@Geezer: I agree with all of what you've just written. But after being financed, he made more money through financing (using his possession of the product of surplus labor to multiply it) - on top of the work he did (I've never thought of him as lazy). Increased the 'force' he could apply. No level playing field.
@Geezer: Again, that's the model of 'Socialism' I dislike (if you want to say that 'Socialism' always MUST mean what you say, then we can call what we want something else).
A problem with your statement, I think, is that (1) what is smarts in one situation is not necessarily smarts in another; and (2) what you say about working harder etc. depends on a level playing field, which we have not got. And concentrated wealth in private hands automatically exerts a 'force'.
I dunno, HFCampo-who-won't-respond-to-this-from-me; but 'normal' only means the general way of things at any particular time & place - what is normal here & now would be abnormal there & then. Perhaps the word you want is 'natural'? But how to know what that might be?
Wonder why the labor law isn't enforced - is there some systematic tendency preventing it? What is it?
@ Geezer: the 'Socialism' that you refer to is the model that I was referring to. And I'm not sure what you mean by 'natural'.
@Haali: OK, but efficiency in doing what? And who decides what the taxes will be spent on - as well as the profits?
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Not quite what you'd call a jumping place, but not bad at all for rather standard US-type meals, not overly expensive, and with a really good salad bar that's cheap, or free with most dinner dishes after 5:30PM. You can get a bottle of beer or even wine if you really want to, but I've never seen anybody do it - maybe that's just to take out. Chinese Christian run, and they hire people with physical disadvantages, who are pleasant and helpful. Frequented by foreign (mostly North American) Christians and Chinese Christians - was started by a Canadian couple associated with Bless China (previously, Project Grace), who are no longer here, but no religious pressure or any of that. Steaks are nothing special, and I avoid the Korean dishes, which I've had a few times but which did not impress me.
As a shop and bakery, it's very good bread at reasonable prices, of various kinds (Y18 for a good multigrain loaf that certainly weighs well over a pound. Other stuff too, like granola and oatmeal that is local, as well as imported things, including American cornflakes and so forth, which some people seem to require.
Large portions, seriously so with the pizza, which is Brooklyn/American style, I guess. Convivial, conversational, good place to drink with good folks on both sides of the bar, especially after about 9PM.
Too bourgeois.
Really good pizza and steaks. The wine machine fuddles me when I'm a bit fuddled, & seems unnecessary. Good folks on both sides of the bar.
Ain't no flies on Salvador's.
A look at Yunnan's evolving anti-drug strategy
Posted byDon't quite understand - do you want the state to make/keep some, or all, of these drugs illegal? If so, note how legalization of alcohol in the US, after 10 years of prohibition, drove gangsters out of the illegal booze industry. Seems to me legalization of pot in some US states is likely to do the same with the illegal marijuana industry. What would happen to the gangsters' profits in dealing other (now illegal) drugs if they were made legal?
I'm not advocating anything concerning the drugs in the article, just asking your opinion.
A look at Yunnan's evolving anti-drug strategy
Posted byAnd we have been getting off the point, as the article doesnn't mention marijuana.
A look at Yunnan's evolving anti-drug strategy
Posted byRight - so you're saying at least some of these drugs should be made legal, like alcohol and tobacco are? If so I've been partially misunderstanding you.
A look at Yunnan's evolving anti-drug strategy
Posted byPlus cigarette smoking is a lot more likely to give you lung cancer than marijuana smoking does - marijuana smoking can give you bronchial irritations, tho, if you over do it.
A look at Yunnan's evolving anti-drug strategy
Posted by@vicar: And any fool who smokes both tobacco and weed knows clearly that it's nicotine that is the really addictive drug.