Deserved the loss on this abomination alone

Hier geht's übrigens zur zitierten Studie: https://www.netzwerk-steuergerechtigkeit.de/milliardenvermoegen/

Hier der Link zum Bericht des EU Tax Observatory, der im Artikel besprochen wird: https://www.taxobservatory.eu/publication/global-tax-evasion-report-2024/

Und ganz am Rande: Ich merke, dass es mir so langsam auf den Keks geht, dass man im Oktober 2023 seinen Bericht schon als 2024er-bericht titulieren muss, um langfristig Relevanz zu suggerieren. Meine NGO macht diese Dinge aus denselben Gründen und mir fällt auch keine Lösung ein, aber was Hartmut Rosa wohl dazu sagen würde...

China has risen way less in terms of GDP per capita, even using power purchasing parity estimates. Japan is at 52k $, China only at 23k (Wikipedia).

I cannot ultimately judge this but the common wisdom about the Chinese social contract seems to be that the citizens get comparatively high economic security for comparatively low civil liberties. And while China's pro-poor growth has certainly been more than impressive historically, I am not sure that the comparatively still low incomes especially in the inner parts of China are sufficient to maintain this social contract if growth does really slow down significantly.

Edit: I agree in general though that the state of Japan is probably not be as bad as it is made out to be in the article.

Shameful stuff, telling her to be mindful regarding policy violations and their (invisible) processes when speaking up about the issue.

Sound great! Being gently touched in the face always feels wonderful, I think, no matter whether in a romantic or a non-romantic setting like yours. Scratches the itch for intimacy with another being.

I played my first official league game of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and it was a great experience. Not professional gaming or anything, just hobby gaming in the lowest league. But I always wanted to do that and finally found a group of nice people to do it with.

Really fitting news for sh.itjust.works. Or not.

There is still a line between criticizing someone for being an asshole and dehumanizing them.

From reading the article it seems pretty clear to me that this guy is not a "maggot" but an idiot and someone who puts his own well-being over some principles that might be somewhere in the back of his head. So yeah, maybe a stupid asshole but probably not much more than many other people in any given society.

My solution to this problem (which is only tangentially related to your technical question) is to block everything and really make an effort to donate to all developers of my open source programs, content creators, website hosters etc. in the services themselves or on platforms like Liberapay/Patreon.

Sorry that I cannot help with the technical stuff but maybe an idea if you don't manage it your way.

Toller Artikel zu einem Thema, mit dem ich mich nie auseinandergesetzt habe. Dafür bin ich hier, danke!

TL;DR: Die ersten 37% ablehnen, um den Durchschnitt/eine vernünftigerweise zu erwartende Topqualität abschätzen zu können, und danach die erste Bewerberin nehmen, die besser geeignet als alle vorherigen ist.

Danke, genau das. Das selbst bewohnte Eigenheim ist schon längst steuerfrei und darüber hinaus gelten großzügige Freibeträge. Die Probleme bei der Erbschaftsteuer liegen vor allem ganz oben. Erbschaften und Schenkungen über 20 Millionen Euro werden durchschnittlich mit dem geringsten Satz aller Erwerbe besteuert, also auch geringer als die nicht selbst-bewohnten Eigenheime über der Freibetragsschwelle. Das scheint mir ein kleines bisschen problematischer zu sein...