Is Europe becoming uninvestable?

[Dalal.Holdings]

6 hours ago, Spekulatius said:

You can critizise politicians here as you like. You won’t get sued, you account will just get cancelled.

 

 

FYI that account has been reinstated:

 

Elon is definitely a hypocrite if that's why the account got cancelled--but notice in this case it's not the government fining anyone nor sending anyone to jail--it's a private social media platform.

 

 

5 hours ago, Loss Horizon said:

I'm also puzzled why this topic came up at all. China is doing better than Europe economically, and free speech there is much worse. No idea why it's in the focus in investor's discussion.

 

The CCP doesn't make posts on "protecting Free Speech" like European leaders do though. European leaders are being dishonest while the Chinese are up front about what they do. They do not pretend.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Dalal.Holdings

[Dalal.Holdings]

In the end, suppressing your population leads to some sort of revolution and that is what I think is relevant here--

 

AfD is leading in the polls in Germany

 

Reform is leading in the polls in the UK

 

National Rally is leading in the polls in France

 

There is a clear pattern here...the people are sick of their voices and opinions being suppressed. At some point, the political status quo will burst at the seams. This is because European leaders have been using undemocratic means of suppressing the will of their people for too long and so the people are turning to something radically different than the status quo.

[cubsfan]

22 minutes ago, RichardGibbons said:

 

Huh. I thought you agreed with the right to bear arms. And what does that have to do with a dude moving pamphlets? Did he have a gun? Did he shoot someone?

To summarize your argument, you're saying that a dude who transports "free speech" deserves 30 years in prison because people he knew had guns.

 

What are you talking about...

 

The dude was convicted for trying to hide evidence of his wife's significant involvement with the violent attack on the ICE facility.

 

I said I feel sorry for the guy getting 30 years.

 

Nothing in his conviction had anything to do with "Free Speech" - only his role in 19 or 20 AntiFa members planning out and directing an attack on an ICE facility - and then hiding his wife's role.

 

You actually might want to read up on what actually happened.

[Loss Horizon]

1 hour ago, Dalal.Holdings said:

The CCP doesn't make posts on "protecting Free Speech" like European leaders do though. European leaders are being dishonest while the Chinese are up front about what they do.

Now it is competition in honesty. And ... China is winning?

 

1 hour ago, Dalal.Holdings said:

In the end, suppressing your population leads to some sort of revolution and that is what I think is relevant here--

 

AfD is leading in the polls in Germany

 

Reform is leading in the polls in the UK

 

National Rally is leading in the polls in France

 

There is a clear pattern here...the people are sick of their voices and opinions being suppressed. At some point, the political status quo will burst at the seams. This is because European leaders have been using undemocratic means of suppressing the will of their people for too long and so the people are turning to something radically different than the status quo.

 

Suppressing population is often successful, as it is shown by North Korea, Russia, and to great extent by modern China.

 

It's only developed democracies that are vulnerable to exploitation by populists. Because they maintain political freedoms to do so. In aspiring dictatorships all opposition is destroyed early and one person or a small group controls all parts of society.

Edited 11 minutes ago by Loss Horizon