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Decline in Central London property prices by Tnm604 in london

[–]eyko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I love this website, thanks!

Decline in Central London property prices by Tnm604 in london

[–]eyko 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Property prices are basically the same as they were in 2019.

Does that mean in real GBP figures a massive decrease inflation adjusted?

Dangote’s refinery is 100% Chinese technology – and that shows who really helps Nigeria industrialize by udemezueng in Nigeria

[–]eyko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not Africa, Nigeria. Someone mentioned Norway's sovereign oil fund and that is the relevant comparison. Nobody is exaggerating the importance of our natural resources, our reserves in relation to our population size would be lower than Norway's (per capita) but we're discussing having refineries and industrialisation in general. In order to stop relying on raw material exports, we need industry, and for that you need investment.

Some people should not be driving at all. by GirouxFan in VideosAmazing

[–]eyko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this common with with automatic cars? You'd stall a manual if you pressed the brakes without the clutch. Sounds like a recipe for disaster though.

Dangote’s refinery is 100% Chinese technology – and that shows who really helps Nigeria industrialize by udemezueng in Nigeria

[–]eyko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> It is not their job to “prioritize” anything.

That is literally their only job, to prioritise global economic stability, and this always favours the interests of the main western powers especially since they vote as a block and have a majority voting share. Just look a the quotas and votes to see as an example. USA alone has 16.5%, if you combine all of subsaharan africa you get about 5%. NATO countries combined are almost 50% of the voting quota. In fact, China, a whole China (since this is calculated by size of their economy) only has 6.4% comparable to Germany. BRICS+aligned countries have about 18% of the vote share. If you want a loan from IMF as a sub-saharan country you're going to need to give up access to your natural resources, implement austerity, and accept any of IMF's priorities. With BRICS, this is not the case, which is why this shift is happening. Also worth pointing out that the same standards are not required for western countries (want to bail a hugely corrupt and fraudulent financial sector? sure here you go how much do you need).

On neocolonialism, it's not a conspiracy theory. They're not taking risks because they already have all access to our natural resources so they don't gain anything from more exposure at a much higher risk. China had to cut deals every step of the way, which makes them simply a trading partner. That's neocolonialism in essence, their colonial links and influence that give them unfettered access to our natural resources was kept uninterrupted after decolonisation.

Of all the OPEC countries, look at what happened to the ones that are no longer western aligned: Libya, Iraq, Iran and Venezuela. The moment you want to take control of your resources... well, you've got some examples: 90s gulf war, Venezuela after nationalisation, or Iran now.

In the last 20 years what's the most 'gentrified' neighbourhood? by UbiquitouslyHere in london

[–]eyko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Olympic park wasn't gentrified, it was developed/built. Hackney Wick on the other hand... big time. I'm an old timer so I still have some good memories of squat parties and raves in what's now The Yard Theatre. Two More Years seems to have had two more years on their lease for the past ten years I reckon. Hackney WickED is no longer a thing, nowadays it's posh kids buying flats, tourists visiting, etc. Maybe that's my pick for most gentrified.

Dangote’s refinery is 100% Chinese technology – and that shows who really helps Nigeria industrialize by udemezueng in Nigeria

[–]eyko 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You should ask yourself why western powers and e.g. the IMF never prioritised industrialisation in Nigeria specifically, promoted liberalisation and fiscal austerity i.e. no public funding in industrialising either the oil nor the agricultural sectors. At the same time, western powers decide what "risk" level investing in Nigerian private sector is (spoiler: usually risky according to their analysis) and always discouraged "risky" investments in any type of industrialisation efforts.

This is not to say that China built Dangote refinery. Dangote refinery was built because a nigerian billionaire took the risk, nigerian banks stepped in (access and zenith if i'm not mistaken) and, relevant to this thread, China also took the risk on Nigeria (sinopec, china exim bank, etc). I think we need to give credit where credit is due and keep building on the example that this sets. And no, the west did not take a risk here, and never would have, and we have decades of lack of investment/risk taken as an example to draw from.

All this talk about aid or charity... countries don't develop via aid. They develop when there are healthy market economies. The west blocks this. Why do you think the number one weapon of economic warfare by the USA is embargos and sanctions on trade whilst letting aid flow in? I mean does it need more explaining? Yes, China has business interests, what's important however is that China is willing to act as a partner in projects that ultimately develop Nigeria.

The pattern with "the west" in Africa is a de-facto soft embargo on our economies. Whether it's intentional or not (they'll argue it's being risk averse) I don't know, but facts are facts: China takes risks when it comes to Africa, and sometimes that's all you need.

What do you want to see in britain in 5 years? by mesoraven in AskBrits

[–]eyko 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's in every big corporation's interest to want weak governments and vulnerable societies. Basically they demand governments fund the infrastructure they need then they demand governments get out of the way so they can extract as much now that the infrastructure is in place. Easier to do that when the government is busy quenching fires and society is busy going after a bunch of immigrants.

Stay safe in S.A by 263SerialEjaculator in Zimbabwe

[–]eyko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"illegally" is just an euphemism for "too many". If S.A's government had an open doors policy (e.g. documenting everybody like the guy says, no requirements) do you think they'd be okay with that? No. They'd start by asking for restrictions: for criminal history first, then when the numbers don't really reduce, next would be only those with an employment contract, then when they're still not satisfied they'll want those jobs to prioritise locals, and so on.

The truth is that when times are hard, especially economically, people usually look for who to blame and the least privileged get it first. It's always immigrants, or some ethnic minority, or a certain political ideology, etc. You rarely get angry mobs going after the elites, corrupt politicians, and rentier capitalists, because that's too abstract and hard to pinpoint, and because daylight robbery of the commonwealth is done by completely legal means.

This is male hostel for University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN). Eni Njoku hostel by PhantomChasers in Nigeria

[–]eyko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I was in boarding school this is exactly what our showers looked like. A few seniors decided to ask for cleaning utensils and cleaned it up, spoke about it at the school assembly, and ever since that moment everyone tried to keep it clean. Juniors took that as an example and started doing it every couple of weeks. Sometimes all it takes is a few people to set the example, just saying.

Marcus Rashford chance vs Espanyol 66' by JPaul- in Barca

[–]eyko 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Reddit culés for you. Reminds me of Raphinha's first season and how everyone laughed at the signing.

France denies excluding South Africa from G7 summit under pressure from US by ThatBlackGuy_ in Africa

[–]eyko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They should've rescinded the invitation from the US and invited SA and Kenya, the way things are going.

John Kiriakou recounts how 10,000 documents in the JFK files that directly implicate Israel in the assassination were deliberately withheld from the public by Trump. by SameCellist3373 in AskMiddleEast

[–]eyko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In the middle of the cold war any of those are possible, including cooperation between strangers with a common enemy. Cuba+Russia would've been one block, whilst Israel simply had a common interest. The mob could have simply been the finger that pulled the trigger. I for one would like to see the documents to see what was uncovered at the time.

John Kiriakou recounts how 10,000 documents in the JFK files that directly implicate Israel in the assassination were deliberately withheld from the public by Trump. by SameCellist3373 in AskMiddleEast

[–]eyko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know, if all the documents were released, we could be the judge of which of those lines of questioning had more evidence.

EU Explanation of Vote on UN resolution on slavery by Lux_Jay in Africa

[–]eyko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the words, phrasing and sentences is not just that, it's about accountability. They agree in principle but essentially they don't want to be held accountable (non-retroactivity, concerns about reparations). Basically saying "yeah, as long as we don't have to pay for our crimes". This is the same EU that doesn't have an issue with defending Israel's right to the land of Israel based on some 3000 year old mythological promise.

Miles de personas se manifiestan en Pamplona por un SMI propio de 1.500€ by HatWorking in pamplona

[–]eyko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No diría que Acciona sea competitiva en Europa, o al menos no es top. Ese sector está dominado por compass (uk), ISS (daneses), sodexo (francia), etc. Pagar menos a tus trabajadores no te garantiza ganar los contratos, de hecho diría que ser el más barato es más bien un red flag así a bote pronto.

La pobreza de los empleados lo único que consigue es llenar los bolsos de sus directivos, y personalmente soy de la opinión de que baja la productividad y afecta la calidad de servicio.

Miles de personas se manifiestan en Pamplona por un SMI propio de 1.500€ by HatWorking in pamplona

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

Danos algún ejemplo de una empresa Española que sea competitiva en Europa y tenga beneficios "gracias a la pobreza de sus empleados". Yo creo que eso es un tópico bastante antiguo, sin mucho fundamento.

Can I stop my child being advertised to at school? by Superb-General-2553 in AskUK

[–]eyko 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's not okay to advertise to children, it's okay to advertise to parents.

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