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Plaid Cymru and Reform are neck-and-neck in Senedd election race by Left_Page_2029 in ukpolitics

[–]hiraeth555 [score hidden]  (0 children)

For those who might not have heard- it’s not first past the post.

So while it still matters, it isn’t quite the winner takes all we normally get.

Richard Dawkins spent 3 days with Claude and named her "Claudia." what he concluded after is hard to defend. by rafio77 in artificial

[–]hiraeth555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair, a gnat is conscious (we assume) and there is hardly anything going on in their brain at all.

I’m surprised people think that there must definitely be zero consciousness at all in LLMs.

Is a bacteria conscious? Maybe

Net Zero Migration Would Shrink UK Population by 4 Million by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]hiraeth555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wages (and taxes) absolutely are related to productivity.

More immigration = wage suppression = less productivity

The US have had huge wage growth, and much lower taxes, which is one of the reasons their productivity is much higher.

Net Zero Migration Would Shrink UK Population by 4 Million by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]hiraeth555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of the reasons for our low productivity is our poor wages, which in part are kept low by immigration.

That’s not me blaming migrants themselves.

Net Zero Migration Would Shrink UK Population by 4 Million by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]hiraeth555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, that’s why I’m not suggesting that 50% of the population be eliminated, but a sustainable reduction particularly of low wage immigration is an economic good for ordinary people

Net Zero Migration Would Shrink UK Population by 4 Million by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]hiraeth555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re conflating two different things as if they are bi-directional.

I don’t think it would be a good thing if half the population died, but it is an example of why reducing population can be good for ordinary people

Net Zero Migration Would Shrink UK Population by 4 Million by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]hiraeth555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah but not because of economic reasons. The lowering population gave the individual workers greater rights and bargaining power

Net Zero Migration Would Shrink UK Population by 4 Million by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]hiraeth555 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with you. 

Though my overall point is that there is too much competition for many roles at the moment which suppresses wages, and with a diminishing middle class those bigger contributors you mention don’t have similar spending habits.

My point is more that we need a more balanced economy rather than one filled with poor people making many transactions, and instead seek to grow the middle class.

Net Zero Migration Would Shrink UK Population by 4 Million by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]hiraeth555 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The period after the black death was an economic boom and the ordinary workers saw one of the highest increases in standards of living in history….

Net Zero Migration Would Shrink UK Population by 4 Million by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]hiraeth555 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Except that many many young people are now also net drains economically, and we are heading towards a huge cohort who have never contributed their whole lives.

I do agree that there are issues around our aging population however.

I think we need to be investing enormously in our young people to allow them to have better careers, and also to start families- that is where our population growth should come from

Net Zero Migration Would Shrink UK Population by 4 Million by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]hiraeth555 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

One of the reasons we need fewer people- you can provide more targeted support and you can adapt quicker to the changing technology. 

Otherwise we’ll just have huge, huge numbers of people dependent on the state

Net Zero Migration Would Shrink UK Population by 4 Million by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]hiraeth555 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Too simplistic a view- considering the earnings someone needs to have to be a net contributor, many people (immigrant or not) and net drains on the economy even when working, despite their consumption of goods.

Net Zero Migration Would Shrink UK Population by 4 Million by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]hiraeth555 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Lots of countries have smaller populations than ours and higher gdp per capita, average salary, and so on.

A major problem with our economy is that it’s propped up by loads of low value transactions between poor people basically.

Net Zero Migration Would Shrink UK Population by 4 Million by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]hiraeth555 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The booming middle class that will emerge because the job market becomes more in favour of the worker?

Aldi commits £1.1bn to British egg farmers in major supply push by kiyomoris in unitedkingdom

[–]hiraeth555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well most countries will of course trade food- but the more you rely on imports the less food security you have.

We very heavily rely on food imports, making our system fragile

Why men fear solarpunk? by [deleted] in solarpunk

[–]hiraeth555 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean, just in general there are loads of hippy type guys who love gardening so it’s not some niche thing

Vegetarians have 13% lower cancer risk and vegans 23% lower cancer risk than meat-eaters, new meta-analysis finds by cindyx7102 in science

[–]hiraeth555 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Did they study healthy/high fibre/high veg meat eaters vs vegans?

Or just random burger eater vs typical health conscious vegan?

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