This is actually an example in The Wealth of Nations; Adam Smith considers whether a hooligan smashing a window is a benefit to society because it creates work for the glazier.
Smith concluded that no, it isn’t a net benefit because the glazier could have made a new window instead.
However, given that megayachts are net negative to society, I’m not sure how he’d view this case.
China is about to find out as well, they have something like a 30% new-grad unemployment rate, and Pooh Bear is on a bootstraps kick saying that social protections encourage laziness.
“Hurt dogs sure do holler.” That was the saying that came to mind in 2008 when then-candidate for president Barack Obama drew outrage from Republicans because he described their voters as “bitter” people who “cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren’t like them.” The phrase came to mind again...
Yup that was illegal activity and he should not have been allowed to do it. Trump doing it as well doesn’t make it ok. Congress failed in their duty in both cases.
See? If you don’t make the quarterback of your political team into a deity, it’s possible to criticize them without ego death.
Five House Democrats led by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York wrote to the US attorney general, Merrick Garland, to demand a federal investigation of the conservative supreme court justice Clarence Thomas, over his acceptance of undeclared gifts from billionaire rightwing donors....
Texas Secessionsts win GOP backing for independence vote: 'Major step' ( www.newsweek.com )
Multi-level marketing model ( lemmy.ml )
Marriage is like.. ( i.ibb.co )
Trump attorney says voters mustn’t think that ex-president has legal problems ( www.independent.co.uk )
xkcd #2873: Supersymmetry ( imgs.xkcd.com )
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Gentlemen on a walk ( i.imgflip.com )
xkcd #2867: DateTime ( imgs.xkcd.com )
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Steve Bannon to find out his prison fate ( www.newsweek.com )
The top Donald Trump ally has avoided jail time pending the result of the appeal over his contempt of Congress conviction.
UAW preparing the US for a general strike in 2028 ( www.404media.co )
Mark your calendars
55% of women say listening to Joe Rogan is a red flag ( changeresearch.com )
Various nuggets of interest in this survey of Gen Z and millennials
Wreck the economy because it only works for the billionaire class. ( i.imgur.com )
A pastor invited to DeSantis' Disney board meeting quoted the Bible telling people not to 'resist authority' as it strips workers' park perks ( www.businessinsider.com )
Retirees and employees at Disney World are losing their perks under the new district board, which says benefits like park passes are unethical.
New Trump poll proves Obama and Clinton were right: The GOP base are deplorable, bitter clingers ( www.salon.com )
“Hurt dogs sure do holler.” That was the saying that came to mind in 2008 when then-candidate for president Barack Obama drew outrage from Republicans because he described their voters as “bitter” people who “cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren’t like them.” The phrase came to mind again...
Checked out an alpaca farm today and had a great time feeding them! ( lemmy.world )
AOC leads call for federal ethics investigation into Clarence Thomas ( www.theguardian.com )
Five House Democrats led by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York wrote to the US attorney general, Merrick Garland, to demand a federal investigation of the conservative supreme court justice Clarence Thomas, over his acceptance of undeclared gifts from billionaire rightwing donors....
Trump’s Plan to Save Himself: Scapegoat His Coup Lawyers - Analysis ( www.rollingstone.com )
“John [Eastman] and Rudy [Giuliani] gave a lot of counsel,” one Trump advisor says ominously. “Other people can decide how sound it was”