Remi Grate

@rationalaussie Not really, no. I would say Australia is as fucked if not more then UK, and certainly more then average Europe.

People say that Australia is fucked, and in many ways it is, but Europe and the UK are turbo fucked. Like literally civil war levels of fucked. Non-peaceful outcomes are all but guaranteed there. Australia is at least blessed with natural resources and has ample food production. Yeah the government is retarded - incredibly retarded - but removing a retarded government is a lot easier than trying to unfuck a shit geography with scarcity of energy/food, and remigrating a couple million immigrants is a lot easier than remigrating tens of millions. We are also an island, completely isolated from the rest of the world. It's actually pretty fucking difficult to get here, and the fact the government has managed to facilitate importing so many immigrants that no one wanted is a testament to how utterly retarded they are. Hard times are coming, but Australia is a better country to weather the storm than just about anywhere else right now. Everything is fucked anyway so you have to choose the country that is least fucked. Many went to Dubai, look how that's played out. Many went to Europe to chill - okay have fun when the war kicks off there. Many went to Asia to be a digital nomad - be careful what you wish for, you're now a permanent digital nomad with no way to get home because they are already out of fuel. The point I am trying to make is this: Life is a game of tradeoffs, and optimising for wealth creation is not always the best decision. Most of the time it's not, actually. Many people are still looking through our world with a financial lense, not realising that all that matters now is survival, both literally and figuratively. We are entering a period of peak chaos. The range of possible outcomes is extremely wide. The path is not clear. Many different things, all path dependent, could happen. In times like this you shouldn't optimise solely for wealth creation, you should optimise for survival in all realms: make sure your portfolio lives to see another day sure, but also make sure you're not gonna end up stuck in some shithole country when the missiles start firing just because you wanted to pay 10% less tax. Because honestly a lot of this shit misses the point: If you have internalised where we are in history, as well as where things are going, most of your work, money etc - it's all pointless. Capital controls are coming, as well as heavy taxation, meaning the government is going to steal all your money anyway to save themselves. And if you somehow make it through that, because you're a Bitcoiner, you're still gonna have to navigate a future where AI + robotics takes every feasible job. So yeah, none of it really matters. Not from a doomer perspective, but from the perspective that you should play the hand you are dealt and roll the dice as you see fit. My mental model of this is to act like it's all a video game, because it probably is. Treat things both lightly and seriously. Work hard if you enjoy what you do but not hard enough that people can tell you are working hard. It should all look like play - that is life.

@MLorenzoFS @ADFIntl OMG she needs to get 50 to life for that!!!

@ADFIntl 1. Oh but she goes way, way beyond quoting the Bible. She calls homosexuality a 'disorder of psycho-sexual development', advocates conversion therapy. She claims that activism has distorted science while peddling cod psychology herself

🚨BREAKING: Päivi Räsänen unanimously acquitted for her Bible tweet, but convicted of “hate speech” for a 20+ year-old church pamphlet The conviction is under the “war crimes and crimes against humanity” section of Finland’s criminal code, alongside Bishop Juhana Pohjola.

@TristinHopper Its because older generation remembers times when Britain was a factor, a “almost superpower”, while young Brits (who have in not small part immigrant background) not only dont remember it, but would probably hate it if they did remember it.

I have a hunch why British old people are more conservative; they remember the absolute shit-show of the 1970s. But I can't explain what's going on with the youth.

British voting patterns are weirdly the exact inverse of Canada. Canadian youth are trying to hammer the brakes on everything from wokism to immigration, while British youth are flooring the gas.

@australian > We are overpopulating the world > There needs to be LESS of us, dont make babies > Australia will DOUBLE in size while other western countries SHRINK from all asians and 3rd worlders > We are doing sooo good

Projections suggest Australia’s population will surge to 39 million by 2071 as the nation becomes a global magnet for workers while in turn other developed countries shrink. Read more: bit.ly/4byx6Ck

@OldeWorldOrder > marries indian

JD VANCE: "We cannot rebuild Western civilization by letting millions of migrants into our countries. It has to stop."

@RareAxies Even european worst, that is Romania (from whom alot of imigrants are actually roma) absolutely pale in comparison to rates of atrocities these 3rd worlders can “deliver”

i recently turned my attention to the state of the UK, particularly the way in which unvetted illegal migrants are out performing English men the rate at which they commit violent crime is STAGGERING furthermore: 🐐 more inbred = more crime 🗡️ more crime = more benefits in my opinion, no sane person could look at the data and conclude the RNLI should continue to escort boat loads of fighting age men across the English Channel however, every time i see these figures on X there are a sea of lefties crying racism 100% of my attempts to open sensible discussion has ended with at least one of the following: 🗣️ name calling (spoiler... i'm aware i'm bald) 🚫 blocking (usually paired to a QT declaring 'victory') 🤸‍♀️ mental gymnastics (Danish data doesn't count) do we just write-off the modern left as a group of learning disabled lunatics and hope there aren't enough of them to see a Green Party landslide or is there some playbook for getting these people to remove their blinkers and see what's actually going on in this country answers on a postcard 💌

@mattyglesias IQ. All that matters.

American Muslims are a positively selected group in terms of educational attainment, very different I believe from the European situation.

@acteduweininger Couldnt happen to a nicer folks

New Zealand is on track to run out of fuel in about three weeks. First world country btw. No fuel reserves. Refineries closed down under Jacinda Ardern. Deep sea oil exploration banned under Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern and covid lockdowns. Jacinda and covid.

@EU_Commission This is diversity I like. All men, sense of scale due to cultural heritage that men before us left behind. What we have today is a travesty designed for lowest common denominator (women and 3rd worlders). Its embarassing.

On this day in 1957, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands signed the Treaty of Rome. They laid the foundations for today’s European Union. United in diversity, then and now 🇪🇺

@TimurNegru @nic_amadio Yap, and wallnuts and what looks like perhaps wine chateau (or butter with something I am unsure)

@randyfromsopa @nic_amadio with something inside..ice cream?

Btw this was one of the most incredible desserts I’ve ever had. Looking forward to creating a list of restaurants, bars, pastries and coffee shops I’ve found in Croatia for newsletter.remotegoats.com!

@TimurNegru @nic_amadio Its crepe.

@nic_amadio Looks delish..what is it?

@WayneLorenzo12 @TheHughAnthony

If you’re fine with this being the future of Britain, you have betrayed everything your ancestors fought for.

@BrianAtlas Women are absolutely insufferable. Will spin anything in their favor “Oh I am so accomplished and assured that I have no problem that you always pay” lmao

Feminism and equality until the check comes lol

@jonatanpallesen Why do you care? Yes, I want them out. Dont give a single shit what Wikipedia or politicians call it, call it however you want - we dont want to be replaced so go fuck yourself with your definitions. Defending and objecting to definition has you on a back foot. We. Dont. Care.

It is frustrating how they have taken the concept of remigration and tried to poison it like this. There is nothing fundamentally outrageous about people remigrating to their homeland. For example, imagine that there is now peace in there, and the immigrants would like to return. Perhaps the host nation helps them get settled and helps rebuild the country. This would be remigration — immigration that goes the other way. But if you google remigration, you get Wikipedia telling you that it’s “ethnic cleansing via mass deportation”.

@Santoo00_0 @mayukh_panja He can, he is an Indian. Article has nothing to do with high degree jobs either.

@mayukh_panja Completely wrong. 36% of graduates do a STEM degree, the highest share among OECD countries. You can’t just lie like this

I understand Germans are upset but let me point out some realities for you. It is really really hard to find young Germans with a STEM education in large numbers. Even for very well paying jobs you can only fill 30-40% jobs with Germans because it is not easy to find German software developers, statisticians, analysts, etc. There is a very specific reason for this which is not really discussed. Most back-office jobs are considered boring, unsexy, and uncool. They pay well but no one is going to think you are cool if you are a web developer. Go to a Berlin comedy club. You will find out which jobs are considered hip and trendy, and they are all in fashion, art or psychology. Crunching numbers using code is a back office job that offers no visibility. You are not going to be the face of the company, you are not going to be doing podcast tours. You come in, write code, generate spreadsheets and collect your paycheck. That’s it. That’s the job. And I have met so many young smart people who find this deeply repulsive and have actively walked away from these types of careers. A common major I find young people in Germany take up is Business Administration. It offers a pathway to consulting, finance and management. Jobs where you sit in board meetings, get to wear fancy suits and maybe travel internationally. Unfortunately in any economy consulting and management jobs are limited. You need a lot more people to do the actual dirty work, writing the codes, doing the analysis and building the product. Germany obviously has very smart people. The market however doesn’t really care how smart you are. It rewards grit, perseverance and discipline far more than raw intelligence. I kind of get it though. If I had grown up in a first world country I would have probably studied film studies, art history or psychology too.

@mayukh_panja Lol mate this is not about software developers and analysts, its mostly about manual and cheap labour where companies dont want to pay alot to remain competitive.

@bphillipsonMP @educationgovuk

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@DrunkAt12 @Bro2John @DrewPavlou So adding 10% more population in few years time will not add strain to already strapped supply? I think you should factory reset yourself.

@Bro2John @DrewPavlou Correlation is not causation, ring a bell? The price of chocolate probably fits as well

The Labor Party and the Liberals combined to add 10% to the population of Australia in just 5 years. Here is what this genius economic policy did to housing costs in my city of Brisbane: - The four-bedroom house I rent with room mates costs $900 a week, up from $500 a week in 2020. So we pay $20,800 a year extra for the exact same house. - The house would have sold for $700,000 in 2020. It’s now worth $1.3 million despite no material changes to the house. - You could have bought the house for a 10% deposit of $70,000 back in 2020 and paid $2,500 a month in mortgage repayments. - Now you need to save $130,000 to make a 10% deposit and need to pay $7,015 a month in mortgage repayments. - Current rent is $3,600 a month. The mortgage would be $7,015 a month. It is literally cheaper to rent forever than to take on 30 years of debt to own the same property. - When I tried to rent this property I had to first apply for 70 different places and was rejected from almost every single one. I would line up for a house inspection with hundreds of other people, most of whom arrived in the country extremely recently. - Australia has the second highest dwelling construction rate in the OECD. Yet we still have a housing crisis. Ghee, I wonder why people are mad. Must be online bots and discontinuation mate.

@ausvstheagenda God I fucking despise these people.

EU President Ursula von der Leyen says her shared priorities with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese include commitments to democracy, climate action and social media bans — and that she looks forward to working together to help shape a new world order. Oh no...

@estherzelda0514 > Here let me list bunch of excuses again as soon as women look like a (bad) common denominator

Here's my theory: A certain amount of infidelity and emotional breakdown is baked into marriage and humanity. What changes between individuals is tolerance for it, and the opportunity costs of leaving a marriage. Opportunity cost of leaving is typically higher for heterosexual couples than same-sex ones, because earning disparities and children are more common. The nuclear family structure has more benefits than just companionship. However, even though children and earning disparities are less common among gay men, they are simply much more tolerant of infidelity than most people, so they're going to stay married. Further, data shows men do not file for divorce at nearly the same rate women do. This initiative doesn't exactly tell you which marriages are bad, it simply tells you that women, for whatever reason, seem to have more initiave to end a marriage than men. That's the reason divorce is high among lesbians. You have two people in the marriage with high initiative when it comes to filing. Further, lesbians are neither tolerant of infidelity or emotional distance. They're less likely to have children or large earning gaps than heterosexual couples, decreasing the opportunity cost of leaving. Most importantly, lesbians are also singularly unconcerned with age and fertility in possible mate selection. Gay men are more image-based, and often fetishize youth. So do heterosexuals. Lesbians are less likely to. That means they don't see re-entering the dating pool at 40 or older as hopeless. Lesbians have the most initiative, least tolerance, and lowest opportunity costs. So they get divorced more.