What consequences are expected for the European Union after Apple was ordered to pay a fine of 13 billion?
2024-09-27 10:46:23
No one will want to open a large business in the EU
The EU has no advantages over Asian countries. The 50% tax is too high, for example, in Singapore it is 0%. Russia's military conflict with Ukraine also makes it difficult to do business, as sanctions hit the EU itself, raising prices for all energy resources, which directly affects the prices of goods and services.
The essence of the claim is that all EU countries must take the same taxes at 50%, and if a country is an EU member, it cannot make tax preferences on its own. Most likely, countries will soon begin to leave the EU, as the United Kingdom did.
Apple must pay 13 billion euros in back taxes
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Is democracy the power of the majority?
2023-10-05 08:29:15
No, 51% is more than half, but it's not an absolute 3/4 majority.
Democracy is essentially an oligarchy (aristocracy). If earlier the aristocracy around the world made decisions without the participation of the masses (until the beginning of the twentieth century - if citizens had the right to vote, it was only on property, race and other parameters), now, thanks to political technologies, the same thing is happening, only on the basis of manipulation of the capital of the masses. In addition, no one teaches political literacy, and therefore the politically illiterate population chooses someone from the appointees of the elite by unfair voting.
Only elites participate in the parliamentary process. Citizens of the state are allowed to vote for their chosen candidate, but ordinary people cannot participate in elections. In the end, only the ruling elite decides the various interests of the population of the state.
What types of democracy are there?
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What will the consumer society lead to?
2024-09-06 10:00:58
To the Death of Civilization
If consumption continues to rise in the near future, we will face the depletion of natural resources and wars over them.
Inflating consumption for the sake of more consumption cannot continue indefinitely. The depletion of resources will lead to their shortage, and uncontrolled lending will lead to the depreciation of money. The result could be a crisis never seen before, with people fighting for food and starving to death, and endless rows of coffee makers and televisions piled up on store shelves.
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The reason why the two Koreas will unite?
2024-10-27 16:10:58
Kim Jong-un's daughter will not hold on to power
The unification of Korea is the political goal declared by the governments of the DPRK and the Republic of Korea. The unification will take place by military means. The war will begin soon after the DPRK's main allies - China and Russia - begin hostilities. The DPRK will have to choose. Now Russia, due to the mistakes of the leadership, is beginning to depend on China.
The main burden of unification will fall on South Korea. So far, this association is disadvantageous to the neighbors. Russia will not be happy about the emergence of a very unstable state with nuclear weapons next door. China is also in favor of maintaining the status quo and is willing to systematically invest serious sums of money in North Korea. China's main task is to prevent the unification of Korea, since this will create a number of difficulties and change the balance of power in the East.
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