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Coming back to the proposed vision of the two different systems: I am certainly favoring the “Nanny State”, as Steve correctly assumed, but indeed against the “Laundry Service”-aspect of it, as I have written in an email to Steve earlier last week:
“One cool thing in Germany (learned that yesterday - girl in class told me how it was working in her city):
So, when you’re living off social aid (which, I think is an element in social market economy that you cannot live without - that is indisputable for me, just the way of distribution is up for discussion), you are eligible for having a washing machine. Now, in one appartment building, the city had to buy washing machine over washing machine over washing machine, cause the people were not able to properly use their state-donored washing machines and ruining it every six months - until the city was fed up with it. Now, here’s the solution:
Every Monday, a laundry service picks up the laundry of the people. And brings it back - nicely washed and ironed, on Wednesday.” Cause it is obviously cheaper.
I have no argument for this practice, frankly speaking.
Yep, enjoy the nanny state, where we remove all feedback for inefficient behavior just to make sure no one ’suffers’. If one thing history has proven it’s that inefficiency benefits everyone.
May 28th, 2007 at 11:01 am
sounds good, but that anarchy thing sounds enticing too.
May 28th, 2007 at 11:51 am
Cause your 19.
May 29th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
hey man, i’m 20 now. I’m not, like, influenced by teenage emotions and all that any more. I’m sooo above that, man.
May 30th, 2007 at 6:41 am
Coming back to the proposed vision of the two different systems: I am certainly favoring the “Nanny State”, as Steve correctly assumed, but indeed against the “Laundry Service”-aspect of it, as I have written in an email to Steve earlier last week:
“One cool thing in Germany (learned that yesterday - girl in class told me how it was working in her city):
So, when you’re living off social aid (which, I think is an element in social market economy that you cannot live without - that is indisputable for me, just the way of distribution is up for discussion), you are eligible for having a washing machine. Now, in one appartment building, the city had to buy washing machine over washing machine over washing machine, cause the people were not able to properly use their state-donored washing machines and ruining it every six months - until the city was fed up with it. Now, here’s the solution:
Every Monday, a laundry service picks up the laundry of the people. And brings it back - nicely washed and ironed, on Wednesday.” Cause it is obviously cheaper.
I have no argument for this practice, frankly speaking.
May 30th, 2007 at 9:27 am
Yep, enjoy the nanny state, where we remove all feedback for inefficient behavior just to make sure no one ’suffers’. If one thing history has proven it’s that inefficiency benefits everyone.
May 31st, 2007 at 9:32 pm
learn to wosh and rule the world? If you can’t you’ll never amount to anything.