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Taxes and the Nash Equilibrium, and Why the Social State Consequently Blows

Posted on September 26, 2010 (May 18, 2018) by Michael

Now, the idea of the Nash equilibrium is that by altering one’s own behavior from maximizing for yourself regardless of the strategy of others, you can get a solution that is better to everyone. Compare this to a soccer match. If both teams play against each other, they have to run around like idiots for 2 * 45 minutes, eventually possibly having one team or the other score more goals. If they just agree that soccer sucks (it’s almost part of the name anyway), and go out for a couple cold ones, they both get a draw, but have instead a nice time for an hour and a half. […]

On State-sponsored Art

Posted on December 28, 2009 (May 18, 2018) by Michael

In this post I am in no way trying to define art – whenever I write art, you’re welcome to read almost anything you want, be it music, paintings, crap in a can, soccer matches, movies or something completely else. It’s no secret, I’m not for a large state supplying everything and demanding huge taxes […]

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I Vote Against!

Posted on December 9, 2009 (May 18, 2018) by Michael

Nobody wants to hear more about it! It’s polluting the news worse than any soviet mid-70s coal power plant could ever pollute the air. I’m, of course talking about the climate conference (yeah, not gonna dignify them by a link) thats causing criminality to go unpunished in the civilized parts of Denmark thanks to all […]

Isn’t Socialism Really Un-solidary?

Posted on November 19, 2009 (October 20, 2021) by Michael

In the following I’ll use left and right to be purely economical terms. That is, the more left a party is, the more it is for economical equality: everybody should earn the same despite ability and (the more left you get) willingness to work. At the same time, the more to the right you get, the more you are for everybody should earn their own money and pay their own expenses.

Communism dictates that the state (or people) own everything and all are paid the same amount or the amount they need. Capitalism dictates that we pay nothing to the common kitty, and hence there is nothing to distribute; you basically want to get as much of the money you earn as you can. Most countries are somewhere in between nowadays. […]

Damn Socialism!

Posted on September 17, 2009 (May 18, 2018) by Michael

Today I got my heating bill for the last year. It always infuriates me. People, who know me, know I usually wear shorts, and I don’t mind if it’s chilly. For the sake of my computers, which don’t particularly like it too cold, I leave a bit of heat on, but I have had readings […]