Dear @chekohler , As an East Asian, I don't know about the Nordic socialist heaven model. However, I guess you have condemned Sweden's low-wage exploitation of people from developing countries abroad.
So what do you think is a better alternative to the Nordic model?😦
I don't know what the best model is, everyone wants different things. All I want is capitalism backed by incorruptible money
@chekohler , In the East Asian world where I live, all manufacturing industries are already collapsing because of Chinese products.
Capitalism without manufacturing and factories is impossible.
From my point of view, East Asia is already returning to the era of feudalism dominated by the Chinese economy.
How is the situation in South Africa?
I completely agree with you, China is massively competitive, but it's because they're creating an unnatural peg to the dollar to keep their currency low to continue to be competitive. If we are all using the same money IE bitcoin, that bullshit goes away
We still have a manufacturing base and agriculture, but we are dumb enough to think service-based economies are the way to go like developed nations and it's going to bite us in the arse.
We've also obliterated our energy production, so not going well, we'll default on our debt soon enough
Currently, East Asian countries, including China, are suppressing cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, by promoting them as dangerous speculative products.
The world I live in is monitoring individual transactions, accounts, text messages, and currencies.
In the state where I live, manufacturing is already collapsing because of Chinese products. So, the state gives up manufacturing and shifts to a service industry-based economy, with disastrous results.
Currently, about half of the younger generation are temporarily or unemployed.
So, They depend on unemployment benefits from the state.
Still, South Africa has oil. The country I live in is a more difficult situation because energy resources, including oil, are not produced.😅