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Focus on our high tech industry. Create an easier funding environment for startups and research projects in key technologies such as AI, blockchain, medicine, aerospace, additive manufacturing, nanotechnology, energy storage and lab-grown meat. Legalise weed for medical and recreational use and put a tax on the flowers. Use the tax income to build up the economy, use the medical potential it has, invest in education and renewable energy. Embrace Bitcoin for a more just and democratic monetary system. These measures would create new jobs and insure long lasting prosperity.
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I like your ideas. it is time for a change...
Strongly support this. There is no reason for cannabis to be illegal if alcohol is legal.
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How is bitcoin more democratic? It means that those who can afford to mine it can get rich while some of us can't even afford a computer.
You don't mine bitcoin because you need special computers (ASICs) for it. Companies do that nowadays, who mainly use renewable energy sources. It even incentivises the creation of more renewable energy sources. So it's good for our environment, as well. You can buy, sell and hold bitcoin (even fractions of it). It's open-source, immutable, un-confiscate-able, un-censorable and public.
Having only companies do that is even worse though, having bitcoin as an investment asset works but it should never be a currency in it's own right, just look at how much it's value has fluctuated.
You can still mine yourself if you want. It's all about options. Bitcoin gives you options and it is fair game. Nobody can just create more Bitcoin out of thin air (unlike FIAT money).
Price fluctuation will also decrease when the price keeps going up. There is no technical reason for Bitcoin to not be the global currency, it just takes time. I highly recommend you read a bit more about it, so you will understand as well (youtube Andreas Antonopoulos). I would say it's inevitable, so we should embrace it instead of fight it.
How is mining not creating money out of thin air? Again, if people can make more money just by buying lots of processing power they will do so. This will make the rich richer while the poor are stuck in poverty. Additionally, what options does bitcoin give you that real money doesn't (apart from illegally buying goods on the black market)?
You just contradicted yourself. If you need to invest in something to create something it's not creation out of thin air. What you call real money is actually THIN AIR because it's not backed by anything. Central banks just push a button to make more of your "real money" and it ends up in the hands of a small group. Look it up: https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/the-cantillion-effect
Less than 1% of Bitcoin is used for illegal activities, which is much less than the dollar. Seriously, I am not sure if you want to troll me or if you are really misinformed. Your arguments are either completely wrong or debunked many years ago. So I will stop responding to you. Have a good day.
The point of real money is that you actually need to work to get it most of the time (I agree there are flaws in the system). One of the many problems with cryptocurrencies is that they can't be regulated and can easily be used for illegal activities and tax-avoidance. I'm not trolling I just think this is a really bad idea, and even if cryptos we just as good as real money the amount of money required to accomplish such a change would not make it worth it in any way. A few other problems are: You cannot regulate inflation, undeveloped countries would be even more fucked over than before since a large portion of their populations can't even access the internet, real money works because people have trust in it whereas very few people trust bitcoin and, you still haven't said how bitcoin won't just increase equality even more.
PS: Bitcoin is backed by anything either.
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There is global recognition that in the last 20-30 years, we have prioritized economic growth, assuming that wellbeing would follow. We have been reminded recently that this is a mistake.
Nothing could be a more noble, uplifting and ambitious “raison d’être” for the EU than contributing to the happiness of the European citizens.
Such an unconventional, “out of the box” statement of purpose would also set an example and a benchmark for 0ther governments in the world.
I have made such a proposal in the topic "EU in the world" that I called "EU in pursuit of happiness"
UBI is an attractive idea, but will money make us all happy????
I totally agree with UBI and that money doesn't make you happy. Money gives you stability and comfort, though. But it should be fairly distributed amongst all citizens. Economic growth just for the sake of growth is a road to disaster. We should aim for a sustainable and ecologically focussed economy.
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I support high tech, but I am against weed and I don't see the merits of blockchain for investing (it is just another type of capital raising, not the optimal one). Blockchain have merits in cryptographic applications, but not for so much more applications that are being connected artificially with the blockchain protocol.
Due to the wee and blockchain I can not endorse this initiative.
I have initiative for the technology enabled post-scarcity economy Technology enabled economy of abundance without human exploitation Those, who don't want endorse weed and artificial waste on blockchains, can support my initiative.
Sad to see you are against weed. Has it ever harmed you? Why not let people decide what to do with their own lives as long as it doesn't hurt anybody.
I also don't understand why you are against blockchain. It's a new and amazing tech that can make our lives better. Investing is good in general but if all your investments are based on FIAT (which is in control of a very few) then you are trusting your wealth to those very few. Do as you like but I'd rather trust in math.
Remember that all hightech industries are created with money.
Who is able to support an industri like this? Those who have the money and are willing to risk it. Those who are united and not fragmented. Those who have the knowledge. I think Europes only problem is fragmentation.
Think about the covid 19 app. Almost every country did go its own way and developed an app. What a waste of money.
We have to not envy another country for having better knowledge in some areas and let them handle issues that they do better. Overall this approach saves money with in the Union.
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