Resethel

They won’t get better, hence why security expert start to talk more and more about things like "sous-veillance" or "transparency". The philosophy behind these being: "if you spy on me, then I should be able to spy on you". If we know precisely what is being done with our data, and if we can also access the data of the one surveilling us (imagine getting to know the text exchanges of the representatives presenting this bill…) then we’d loose privacy but gain much more freedom in return

Amen ! I don’t understand how most people still believe that voting will make things better, especially voting for right-wing parties

[…]Skilled worker make more money than unskilled worker because they provide more value […]

In what way exactly ? Now I ask you:

What if the head of the company, who hired someone to hire someone to hire a staff full of engineers, was hit by a bus tomorrow, could a a random bystander successfully hire someone to hire someone to hire some engineers? Maybe someone will argue that there is deep expertise involved in knowing how to know who to hire, but data doesn't really support that conclusion, and I think the much more credible argument is that most anyone can become a half-reasonable HR hack in a few days of reading sample interview scripts and LinkedIn articles. The added value seems pretty low.

Now, what if the brilliant, innovating engineers were hit by a bus instead? Could the business still exist then? Could a randomly chosen bystander take their place? Not so easy to answer this one without recourse to the specifics of the business.

And what if the "unskilled workers" that runs the company business hit by the bus as well ? Could anything be produced ? Could the engineers find people with enough practical skilled to implement their ideas ? Same goes as for the engineers.

Considering this, is it normal that essential elements of a business are not paid a fair share for the actual value they bring through their work ?

(btw, have you noticed you’re on a socialism community ? ‘Cause most people will argue against you here)

It would still be banks. Owning a bank account would just not be mandatory anymore.

Indeed, I remembered when the ECB first talked about it (2-3years ago) and I read the article diagonally.

But it still, most people could get rid of their cash bank account as most people earn less than 3k€net per month and just keep a saving account.

All in all, I’d still argue it’s a not-so-bad initiative, especially for small businesses who pay a hefty fee per transactions

Depends. With a digital euro, you can safely stash away your money without having allowing private banks to make a profit out of it. Same goes with transactions. Firms like Visa or Mastercard won’t turn a profit out of it. Of course there are many disadvantages as well.

Vaut mieux essayer de t’enfuir, si jamais tu les provoques, tu vas juste terminer dans le coma ou défigurer !

Entirely agree, they deserve absolutely no pity, especially since it’s mostly their capital owners that will loose the most.

As you stated the issue in the end is how hard are we ready to fight for it

Une bonne nouvelle de temps en temps ça fait du bien ! Est-ce que, à tout hasard, cette avancé serait liée à la récente loi Européenne sur la restauration de la nature ?

For sure it will be beneficial for many industries but I’d argue that it will severely impact (in a positive way) the transport industry, and the oil and gas industry as well. Since they have the strongest lobbying force, it’s going to be quite hard to go against them.

Moreover, it may upset the distribution chains e.g., it might be hard to do « right-on-time » stock management when waiting for a train to be fully loaded before chipping, etc.

In my opinion, money will circulate better, but to the detriment of those big industry, hence why it’s so hard for politicians to act on it.

Sometimes, I dream that at least half of the same effort was made for public transport between densely populated areas

Yeah, public transport is the most viable solution for the masses, but that also mean taking money out of the ends of firms (subsidies, infrastructure, etc.), which is not gonna happen without re-thinking our economy