On 18/01/2021 02:05, Fred wrote:


"JNugent" wrote in message
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On 17/01/2021 17:05, nightjar wrote:
On 17/01/2021 13:02, Fredxx wrote:
On 17/01/2021 11:01, nightjar wrote:
On 17/01/2021 07:45, David P wrote:
Neuroscientists now claim that the human brain is not
fully developed until age 25-30.Â* We should therefore
raise the voting age to that level.Â* Military service is
different: obedience is valued over thoughtfulness.
With elections, the reverse, thoughtfulness rather than
obedience, should yield better outcomes.

It didn't with Brexit. Leaving seems to have been driven by
emotion, rather than thought.

Are those the thoughts of a remainer? How do you know how all
leavers think?


I don't claim to. However, I have yet to hear one give an argument
for leaving that wasn't either based upon emotion or not backed up by
any facts.

That doesn't mean that such a vote was bad per se.

All socialist votes, after all, are cast emotionally

Mindlessly silly. Attlee wasnt a socialist that way.

(often out of an emotional distaste for the fact that others seem to
be doing better)

But plenty arent.

and certainly in the face of all known facts as to which sorts of
society produce the highest living standards.

Pity about Norway.

Norway is an exception.

Please let us know the revenue from Statoil (state owned company),
petroleum taxes and how much that equates to each citizen. In fact so
much that the government has a surplus.

I'll even help you:

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-G...llionaire.html

And that is without personal wealth.

Venezuela is a basket case, but most of that is from sanctions.