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Football us life said:
Japan....
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When I moved to Japan, the building caretaker took extra time to explain to me the rules for sorting rubbish out and supervised me the first two times. They get really annoyed with everyday etiquette. Also, on my first trip to Japan, there were weekly protests outside the US embassy by the far right groups.
 
WhatAmIWatching said:
When I moved to Japan, the building caretaker took extra time to explain to me the rules for sorting rubbish out and supervised me the first two times. They get really annoyed with everyday etiquette. Also, on my first trip to Japan, there were weekly protests outside the US embassy by the far right groups.
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Was the rubbish also kept separate but the waste management companies or just mixed together and sold off to the local concrete manufacturers to burn as an energy source like in Germany?

German rubbish separation is the dumbest thing ever. It all gets mixed once picked up yet massive fines apply if you don't do it right.
 
JS96 said:
Was the rubbish also kept separate but the waste management companies or just mixed together and sold off to the local concrete manufacturers to burn as an energy source like in Germany?

German rubbish separation is the dumbest thing ever. It all gets mixed once picked up yet massive fines apply if you don't do it right.
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Yes you had to sort out the rubbish before you took it to the communal pick up point. So bottles, can, organic, soft plastics, hard plastics, glass, batteries, soft paper, hard paper, etc. Oh and you had to make sure that all the rubbish was clean, for example, sauce bottles had to be washed before disposing them in the rubbish. As an Australian colleague remarked he and his wife would spend all weekend cleaning the rubbish and there would be no time for fun. I had 5 trash cans inside my apartment and I learnt to buy things that came in the same type of container. No idea what happened once it was collected.
 
As much as I admire the Japanese in some things they are their own worst enemy being so "anal" :)
 
Muz said:
I'm interested to know why you think Burmese people are OK but Indians aren't.
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Last time I checked India is not at war.

Myanmar is currently in the middle of a bloody civil war if you've been keeping up with the news.

Which war is currently raging in India? None, nada, zippo.

I know you're desperate to dogwhistle like all the typical left-wing scum do but I'm not giving you that satisfaction.
 
Muz said:
Pre covid immigration ran at about 140 000 a year. That's the bare minimum to keep the economy ticking over. So over 5 years that's 700 thousand people. So I ask you again, where are you going to get all these people from? And that's 5 years. Project that to 10 and you have 1.4 million.

No I don't have a solution. I'm not so simple minded to say stupid shit like, 'let's be choosy', when there aren't any real alternatives. Nor do I have the solution to a rapidly aging workforce, a shrinking tax base, decreased fertility and an economy based on perpetual (nee Ponzi scheme) growth.

These are massive challenges as I've already said that are multi-faceted and extremely complex.

However if I were to have a crack at it I would think the number one reason for a negative fertility rate would be the cost of housing and living. People won't elect to have children if they can't afford a house and can't afford to raise those children. (Or will only have one child.)

So that means a massive, almost post WW2 level investment in housing. Where's the money going to come from you'd ask me next. Well champ you tell me? I'd tax billionaires, increase royalties on resources and raise taxes across the board, remove negative gearing for housing (phase it out), ban or severely restrict investment on residential properties, and get rid of the capital gains discount (phased out over time).

You know, engage in a fair bit of wealth redistribution. (All of which I've said before if you'd pay attention.)

Sort out affordable housing as a very first step and then go from there.

I know you're going to scream SOCIALISM at me and that's fine but unless you have a better solution then keep your insults to yourself and put forward your solutions.

I can wait.




"The ignorant is full of self confidence, the intelligent full of doubt." Someone.
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It's all well and good to throw open the gates for immigration but there's plenty of factors at play here.

Where are we going to house them?

People have been screaming for years that there's a housing shortage and locals can't afford or in some cases get outbid by foreign investors for housing.

A good command of English, I've worked in plenty of places dealing with members of the public and its incredibly frustrating having to deal with translators.

How many billionaires do we have in this country?

Only ones I can think of off the top of my head are Lowy, Holmes a Court (the teal bloke), Rinehart and Palmer.

Wealth redistribution? So I was right calling you a commie bastard was bang on the money.

Communists like yourself have absolutely no place in Western society or a Western country.

Raising taxes across the board is sure fire way to ensure the scummy left are consigned to the dustbin of history.

Why should the government get any more of the hard-earned people work their arses off for?

As the somewhat controversial late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher once said the problem with socialism is you eventually run out of other people's money.
 
Sharkman84 said:
It's all well and good to throw open the gates for immigration but there's plenty of factors at play here.

Where are we going to house them?

People have been screaming for years that there's a housing shortage and locals can't afford or in some cases get outbid by foreign investors for housing.

A good command of English, I've worked in plenty of places dealing with members of the public and its incredibly frustrating having to deal with translators.

How many billionaires do we have in this country?

Only ones I can think of off the top of my head are Lowy, Holmes a Court (the teal bloke), Rinehart and Palmer.

Wealth redistribution? So I was right calling you a commie bastard was bang on the money.

Communists like yourself have absolutely no place in Western society or a Western country.

Raising taxes across the board is sure fire way to ensure the scummy left are consigned to the dustbin of history.

Why should the government get any more of the hard-earned people work their arses off for?

As the somewhat controversial late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher once said the problem with socialism is you eventually run out of other people's money.
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Yes, government wealthy distribution is only reserved for the elites in this country.

The poor live should under ultra capitalism.
 
tsf said:
You do realise that all the countries you listed, they are leftist
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Well like the Cubans who fled Cuba to the US in the Mariel Boatlift they all form the lion's share of the Republican Party. If those people are anything like the Cubans they'd go against the party like the one that caused them to leave in the first place.
 
Sharkman84 said:
Well like the Cubans who fled Cuba to the US in the Mariel Boatlift they all form the lion's share of the Republican Party. If those people are anything like the Cubans they'd go against the party like the one that caused them to leave in the first place.
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So you just called for mass migration of people but you have absolutely no clue about the demographic?

FYI, just because they all have a tan they are very different places, For example Cuba is in the Carribean. Colombia & Venezuala are in South America, and Honduras is in central America,

So 'If those people are anything like the Cubans' is probably not applicable.

And why the hell would people be fleeing colombia like Cuba?
 
Also, Honduras currently has a christian conservative leader. So if you want all the leftists to flee that mess and come in, well. That is really nice of you to recognise the problem with right wing conservtive governments, and their ties to the drug trade.
 
tsf said:
So you just called for mass migration of people but you have absolutely no clue about the demographic?

FYI, just because they all have a tan they are very different places, For example Cuba is in the Carribean. Colombia & Venezuala are in South America, and Honduras is in central America,

So 'If those people are anything like the Cubans' is probably not applicable.

And why the hell would people be fleeing colombia like Cuba?
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Are you Muz's burner account?

Both of you just want to argue for the sake of arguing.

I know fucking well where all those countries are but as has proved people fleeing or defecting from communist & socialist countries generally vote for conservative parties, the exact opposite of what they fled from in the first place.
 
tsf said:
Also, Honduras currently has a christian conservative leader. So if you want all the leftists to flee that mess and come in, well. That is really nice of you to recognise the problem with right wing conservtive governments, and their ties to the drug trade.
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The leftist Xiomara Castro was president of that country until a week ago, a bit disingenous to say being a left wing cunt is the solution to the world's problems when it was the Left that has largely been in charge of most of Central & South America for decades.
 
Sharkman84 said:
Are you Muz's burner account?

Both of you just want to argue for the sake of arguing.

I know fucking well where all those countries are but as has proved people fleeing or defecting from communist & socialist countries generally vote for conservative parties, the exact opposite of what they fled from in the first place.
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You clearly do not understand the current governments or the people of those countries.

Just accept you made a silly statement and move on.

Colombia is a democracy and Honduras has a right wing conservative government.
 
Sharkman84 said:
The leftist Xiomara Castro was president of that country until a week ago, a bit disingenous to say being a left wing cunt is the solution to the world's problems when it was the Left that has largely been in charge of most of Central & South America for decades.
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What are you talking about? You are the one calling for mass migration from there. I am not asking for anyone from there nor defending any of their politicans. They are basket cases.
 
tsf said:
You clearly do not understand the current governments or the people of those countries.

Just accept you made a silly statement and move on.

Colombia is a democracy and Honduras has a right wing conservative government.
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Only been in a power a week you commie cunt.

The left-wing Xiomara Castro was president of Honduras for the last 4 years until last week.
 
Sharkman84 said:
Only been in a power a week you commie cunt.

The left-wing Xiomara Castro was president of Honduras for the last 4 years until last week.
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Cut to close to the bone? Open a book and travel the world. You're clearly thick.

So now you want the leftists here? Make up your mind :ROFLMAO:
 
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