Yes but “controlled/command/planned economy” refers to one where the state sets prices rather than letting market forces determine them. This is not possible to competently do right now with current technology.

Instead of ranting about deregulation why not look at how poorly controlled economies behave? There aren’t many functioning and what few exist aren’t doing great. Humanity is not smart enough to currently run a controlled economy effectively. That might change if actual AI exists but right now we cannot do it.

Remember the largest command economy in history, The USSR, collapsed mostly because of economic failures that were self created. The second largest command economy was the PRC who moved away from it to a hybrid system and has had greater stability since then.

Also the wave of unemployment that is about to cone might push us into a recession

It’s sad that you have downvotes for this. It is a common practice in authoritarian states.

Humanity has, the one with the least propensity to experience crises is the one most nations are following.

Controlled economies are much less stable but Marx was unaware of that as economics in his time was less data driven and more philosophical.

That simply isn’t true. There are thousands of economists all around the world trying to fix these problems.

What you are talking about is grandstanding politicians in America which isnt reflective of all nations.

That being said there is yet to be a system that does not have crises.

“Jesse Rothstein is an economist, and currently professor of public policy and economics at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2010, he was chief economist at the US Department of Labor. He is the founding director of the California Policy Lab, a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and is a member of the editorial boards of Education Finance and Policy, The Review of Economics and Statistics, American Economic Review, and Industrial Relations.[1][2][3][4]”

For those that don’t know the guy he’s got a solid pedigree

There are some people who can’t just smoke weed. They need highly complex concentrates that require specialized gear to vape/smoke this stuff that is vastly stronger than what most users would want.

In booze terms the comparison would be between the guy who is fine with a vodka on the rocks vs a guy who needs to create a still that releases the grain alcohol into an ice luge to make their drink which is 2x as strong as the first guy by volume.

When you actually sit down and talk to people in these marriages they tend to be content.

Your suggestion that another culture or religion is “backwards” is a very awkward claim to make as those rarely come from a good place.

My cousin was miserable after his first year in marriage. Our grandmother, who was lovely but not perceptive, told him not to marry her after meeting her the first time because she was dismissive of his perspective. My cousin didn’t think this was an issue until the honeymoon period wore off and then realized his new wife never thought he knew anything.

They lasted 6 years.

OR they come from a culture that does arranged marriages and you are being anti-theist and unintentionally culturally insensitive.

You are aware that arranged marriage is a thing still, right?

Arranged marriages have better results than love based ones in many cultures. It turns out having all your family who have had kids and been married have a clearer understanding of the couples compatibility than those in love.

Love will make you overlook the thing that your auntie would zero in on as a long term problem.

No, you just have to be interesting to talk to, genial, and not look like complete shit.

Be affable

Be interesting

Be presentable

No one dreams about the guy they have to apologize for after you met them

Yes GGS= Guns Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond. OP already used the full name.

Worth noting that “solution” was strongly promoted when I sold cars. If you do have some from of assistive cruise control you should use it.

I never said nobody intentionally made others sick. I said most were not intentionally made sick. Most Natives died before even seeing Europeans.

Yes, because at the time we didn’t understand germ theory. The livestock the spanish brought over introduced these diseases to other people via other animals.

If you supermegavirus X to your pet rat which lives in your house and who then gives it to a bird who then gives it to a different bird and eventually kills me are you responsible for my death? No you are not and that is how many/most died. They had zero contact with Europeans.

I am confronting the fact that I have lost the ability to just be bored. I need to get that back.