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Free registration at the forum removes this block.My wife and children were turned away from a restaurant today in Canada because we could not show VAXClNE cards. So that is it. Canada has chosen to not accept my business. Any place that follows that policy will get 0 of my business. They can rot for all I care.
As a funny side note, the VAXClNE card literally says this on it: "All information contained in this report is privileged and confidential information intended for use by authorized individuals only". I guess that the minimum wage door keep at dining establishments are now considered authorized individuals, who are privy to your medical records.
Another funny thing, the local market accepts any and all walking around and shopping, including walking through the food eatery area. However, if you want to sit down and eat you need to have your records with you. Yup, stand and eat you are fine, sit at a table and eat and you need your records. And still they comply because big daddy government tells them to.
Feels like a lot of these restaurants are going to go out of business in a few years. The average profit margin for a full service restaurant is 3 - 5%. Don't they question how they'll survive and thrive/grow excluding 15-25% of could-be customers (for not taking the covid jab) and the many more vaxinated-but-unwilling-to-show-papers customers?My wife and children were turned away from a restaurant today in Canada because we could not show VAXClNE cards. So that is it. Canada has chosen to not accept my business. Any place that follows that policy will get 0 of my business. They can rot for all I care.
As a funny side note, the VAXClNE card literally says this on it: "All information contained in this report is privileged and confidential information intended for use by authorized individuals only". I guess that the minimum wage door keep at dining establishments are now considered authorized individuals, who are privy to your medical records.
Another funny thing, the local market accepts any and all walking around and shopping, including walking through the food eatery area. However, if you want to sit down and eat you need to have your records with you. Yup, stand and eat you are fine, sit at a table and eat and you need your records. And still they comply because big daddy government tells them to.
Absolutely. People are going out of business all over the place. What was arguably Calgary's most famous bar, which had been open since 1972, closed its doors a little while ago due to government intervention during the coov situation. This cities most famous Italian eatery, which had also been open for a long time also closed. They just gave up and stated that their was 0 point in even trying to turn a profit with the new regulations, and that they would rather just retire than try to deal with it.Feels like a lot of these restaurants are going to go out of business in a few years. The average profit margin for a full service restaurant is 3 - 5%. Don't they question how they'll survive and thrive/grow excluding 15-25% of could-be customers (for not taking the C0VlD jab) and the many more vaxinated-but-unwilling-to-show-papers customers?
So who's behind the restaurants eagerly following the rules? I'm sure some reluctantly are trying to stay open, but there's places actually proudly advertising their "vax only" policy. Do they just not care about any negatives due to political allegiances?Absolutely. People are going out of business all over the place. What was arguably Calgary's most famous bar, which had been open since 1972, closed its doors a little while ago due to government intervention during the coov situation. This cities most famous Italian eatery, which had also been open for a long time also closed. They just gave up and stated that their was 0 point in even trying to turn a profit with the new regulations, and that they would rather just retire than try to deal with it.
I am sure there are hundreds of examples more that are just like this.
My wife and children were turned away from a restaurant today in Canada because we could not show VAXClNE cards. So that is it. Canada has chosen to not accept my business. Any place that follows that policy will get 0 of my business. They can rot for all I care.
As a funny side note, the VAXClNE card literally says this on it: "All information contained in this report is privileged and confidential information intended for use by authorized individuals only". I guess that the minimum wage door keep at dining establishments are now considered authorized individuals, who are privy to your medical records.
Another funny thing, the local market accepts any and all walking around and shopping, including walking through the food eatery area. However, if you want to sit down and eat you need to have your records with you. Yup, stand and eat you are fine, sit at a table and eat and you need your records. And still they comply because big daddy government tells them to.
They all literally have signs on the door stating that this is the case. As soon as they are told they need to do something they just blindly follow it. And something like 70% of the population just goes along with it and does not even ask a single questionSo who's behind the restaurants eagerly following the rules? I'm sure some reluctantly are trying to stay open, but there's places actually proudly advertising their "vax only" policy. Do they just not care about any negatives due to political allegiances?
The president of Brazil just gave a speech this week at the UN: He is against mandatory vaccines and against VAXClNE passports. He is also pro family, talks about the importance of freedom, and against globalist policies...
Just saying in case any of you is fond on that.
Edit: Oh and in favor of citizens being able to have guns
None of it changes the fact that most of Brazil is incredibly violent, corrupt, and poor.
Edit: Oh and in favor of citizens being able to have guns
This is what I would like to test for myself. I've heard of high crime and know a relative that got robbed there as well. But perhaps this is a function of lacking vigilance and awareness within high tourist-density areas.
I would like to test these factors personally - or perhaps people have more illuminating insight from personal experiences to perhaps credible figures. What I do know is that there is most definitely an effort to promote fear within Westerners to the idea of Latin American countries.
What I also know is that the landscape is massive and encompasses some of the most fascinating and yet to be discovered Amazonian ecosystems. Lots of fertile land. It would certainly be the adventure of a lifetime to discover those areas and beyond.
This is interesting, I did not know this. Going to dig a little deeper to learn the historical context and indicators of possible outcomes as a function of more relaxed gun laws. If US is an indicator, allowing citizens to legally own and carry firearms has been a net positive tool to fight potentially hostile/oppressive governments.
Brazil really is a shithole relating to crime.
Have seen a LOT of liveleak videos, when that was still a thing.
Don't know how I missed this.Do you think this also spreads to the Caribbean?
This is what I would like to test for myself. I've heard of high crime and know a relative that got robbed there as well. But perhaps this is a function of lacking vigilance and awareness within high tourist-density areas.
I would like to test these factors personally - or perhaps people have more illuminating insight from personal experiences to perhaps credible figures. What I do know is that there is most definitely an effort to promote fear within Westerners to the idea of Latin American countries.
I think a robust set of credible numbers could provide deeper insight.
It seems the rest of the Carribbean are more skeptical culturally and don't vibe well with mandates or restrictions. Makes sense considering that, european colonists killed and enslaved them en masse not too long ago.
anybody from singapore
But I could also show you hundreds, thousands of videos relating to crime right in the USA. I'm just not convinced that a collection of videos or stories = reality of the experience. I think a robust set of credible numbers could provide deeper insight.
*EDIT: or better yet, go to Brazil for a few months and form your own opinion. I hope to do something like this myself.
Where I grew up just outside Vancouver, BC, it was a well known fact that if you ever left anything out in plain view in your car, even just a couple of dollars in coins in your cup holder, some junkie would smash your window and take it.The argument of lacking vigilance and awareness is IMO erroneous. If you're in a safe place, you simply don't have to be vigilant and aware all the time, expecting something bad to happen, assuming that if something may be stolen, it always will be stolen.
Where I grew up just outside Vancouver, BC, it was a well known fact that if you ever left anything out in plain view in your car, even just a couple of dollars in coins in your cup holder, some junkie would smash your window and take it.
I'm not trying to change your mind, because you've clearly made it up already, personal experience or not, but to others who are considering Latin America know this: you could get mugged, murdered, or run over anywhere on the planet. Why deprive yourself of the life you truly want because of fear? That's no way to live in my opinion. Kind of similar to all of the restrictions governments are putting in place now to "keep us safe". People are too soft now. Take a f*ckin chance and enjoy your life. Don't live out of fear.
My niece was kidnapped with some friends when she was 16 years old. She was gang raped by these thugs, and eventually released at great expense to my Mexican family. She was taken from a mall parking lot during the day.
I don't have a lot of experience in places other than USA, Canada or Mexico. However, I would say that the petty crime rate in pretty much all of Mexico is through the absolute roof! Even the safe areas have petty crime. This is more like if you leave something out it will be taken. You won't be pick pocketed or anything, but if you drop something or leave something in view it is gone.For example, just to rely on data and not my opinion alone, the rate of intentional homicide per 100,000 inhabitants in Mexico is 60x higher than in Slovenia, United Arab Emirates, or Italy. I have no idea what the rate is for petty crime as it often goes unreported in less safe countries but I wouldn't be surprised if the risk increases by way more than 60x.
Here is another one for you, same city. My wife's first ever boyfriend was recently murdered, during the day, in a restaurant. I guess there were 3 of them eating together, when gunmen came in and opened fire on the the table. The reason? One of them was working with a cartel on the side and made them mad, or didn't do what they wanted, or maybe did what they wanted, who knows. The point is, that the other two may or may not have even known what that one guy was up to, and they still ended up dead.This is so horrible. I'm sorry to hear that.
That's why it isn't always the case of vigilance and awareness. We aren't talking about drunk teenagers in the middle of the night but a mall parking during the day.
Also, this is what I'm referring to when I say that certain things just don't happen outside of Latin America. There is no "being kidnapped from a mall parking during the day followed by gang raping can happen anywhere."
This level of degeneration is so horrible that people living in normal places probably can't even grasp how something so terrible can happen there frequently.
You choose the places based on the packages and surely it makes sense personal safety is a big concern.See, this is not normal where I live. I or my girlfriend sometimes even forget to take a mobile phone from the car and it's somewhere in plain view. I don't think I've heard even once of someone smashing someone's car window to steal something here. I don't think I've ever seen a junkie anywhere in Poland, or actually, I don't even remember seeing any junkies anywhere in Europe (in the US, yes, tons of them).
I assume this is probably way more common in the Americas due to the easier access to hard drugs and higher prevalence. But here? Not really. And I've visited over 30 countries, both in Europe and elsewhere, so I think I have some comparison.
I guess this may also depend on the city. I don't live in a big city and to be honest, hate them and feel less comfortable there. I'm pretty sure that the safety issues are always much more pronounced in the bigger cities, regardless of the country.
Obviously in the end it's a personal decision based on one's values. I happen to prioritize personal security when it comes to crime. More adventurous people may enjoy edgier places.
To say that nowhere is safe is a straw man.
I can't help but shake my head when I hear "anywhere on the planet you can get mugged, murdered, or run over." Theoretically, yes, of course. Statistically, your chances of getting mugged, murdered, or run over are non-existent in places like, for example, Andorra, Monaco, Japan, Singapore, Qatar, Norway, or Slovenia. These are just a few examples of many countries where these risks are so negligible they almost don't exist.
It's fascinating how different these standards actually are. I take them for granted in most of Europe and some of the other countries I've mentioned but it seems it isn't as normal elsewhere.
This forum is mostly people from the US so I guess that safety/violence standards differ a lot from what European members here are used to. I know it may sound strange to the people from the Americas but there really are places where these violent crimes are so incredibly rare it's as if they don't happen at all. This isn't the case in Latin America.
For example, just to rely on data and not my opinion alone, the rate of intentional homicide per 100,000 inhabitants in Mexico is 60x higher than in Slovenia, United Arab Emirates, or Italy. I have no idea what the rate is for petty crime as it often goes unreported in less safe countries but I wouldn't be surprised if the risk increases by way more than 60x.
But in the end, it's just my opinion. If people love their lives there despite the dangers, good for them. I do wish I wasn't so soft but it is what it is. Some people are weak cowards and I happen to be one of them.
I'm pretty sure that the safety issues are always much more pronounced in the bigger cities, regardless of the country.
It's not only about your budget. Generally, the farther you get from the city, the safer and cheaper it is, no matter what country you're in. (I think most people from other countries would probably be surprised how cheap/safe small-town America is.) Not everyone enjoys rural life, but everything has its tradeoffs. A bigger budget just means you can buy your way out of some of those tradeoffs.But ultimately it boils down to how much your budget is. I assume, correct me if I am wrong, even if you live in North America, or even South America, where crime stats are much higher, if you can afford to live in a rich neighborhood these shitty things do not happen there.
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