Brexit thread 2 Electric Boogaloo

[dicko1969]

https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_and_the_magic_washing_machine/transcript?language=en#t-152051

Hans lovely fella. Rip

[dicko1969]

Ireland - $69,231.
Netherlands - $51,049.
Sweden - $49,836.
Iceland - $49,136.
Germany - $48,111
Austria - $48,005.

What created Ireland's wealth?

EU

[dicko1969]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_and_social_rankings_of_sovereign_states_ in_Europe

Here you can see in terms of GDP and per capita etc

[CCTV]

Meh, politics has always been a dirty business. If it wasn't money it was power. The nature of the profession. It's a necessary evil.

True, most human affairs including science have this charge too.
I think after ww2 there were sincere attempts at politics. But that has been lost since.

[CCTV]

https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_and_the_magic_washing_machine/transcript?language=en#t-152051

Hans lovely fella. Rip

Hes pretty cool alright , not sure if I've seen this one.

[dicko1969]

Also
Public debt in terms of % GDP
Unemployment
Average wage

Europe is far from being poor

Think about the politics , economics, migration... this is a very long story.

Hours to debate. So much to cover. Historically, Present and Future

[dicko1969]

Hes pretty cool alright , not sure if I've seen this one.

Magic washing machine
And the incredible stats the other

Lots of great interesting videos on Ted

Jamie Oliver... obesity
And Mike Biddle ..... about plastics
Elon Musk and travel under the city

https://www.ted.com/talks/mike_biddle/up-next

Oh and Google driverless car... x2

[dicko1969]

Banks and Greece.

Bailout
Why... because Greeks avoid paying taxes. Over 30 years avoidance.

What happens if a whole country avoids paying taxes... straight forward .. bankruptcy

[dicko1969]

Czech republic.

One of the first countries to benefit from countries like france of outsourcing.

Production in France over 25€ an hour.
In the past Czech republic dirt cheap.

So move production units to Czech republic, Poland, Romania.

Now of course China.

Jobs lost / Jobs gained elsewhere
Poorer European countries become richer, easier for companies to start up business there.

Cheaper products.
More profits for multinationals... globals

[dicko1969]

One thing that has always made me laugh... ironically of course.

People coming into the UK are immigrants.

Yet uk / Brits living abroad are ex pats!

Hum how does that work?

Nothing more annoying than ze English asking " do you speak English?" when abroad.

Fuck off speak their language!!

https://youtu.be/rxUm-2x-2dM