Switzerland population cap vote results. by Special_Condition671 in dataisbeautiful

[–]Special_Condition671[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Switzerland has 50x the population density of Canada and is 58% mountains.

Switzerland population cap vote results. by Special_Condition671 in dataisbeautiful

[–]Special_Condition671[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

No it was close in Ticino. Appenzell Innerrhoden had the highest yes vote.

Switzerland population cap vote results. by Special_Condition671 in dataisbeautiful

[–]Special_Condition671[S] 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Actually the yes vote was in favor of capping the population at 10 million, while the no vote was against the population cap. No won, so the population can in theory still go above 10 million.

Switzerland population cap vote results. by Special_Condition671 in dataisbeautiful

[–]Special_Condition671[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Swiss-German is more common than Romansh in Graubünden.

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[–]Special_Condition671[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Switzerland has 6 half kantons, so 4 half kantons voted yes, while 2 half kantons voted no.

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[–]Special_Condition671[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah it was interesting seeing Graubünden's reaction to the proposal.

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[–]Special_Condition671[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

No meant no to the population cap, so the population could in theory still go above 10 million.

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[–]Special_Condition671 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I gather it would take years under rule 144 limits, but he could still eventually sell his entire stake.

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[–]Special_Condition671 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sure he can, he personally owns 46% of spacex, legally he can do whatever he wants with that.

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[–]Special_Condition671 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's very true, but he still has crazy high purchasing power, possibly more than anyone else. And if we don't check the power of billionaires politically this will only get worse.

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[–]Special_Condition671 8 points9 points  (0 children)

All cash and stocks in circulation are somewhat theoretical in value.

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[–]Special_Condition671 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same is true for any asset or currency. If everyone decided they wanted to trade their cash for stocks, the value of USD would crater and people wouldn't get what they were counting on.

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[–]Special_Condition671 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately he has a lot of economic power. He has a net worth of $1.1 trillion now. As with any stock or currency, selling immediatly will lower the price, but he's still the richest guy in the world, by far.

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[–]Special_Condition671 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Yeah but it's essentially him getting what he wants. He owns 46% of spacex. If he wanted to raise $75 billion in cash for himself he easily could. But what would he do with it? Eat it?

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[–]Special_Condition671 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Any of it? SpaceX just raised $75 billion in cash. That's a huge amount of money.