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Immortan
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I'd say I know a lot of math, too, because of the importance of micro in V.
Fair enough, and I did try to limit myself to Civ related comments. I'm just a bit passionate about some of the good (IMHO) points that others brought up and am quite guilty of adding to this discussion going down that road.
The next time I discuss economics on this website, it will be regarding the tech Economics. Does that work?
I happen to agree that Civfanatics should stick to Civ topics. There does not appear to be a shortage of other websites available where economic/political topics may be discussed. My apologies to anyone here who found earlier comments offensive or disagreeable. We don't have to share the same views to love this freakin game.
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I'd like more libertarian propaganda right down my throat, please.
Debunking all that is wrong in this post would take way too long, especially in English as this is not my first language, so I'll keep it to rhethorical questions aimed at your first paragrap to put into perspective your "knowledge" about economy.
Did you know that income tax for companies is calculated based on profits, i.e. on the revenues, less operating expenditures, less financial expenditures, less exceptional expenditures, less capital expenditures? In other words, do you realize that this means that income taxe does not impact a company's ability to create value through its activity at all, and only impacts profits that will be paid as dividends? Do you realize that this means that income tax is not a barrier of entry? Do you actually even know how the P&L of a company works?
As for minimum wages, you probably have never heard of Fordism: if people can't afford the goods and services that you produce, your economy is trash.
To conclude on your introduction, yes, it would definitly be nice if all citizens actually had some background on economy, maybe they would not spout libertarian propaganda on the forum of a computer game. And for your information, libertarian is not economy, it's an ideology. You should take a look at how well ideologies fared in the past century, and you'll get an idea where the libertarian ideology is going.
I'd say I know a lot of math, too, because of the importance of micro in V.