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!@#$%! · 07.06.2008, 09:11 PM

oh now i understand, this was a french issue

ANYWAY

i think it makes sense to work more when your workweek is only 35 hours, i mean, the socialist plan to cut down the workweek so that more people would have jobs is kinda retarded, it spreads poverty instead of wealth, it reduces productivity in a competitive world.

it seems to me that france has in the past half century kicked ass economically only under more pro-capitalist's governments (giscard's, for example, though he waqs fucked by oil), while socialists plans have brought only temporary fixes that lead ultimately to economic stagnation.

sure this scheme of short working hours and 2-month vacations sounds sweet and wonderful, but only if everyone else around the world did it-- at this rate, other countries will end up eating france alive, economically.

the alternative is what-- robotics, maybe? but robotics displaces the working class.

one huge problem i've read about is that france's business people and entrepreneurs tend to migrate-- either to england or to the united states, where they have the opportunity to get away from burdensome government regulations that kill their chances to ever launch a successful business.

anyway, maybe you guys could try some free economic zones-- say, for example, take a chunk of marseille and establish a hong-kong-like laissez-faire capitalism enterprise zone, free of regulations, and taxes, and socialistic schemes, and see what happens with that.

just saying-- i think france is an awesome country but too much stubbornness will be your undoing.

07.06.2008, 09:11 PM	#13
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,729	oh now i understand, this was a french issue ANYWAY i think it makes sense to work more when your workweek is only 35 hours, i mean, the socialist plan to cut down the workweek so that more people would have jobs is kinda retarded, it spreads poverty instead of wealth, it reduces productivity in a competitive world. it seems to me that france has in the past half century kicked ass economically only under more pro-capitalist's governments (giscard's, for example, though he waqs fucked by oil), while socialists plans have brought only temporary fixes that lead ultimately to economic stagnation. sure this scheme of short working hours and 2-month vacations sounds sweet and wonderful, but only if everyone else around the world did it-- at this rate, other countries will end up eating france alive, economically. the alternative is what-- robotics, maybe? but robotics displaces the working class. one huge problem i've read about is that france's business people and entrepreneurs tend to migrate-- either to england or to the united states, where they have the opportunity to get away from burdensome government regulations that kill their chances to ever launch a successful business. anyway, maybe you guys could try some free economic zones-- say, for example, take a chunk of marseille and establish a hong-kong-like laissez-faire capitalism enterprise zone, free of regulations, and taxes, and socialistic schemes, and see what happens with that. just saying-- i think france is an awesome country but too much stubbornness will be your undoing.
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