Harald Vinje

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Det var triste greier. En fremragende språkformidler er gått bort. RIP vg.no/nyheter/i/xrm6…

@OGadeholt En drøy time etter det påståtte israelske angrepet mot Al Ali-sykehuset den 17. oktober 2023 var norske medier på tlf med Mads Gilbert, Leger uten grenser og de faste kritikerne av Israel. Betydelig mer stille fra dem nå som Pakistan har bombet et sykehus med 400 rusmisbrukere.

47 år med helvete for egen befolkning og verden er resultatet av regimet i Iran. Hat, undertrykkelse, terror og korrupsjon. Et land der man bruker landets enorme naturressurser på korrupsjon til eliten og oppbygging av terror i andre land. Et land som forsyner droner som dreper uskyldige mennesker i Ukraina. Et land der kvinner er mindre verdt. Et land der tusenvis av unge blir massakrert fordi de drømmer om menneskerettigheter, demokrati og frihet. Mine besteforeldre døde i Iran. Ganske alene ved livets slutt. Vi flyktet men de ville dø i det landet de var født i. De mente alltid at dette regimet sto for ondskap. Hele verden ser nå det samme. Det som også er tydelig for hele verden: Det iranske folk vil ikke ha det islamske regimet. Mine besteforeldre ga aldri opp håpet: At måtte det iranske folk seire en dag. For ungdommens fremtid. For kvinner og likestilling. For en tryggere verden. For Azadi( Frihet på persisk). Det er Norge som er mitt land. Men jeg håper inderlig at mine besteforeldres drøm går i oppfyllelse.

The “everything is too expensive now” claim falls apart once you separate politicized goods from market goods. The things that exploded in price are exactly where government intervenes most: housing, healthcare, education, childcare, energy. Subsidies inflate demand, regulation restricts supply, and prices rise. Meanwhile, in areas left mostly to markets, prices fall while quality explodes. Electronics, communication, entertainment, data, and consumer goods are cheaper and vastly better. The past is also romanticized. Many “basic needs” didn’t exist, were luxuries, or were outright inaccessible. Which is why the smartphone alone destroys the “nothing trickles down” argument. A single smartphone replaces what once required: • a landline and long-distance calling plans • a camera and film plus development costs • a video camera • a map collection and atlas • a GPS unit • a calculator • a calendar and planner • a watch and alarm clock • a radio • a television • a newspaper subscription • an encyclopedia set • a dictionary and thesaurus • a flashlight • a voice recorder • a music player and physical albums • a personal computer for many tasks • a library card and physical travel to information • airline agents and travel books • a bank branch visit • classifieds and want ads The cost of all that in the past was massive or impossible. Today it fits in your pocket. Abundance didn’t come from government trying to make things cheaper. It came from innovation, competition, and freedom to produce.

@RockChartrand @MetamateDaz Interestingly, the people complaining most about affordability, living wage etc. are often the ones driving prices up by pushing restrictive regulations. One day, they'll say "Housing should be affordable". The next they say "Everyone's entitled to at least 800 sq.ft" Pick one.

This is the same fallacy every time: confusing a job with a guaranteed lifestyle. Jobs aren’t moral promises. They’re trades. You’re paid based on the value you produce, not the cost of the life you’d like to live. A cashier job is low skill, easily replaceable, and typically entry level. That’s why it pays what it pays. Saying it should cover rent, groceries, and bills by fiat doesn’t change reality. It just means you intend to force the cost onto someone else: customers through higher prices, other workers through fewer jobs and hours, or the poor through inflation. If wages were set by need instead of value, there’d be no reason to develop skills, take risks, or improve productivity. You’d get stagnation, automation, or job loss. Which is exactly what happens every time this idea is tried. This isn’t about dignity. It’s about denying tradeoffs and pretending economics is optional.

Yes, a cashier at McDonalds SHOULD be able to afford rent, groceries, & bills on just that 1 paycheque alone. THAT'S WHAT JOBS ARE FOR.

When the Iranian protests started, Donald Trump encouraged them. He told Iranians to continue protesting and fighting. He told them that the US will support them. He said he would come to their aid if the Islamic Regime began killing them. He said he will strike the Islamic regime and the regime will end soon. He encouraged them more and more and more, by directly speaking to them. Thousands of Iranians were massacred by the Islamic regime throughout the weeks. No help ever arrived. To make matters worse, Trump thanked the Islamic regime for supposedly not executing hundreds of protesters. The Islamic Regime DID murder thousands and execute protesters. Khamenei then publicly called Trump a criminal and called America the enemy. This is shameful and disgusting.

People should actually reflect deeply on this post. It will reveal a lot about a lot.

Every time 500 public sector workers picket in the West, my timeline would flood with ‘revolution will not be televised’ posts etc. And now an actual revolution is on, Western intelligentsia is silent. What a shame. Solidarity to the Iranian people.

The social safety nets in Europe aren’t socialism in an ideological way. They are mature capitalist nations with 75 years of benefiting from American innovation, growth, & military protection. But there’s no new America for America, or New York City, to coast on.

The "warmth of collectivism" is to freeze while those with heated dachas tell you how noble your sacrifice is.

@SMMSimen Bør være ganske tydelig at du er en jødehater når det første instinktet ditt er å kalle meg en islamofob etter en video om en islamistisk massakre på jøder i Sydney i går. Samme saklighetsnivå.

@haraldvin Poenget med en diskusjon er å overbevise noen. Det er ganske innlysende ut ifra profilen din at du ikke lar deg overbevise av en diskusjon på Twitter, mens det bør være ganske klart for de med øyne og hjerne som åpner profilen din at du er islamofob og Israel-tilhenger

So anyway, here is a top 10 Melee player in Norway sharing Islamophobic rhetoric and support for the genocide in Gaza. At what point does something stop being a "difference of opinion" and starts being a genuine judge of character?

@SMMSimen Imponerende argument!

@haraldvin Harald Vinje. More like Harald Tapje Forventa ikke islamofobi og folkemordstøtte på tidslinja i dag

Proper steps moving on, if ‘never again’ is to have any meaning: 1) Identify, loudly and clearly, radical Islam as an enemy. This needs to be done at official, heads of state level. 2) Declare any state promoting this ideology as an enemy state. Cut off all diplomatic relations. Sanction them hard. 3) Hire massively in security apparatuses (surveillance, counter-terrorism etc). 4) Keep close tabs on islamist communities in the West. Infiltrate groups and communication channels. Peaceful Muslims = leave them alone. But throw the book on any preacher of hate (remember: he is now enemy agent, since you’ve declared war on radical Islam), with anything you have within the rule of law. PS: all the above should have happened on September 12, 2001. But better late than never.

And it's a shame, and we should take this personally. Someone, somewhere, is building something brilliant. Maybe something that will improve, or save, our lives. And they have to jump through hoops, barriers, delays, set by people who never have, or will, produce anything.

@grahamformaine It's not "hard work". It's valuable work. Some people are extremely talented at producing goods and services other people value. The least we should do is leave those to their own devices. Poisonous envy at a political level will kill production and innovation.

No one works hard enough to justify being a billionaire.

Myndighetene påla alle kyr å få i seg antiprompemiddelet Bovaer. Trekker nå tilbake pga negative effekter i enkelte danske besetninger. Hvorfor skulle kyrene få det potensielt skadelige antiprompemiddelet? For å redde planeten og gi oss bedre vær 🤡 vg.no/nyheter/i/Gyvg…

You are a taker, not a maker. All you’ve done your whole life is take from the makers of the world. The zero-sum mindset you have is at the root of so much evil. Once you realize that civilization is not zero-sum and that it is about making far more than one consumes, then it becomes obvious that the path to prosperity for all is just let the makers make. Regarding Tesla, the reality is that I have been given nothing. However, if I lead Tesla to become the most valuable company in the world by far and it stays that way for 5 years, shareholders voted to award me 12% of what is built. Anyone who wants to come along for the ride can buy Tesla stock. If Tesla “merely” becomes a $1.999 trillion dollar company, I get nothing. This is a great deal for shareholders, which is why they voted so overwhelmingly to approve this, for which I am immensely grateful. And they did so by a margin far more than you won your political seat.

@Cuervo3 "Vesten slemme". Behagelig narrativ. Trenger bare én tanke i hodet enhver situasjon.

Vi som har fulgt med i konflikten i #Sudan over flere år har påpekt Emiratenes tydelige og tunge involvering i undergravingen av den sudanske staten, med hjelp av den tidligere Janjaweed-terrormilitsen de bruker som proxy. Siden UAE er en vestlig medspiller, har de fått holde på.