/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>49740531
These creatures are literal one-dimensional cartoon villains at this point

>>49740531
>being a slave can be a good thing
Mentally ill article

>>49740531
Daily reminder that every single finance asset like stocks,bonds,debt,crypto,money etc are all purely parasitical in nature and serve no purpose nor have any inherent value. Finance and economics are pseudoscientific make believe garbage, capitalism is inherently unstable,unsustainable and exploitative and every single financier or crypto dudebro is a literal parasite. I sincerely hope every single one of you parasites perishes alongside your precious stock market and blockchain

impotent commie rage

>>49740531
You won't be happy
But you will have a good life

I can't believe that headline is real.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/08/research-good-life-happy-meaningful/

The content of it doesn't even make sense. "A psychologically rich life" would probably be happy and meaningful to the person? How are they not actually measuring the same construct or at least a highly correlated one?

>good life (for us)
the vampire doesnt see himself in the mirror

>>49740531
>you don't have to be happy
>but you should still show up to our weekly therapy sessions
>btw my rate is going up to $200/hour
>sorry goy, my hands are tied -- inflation and such

>>49740991
i just skimmed the article and it really doesnt make any sense. its all just a bunch of gobbledeegook

>>49740531
(((psychologists)))

>>49740684
Cope, seethe, dilate - and I cannot stress this last part enough - get back to work.

well it's true though.
if one of us went to inner mongolia, and lived with a poor village in urts, throat sang, and ate some horses, it would probably be a very psychologically rich experience.
except for China, India, Pakistan, Canada, Ukraine, hmmm...
probably half the countries I think? yeah.

>>49740531
The Great Sadness

>>49740531
>"Crucially, an experience doesn’t have to be fun in order to qualify as psychologically enriching. It might even be a hardship. Living through war or a natural disaster might make it hard to feel as though you’re living a particularly happy or purposeful life, but you can still come out of the experience with psychological richness."
It actually says this

>>49740684
Actually true, but I still participate. Although I trade commodities, which have inherent value.

>>49740531
They already skipped the "be happy" part, the cattle doesn't even deserve to be happy by any means.

>>49741269
They forgot to add "but useful". Useful to the elite.

>>49740684
>muh if you aren't a farmer then you are a parasite blabla
kys fag commie bait

>>49740591
>at this point

>>49740531
BOYCOTT THE WEF and EVERYONE who attends their dumb conferences! Meme them out of Existence and RELEVANCE!

>>>/pol/382309221

>>49740531
Klaus Schwab is a fucking cunt, and anyone associated with the WEF are a bunch of out of touch pieces of shit.
Unelected foreign bureaucrats should have ZERO fucking say over anyone's lives.

>>49740684
True. But I profit from it so I don't give a shit. Enjoy "having a real job" or "purpose" and then dying of hunger because the machine is eating you and chewing you without you even realizing it.

>>49740531
Seriously, is there no one in Switzerland that can throw a pie in this fuckers face and turn him into a laughing stock??
Someone like Klaus Schwab should be laughed out of his own organization.

>>49740591
>These creatures
They're called capitalists.

>>49741806
The WEF are globalists/socialists. They want nothing to do with free-market capitalism.

>The daily WEF thread is made
>Board is flooded with the commie and "parasite" copy bot
Just another day of the WEF trying to drum up an internet boogyman for themselves so they can cry out in pain while taking a mantle of responsibility that no one asked them to. I'm sure they're getting lots of juicy screenshots to show in internal reports to stake holders to convince them the internet is a terrible place.

>>49741832
>The WEF are globalists/socialists.
Lol. It's a gathering of the most powerful capitalists in the world. Can't get any more capitalist than the WEF.

>>49741749
That is the point. Capitalism enslaves both the master and the slave. You might think you are "profiting" but in reality you also live a fake enslaved life. Your life devolves in commodities and even your social interractions become fake and double meaning. You constantly are on alert, stressed and competing (fighting).

It isnt only about purpose. Money unironically rots your heart and mind, alienates you from everyone and everything around you and turns you into a bitter sad individual.

>>49741853
The internet and REAL LIFE should be a terrible place for globohomo parasites. They should not exist, trying to tell us how to live our lives, meanwhile Klaus Schwab draws a $1,000,000/year salary.

>>49741864
Wrong. Look at the list of attendees to Davos, MOST of them are government bureaucrats or crony-capitalists (which are not free-market capitalists). These are the people that thrive on government protection/intervention in the free-market.

>>49740531
>>49740917
>>49741017
>>49741269

Thinking you can reach a state where you are continuously happy is a midwit take. Did you never finish a good book feeling a sense of disappointment that it’s over, but not in a “I’m gonna rope” kind of way?

Fucking monkey level IQ, jesus fuck.

>>49741897
>crony-capitalists (which are not free-market capitalists)
>it's not REAL capitalism, REAL capitalism has never been tried!
lol

>>49741897
I'm not going to respond to faggot socialists anymore.

So anyways, how do we make Klaus Schwab and his dumb organization an embarrassing laughing stock that NO ONE wants to participate in any more?

>>49741864
"capitalism for thee but not for me"

Weird how they never ever have to bear the brunt of their bad financial decisions but regular people do.

>>49741864
They talk about how great and efficient China's directed and planned model is all the time. Even if you want to argue that China doesn't count as really socialism/communism, it shows that the idea of less free markets is popular with the WEF.

>>49742024
The WEF are basically parasites, they don't create anything of value, they siphon donations off of companies/governments to enrich themselves and their members. Same as the defunct Clinton Foundation and Clinton Global Initiative.

>You'll own nothing and you wont need to be happy

>>49741981
That is literally capitalism....like i dont understand are rightoids all schizophrenic?

>>49742163
you dont understand what capitalism is

>>49741902
nobody is claiming this
you are the midwit

>>49742024
Capitalism is just private ownership of capital. Nothing to do with "freedom" or decentralization.

>>49742193

>>49740917
>https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/08/research-good-life-happy-meaningful/

>Meanwhile, the study explains that “a happy life was most strongly associated with extraversion, followed by conscientiousness, and low neuroticism,”

You can own everything, and still not be happy

>>49742193
>>49742256
>>49742219
Are people larping? Do they not understand the difference between free-market capitalism and state/crony-capitalism?

>>49742323
Yeah, they're basically talking about the hedonic treadmill.
But if that's the case, then why does Klaus Schwab command an annual salary of $1,000,000?
It's like they're telling the rest of us that it's okay to be poor, meanwhile they're doing everything they can to get rich for themselves.

>>49742357
What you call "state/crony-capitalism" is the only kind that actually exists.

>>49740531
(((Psychologists)))

>>49742219
Even if I grant you that, they still support capitalism countries moving in the direction of less freedom. Seem fair to oppose that.
>>49742397
There are degrees to it, and it's possible to have some checks and balances that weaken the state/crony side. Meanwhile some countries just embrace it fully.

>>49742479
>it's possible to have some checks and balances that weaken the state/crony side
Where do those "checks and balances" come from? The state? Left to its own devices, capitalism naturally leads to monopoly and plutocracy.

>>49742479
The only "checks and balances" should be competition from other people/companies. There's nothing wrong with monopolies if they're not forced by the government.
Then, socialists (like that other douchebag ITT) will decry "monopolies bad!" yet be perfectly fine with the government having a monopoly on education/schools, police, firefighters, etc.

>>49742627
>Left to its own devices, capitalism naturally leads to monopoly and plutocracy.
And left to its own devices, government trends towards tyranny. Doesn't mean you should just bend over and accept it. When capitalism moves too far in the direction of centralized power, you should at least try to slow it however possible. Maybe it's inevitable, and eventually you might need a revolution of some kind to reset the playing field. But you should at least try to oppose centralization of power rather than embracing it.

>>49742697
>There's nothing wrong with monopolies if they're not forced by the government.
You might be right, but I think the argument is that powerful enough monopolies can easily force the government to enforce their monopoly.

>>49740684
>>49741875
>>49742163
Daily reminder to CUT off your penis before you KILL yourself you TRANNY.

>>49742836
Which is all the more reason to have a free-market economy, devoid of any government interference in the marketplace.
And anytime a government official becomes corrupt, they should be put in prison.

>>49742878
Agreed, a truly free-market economy is the goal and government corruption needs to be aggressively investigated and punished harshly.

>>49742799
The distinction between "the government" and the capital class is always illusory.

>>49740531
Happy people are a liability.
Happy people have ambition, they have aspirations to be greater than they currently are.
What we want is not people who are happy, it is people who are content, who are comfortable with their place and will not strive for more.

>>49742878
>devoid of any government interference in the marketplace
Literally impossible under capitalism.

>>49742938
Agreed.

>>49742972
Can someone tell this dumb tranny that no one cans what he thinks??

>>49743050
Transsexualism is the physical embodiment of capitalism, which is why it mostly occurs in "free-market" Western countries.

>>49742198
>>49742198
> Anons are mocking the point in the article
> “Nobody is claiming the article is wrong, midwit”

You could not be more retarded if you tried

>>49740531
'Member when this was a thread about the evils of the WEF, Klaus Schwab, all of his retarded minions, and how this organization should be relegated to the dustbin of history?

>>49742878
>>49742938
no way these people live in the real world, no one is this retarded

>>49743144
>evils of the WEF
Finally admitting capitalism is evil, nice.

>>49743121
>capitalism
>requires government intervention to pay for tranny surgeries
How fucking dumb are you?

Also, since you keep talking to me for some reason, what are your thoughts (if any) on the WEF? Can we AT LEAST unite on the fact that the WEF is a shitty fuck of an organization that needs to be laughed/memed out of existence?

>>49740917
>WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic)
wtf

>>49743187
The WEF, like all organizations that exist to advance the interests of Capital, is indeed pure evil.

>>49742357
There is no difference. Read Peter Thiels book. A monopoly supported by the state is the endgame of every company. They want those sweet monopolistic profits and government gibbs

>>49741864

>>49743245
Like I said earlier newfag, the whole goal is to get rid of the government.

>>49743231
Alright, so what do you plan on doing about the WEF? How can you help to destroy this charlatan-run organization?

>>49743162
I'm not saying it's easy or would even work. But you can't just accept government corruption without question, you need to at least try slowing it down. And then you need to tear the whole thing down when it gets out of control.
>>49742937
Not entirely, and some segments of the capital class support decentralization and freedom more than others. Those factions should be built up while others should be torn down.

>>49741806
>capitalists
you keep using that word with no meaning

>>49741806
You misspelled fucking kikes

>>49743283
The WEF is just another zit on the skin of the issue. Abolition of the capital class is the only long term solution.

>>49743328
>with no meaning
Capitalists are private owners of capital, big boy.

>>49740531
>good life doesn't have to be happy, or even meaningful
Thank you for the offer.
I'd like to counter for a happy & meaningful life that I guess is not that good.

>>49740531
We truly do live in a clown world that that study took place and people actually believe it means anything.

>>49743231
>>49743332
What's your alternative? Communism just skips the slide to centralization and hands all the power over to one group.

>>49743390
Naw, most people don't believe it. Most people are sick of the WEF and all their bullshit.

>>49740531
All of these is nothing new, Schopenhauer reached the same conclusion over 150 years ago

>>49743397
"Communism" is a meaningless term, as used by ordinary people anyway. The USSR had - and still has - a state capitalist economy in which power used to be concentrated among top party members and is now concentrated among the top oligarchs and Putin. Same shit. The alternative to capitalism (state or otherwise) is simply the abolition of private capital.

>>49740531
>psychologist
>"happy"
>"meaningful"
Are they trying to be philosophers or shrinks? Because they're doing a bad job at both. A happy life is meaningful and happiness is a far simpler thing to achieve without a globalist cabal of faggots constantly destroying everyone's lives in the name of making them happy.

>>49743601
>The alternative to capitalism (state or otherwise) is simply the abolition of private capital.
How and replaced with what? Your perfect form of communism? The means of production still has to exist unless you return to monke, and somebody has to control it.

>>49743689
Even if you're imagining some decentralized system giving people power over production, that can only exist until a dominant group gains more control over time. You'll still need to maintain the decentralization.

And communism in any form can't exist long without brutally punishing people (those opposing the system of communism, those trying to run their own businesses or just own things, etc). You're never going to have a free and happy communist system.

>>49743689
Simply repeal the laws protecting private ownership of corporations and other forms of capital. Get the government out of the economy. The means of production are already controlled collaboratively, it's just that ownership (and hence the fruits of the work) is given by the state to a nonworking third party.

>>49743365
you are saying the the problem is generally people owning things, while the problem actually is this specific group of people. Therefore you brainlets are mislead people into thinking taking everything away from ordinary people will somehow fix society while covering for the people who are actually causing the problems.

>>49743794
But you said there's no separation between the capital class and government, so they'd just bring those laws back.
>The means of production are already controlled collaboratively
I don't think that's true in the way you're imagining. You still need some system to guide it. Unless you can come up with something better than private ownership and Capitalism, your solution is just "tear things down and it'll work out."

And frankly having no private ownership sucks for people, I don't get why you'd be completely opposed to it.

>>49743332
>Abolition of the capital class is the only long term solution.
How does it feel to accomplish nothing for your whole life?

>>49740591
And they live in your head rent free

>>49743910
>the problem is generally people owning things
Nope, try again.

>>49744298
Should people be able to own multiple homes? Should people be able to own stock, or factories?

>>49743963
>so they'd just bring those laws back
"they" wouldn't exist

>having no private ownership sucks for people
99.99% of people own no significant capital

>>49744350
>"they" wouldn't exist
How?
>>49744350
>99.99% of people own no significant capital
Not a real statistic, and you don't need a "significant" amount to enjoy the ability. Even if a small portion of society owns it, that's still more decentralized than having one group own it.

>>49740531
THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION OF THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHEN IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS, IT BECOMES NECESSARY FOR ONE PEOPLE TO DISSOLVE THE POLITICAL BANDS WHICH HAVE CONNECTED THEM WITH ANOTHER, AND TO ASSUME AMONG THE POWERS OF THE EARTH, THE SEPARATE AND EQUAL STATION TO WHICH THE LAWS OF NATURE AND OF NATURE'S GOD ENTITLE THEM, A DECENT RESPECT TO THE OPINIONS OF MANKIND REQUIRES THAT THEY SHOULD DECLARE THE CAUSES WHICH IMPEL THEM TO THE SEPARATION.

WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, THAT AMONG

THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.--

THAT TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, GOVERNMENTS ARE INSTITUTED AMONG MEN, DERIVING THEIR JUST POWERS FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED,

--THAT WHENEVER ANY FORM OF GOVERNMENT BECOMES DESTRUCTIVE OF THESE ENDS, IT IS THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO ALTER OR TO ABOLISH IT, AND TO INSTITUTE NEW GOVERNMENT, LAYING ITS FOUNDATION ON SUCH PRINCIPLES AND ORGANIZING ITS POWERS IN SUCH FORM, AS TO THEM SHALL SEEM MOST LIKELY TO EFFECT THEIR SAFETY AND HAPPINESS.

>>49741790
>Seriously, is there no one in Switzerland that can throw a pie in this fuckers face and turn him into a laughing stock??
Swiss are a bunch of authority-worshipping cuckolds.

>>49744411
Based.

>>49744398
>Even if a small portion of society owns it, that's still more decentralized than having one group own it.
No individual or group should "own" the nation's productive infrastructure.

>>49740591
These abomernations brains prolly look one long single dimensional string

>>49741941
REAL capitalism has been tried, it's called the black market.
Can't be that bad, if it's as old as civilization itself

>>49741864
You have to go back

>>49741975
Short Chainlink (ticker: Great Reset)

>>49744424
Yeah, it's unfortunate really.

>>49744444
>Get the government out of the economy.
>No individual or group should "own" the nation's productive infrastructure.
Sounds like you agree with us. Many individuals and groups should own the nation's productive infrastructure.

>>49744579
You can't have capital ownership without government intervention in the economy. Removing the government from the economy means repealing laws that define and protect private property.

>>49744638
You can't prevent capital ownership without government intervention in the economy either.

>>49744818
False. Capital ownership is a legal construct. By default it doesn't exist.

>>49744851
Private property and capital ownership are both things people will naturally reinvent among themselves. If I want to start a factory and have the means to protect myself, you'd have to interfere and tear it down.

>>49743142
>that nule cognitive and reading abilities
This is the type of person you get financial advice from

>>49744900
>If I want to start a factory and have the means to protect myself, you'd have to interfere and tear it down.
That's not capital ownership. The reason Bill Gates has access to his multi-billion dollar fortune and you don't is simply a matter of having the right paperwork.

>>49740531
A good life is living in servitude to g-d’s chosen people. To serve us is to serve g-d, there is no higher purpose for goyim

>>49744988
>That's not capital ownership
Alright. If I choose to distribute stock for my company that I've created, and run it that way, you'll have to stop me.

>>49740531
Good life as an automaton that has it all but no emotions? NPC? Not a good life from my perspective. I could understand unhappy but good fulfilled life when one achieved something good but then one would be happy I suppose, it would be meaningful to yourself and some other people. Not meaningful and good life might be possible if one lives purely driven by instincts which many human people are. I suppose they don't mean all three combined because all three simultaneously don't make sense.

>>49745083
You are basically saying you could become your own state. I'm not talking about feudal fantasy scenarios, I'm talking about capitalism as it actually exists. What makes the Walmart heirs richer than you is a legal framework that defines and enforces capital property rights.

>>49745243
>You are basically saying you could become your own state.
Essentially, yeah. What I'm saying is you'll need some new system in place to prevent it all from starting up again. No matter what form of economy you choose, you'll need to enforce it and constantly work to maintain it.

>>49741864

>>49744515
>Capitalist turning his monetary power into political power to acquire more capital is somehow bad because of muh "ideal of free market"