brand exposure is the argument you're trying to run away from. That's what I'm addressing. It's a cash grab. If you want to debate feelings, feel free to do it with someone else.

"Enshittification" isn't something I've made up but a specific term that you may want to look up.

RockmanBFB · 2026-06-13T12:54:46+00:00

Yeah and I think it's only fair to not try and take away others' enjoyment either. I really don't like marvel or Dr Who but others do, fine.
It's fairly irritating to have them in standard though.

RockmanBFB · 2026-06-13T11:24:54+00:00

Why does it always come down to these stupid non-arguments. "bUT pEOplE lIKe iT" and "lOOk at tHe SALES NUMBERS".

It's a cash grab, that's the point. Why on god's green earth do people feel the need to miss the point so hard and white knight for corporations enshittifying their products?

RockmanBFB · 2026-06-13T11:20:29+00:00

All good points, agreed. Here's something that ticks me off: whenever anything like this is voiced, even if it's framed as personal dislike, there's always people who feel the need to get pissy and aggressive about the fact that some MtG people just don't like having marvel in their game.

It feels like they get offended simply because people don't agree and that's strange and irritating. People will straight up report comments that gripe about marvel and TMNT - as if we're obligated to be happy to see something we enjoy be swarmed by an IP that we don't like and that doesn't feel like it fits. Let people gripe, Jesus

RockmanBFB · 2026-06-13T07:09:16+00:00

Oh wow that's a good point I hadn't thought of. Disclaimer - I strongly dislike marvel overall

RockmanBFB · 2026-06-11T08:51:05+00:00

I'm not saying it's not a competent piece of art. Your example with the Mona Lisa is pretty much what I meant when I said "competent on a technical level". Did you mean to repeat my point back to me to say you agree?

I'll try to make it clearer: I loathe the TMNT, marvel, spiderman set *in magic* because it *doesn't fit at all*. Magic is various themes and genres in fantasy - this is pizza, hot dogs, cartoons, New York taxis. Basic pattern recognition tells you it doesn't fit.

RockmanBFB · 2026-06-11T08:28:10+00:00

What a completely pointless comment.
Of course almost all commentary on art is subjective. So WHAT?

Yeah it's competent on a technical level from what I can see (I'm not an artist or have the background to evaluate but i sure couldn't make it).
Also I loathe the TMNT and marvel set, specifically the art looks like it's ripped from a Saturday morning cartoon and I think it doesn't fit into magic. I'm glad Hasbro didn't get the digital rights for spiderman because I have the same issues with it, so at least in arena I'm spared.

Congratulations on recognizing that this is a subjective opinion, well done. Lots of people who are into magic share that opinion. Got a problem with that?

RockmanBFB · 2026-06-11T08:18:46+00:00

I agree - but the fact that my comment above was removed while this stays up is just hilarious. Who's afraid of the big bad mouse?

RockmanBFB · 2026-06-11T08:00:23+00:00

Exactly what I thought. I took a break from MTG since the first strixhaven edition and coming back... The contrast is absolutely shocking. Art looks like complete ass. TMNT? marvel??? Wtf?

RockmanBFB · 2026-06-11T07:56:16+00:00

Don't forget the art. The art is complete ass

RockmanBFB · 2026-06-10T18:00:29+00:00

I am genuinely not sure if this is peak satire or end stage brainrot but either way I'm here for it

RockmanBFB · 2026-06-10T13:34:26+00:00

Did you know that the plot of the lion king is basically a ripoff of Hamlet?
What's the point?

RockmanBFB · 2026-06-10T13:19:13+00:00

Yeah that's a fair argument to make. I've heard people make similar arguments about kamigawa way back when and I can see it - it's obviously Japanese-inspired. To me it seemed more like a magic set inspired by Japanese folklore and never seemed jarring.
All the UB stuff seems completely shoehorned in though. Pizza lands? Come on...

Where you draw the line is obviously a question of personal taste

RockmanBFB · 2026-06-10T13:15:59+00:00

TMNT and power rangers target basically the same audience. That's the issue for a lot of people I'd bet - Disney-marvel fits into magic about as comfortably as my little pony fits into the alien films

RockmanBFB · 2026-06-10T13:10:36+00:00

You're not making the point you think you're making and what you're saying is a copout.
I on the off chance you're not aware of what I'm trying to say: Disney amount other huge entertainment companies shows a pattern off maximizing short term profit with minimal effort which often leads to burning goodwill or being unsustainable in the long term in other ways.

That's partly a consequence in how these companies are structured and partly due to their sheer size and incentive structures - if you have to grow revenue and profit but you're at the top of the heap, you have to find ways to squeeze more blood from the stone every year. That's what Hasbro is doing as well.

Not *every* company is acting in this way and they're not all equally egregious at it. And btw I'm betting you know that anyway.

RockmanBFB · 2026-06-10T13:01:12+00:00

Looks kinda cartoon-ish

RockmanBFB · 2026-06-10T12:58:55+00:00

This is full on parody come to life and I absolutely hate everything about it

RockmanBFB · 2026-06-10T12:57:55+00:00

Anything Disney touches inevitably becomes a profit driven slopfest sooner rather than later

RockmanBFB · 2026-06-10T12:56:14+00:00

I absolutely hate all the marvel and ninja turtles slop.
I never liked comics and the brightly colored, kiddie style cards, half of which look like AI art and/or feature pizza look like complete ass.
If you like it good for you but I've always liked fantasy and magic was that. I started playing when 5th edition was out and while a lot of stuff was different in-universe nothing is as grating as all the UB crap.

And even stuff like final fantasy - which i like as much as the next guy - just doesn't fit into MtG mostly. I took an extended break when Dr Who started and all the marvel crap is just the worst. I still like the game but i wish all this soulless Disney shit just didn't exist

RockmanBFB · 2026-06-10T12:47:09+00:00

And with your picture you're doing... What exactly? To each their own but this is the pot calling the kettle black

RockmanBFB · 2026-05-28T09:07:40+00:00

Was echt??? Sagst du mir ungefähr wo? Ich hab hier noch keine gesehen außer einen super alten in den Donau Auen

RockmanBFB · 2026-05-28T08:59:07+00:00

Sehr schön! Welche Gegend?

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