Belgian 29 year old male, accountant, into physical fitness, outings and watching TV series/films. Enjoy pestering you about your political views and interested in economics.

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  • I don’t have empathy because of a personality disorder or autism. Could be either, I don’t know.

    Most people are incapable of living with their parents in the west, so they waste their income on rent and utilities.

    We live with 4 adults in one home, so our costs are extremely low and our income is high.

    If your parents couldn’t own a house in the 20th century, then that sucks for them. The west was booming.

    My parents didn’t go on vacations, they didnt buy luxuries, they just built a house and bought land. The economy around us grew a lot because it’s west Europe. (Capitalism is why)



  • Belgium’s population grew from 9 to 11 million in 65 years. My wife’s country Indonesia grew from 80 to 280 million people in 65 years.

    Median net wealth of Belgian is 250k euros and in Indonesia it’s 5k euros.

    Your perspective is the one that needs to be expanded.

    Belgians don’t want kids because they don’t believe in a god. They have pensions even though they don’t have kids.

    In Indonesia they are extremely religious, so they think having kids is important. They don’t have meaningful pensions, so they need kids to survive.

    You’re quite mistaken.

    We don’t have kids because we are financially rewarded to not have kids. I vote against pensions for this reason.




  • If you lower your working hours to 32 hours per week then this would happen.

    Foreign countries their labour will gain in desirability for capital.

    Your area will still require the environment to keep you alive, so if you are simply surviving, then it would be a good choice for you.

    Now, I live in Belgium. We have a median net worth of 250k euros per adult. We have a lot to lose. If we work less, we simply have less money.

    The good thing to do, would be to earn more money. Not work less.

    You know how much Indonesians work? Singaporeans? Chinese? They work more than us.

    Belgians statistically work only a few hours a week. Do you think our high median net wealth came from nothing?

    We work at our property after our hours.

    My dad never hired anyone to do anything in the house. He did everything himself. We don’t have a gardener. We do all of it ourselves.

    Belgians work part time for themselves.

    The truth is that value does not come without labour. Can’t magically lay on the couch and expect value to arise.




  • I support that. Let’s have a meaningful movement. Not to decrease our working hours, but to increase our earnings compared to our productivity.

    A part of my job is to calculate the income of the doctors at our hospital.

    They earn their income based on their effort. If they do an easy thing, then they earn little money. If they do something more scarce, then they earn more money. They earn money based on how many patients they help. Not based on how many hours they are at the hospital.

    I see vast differences between income between doctors. Many of them are fine with working few hours because they earn enough anyways. Other doctors aim at 40k euros income per month. They work a lot.

    It’s personal choice.

    The work reform movement must include the people that want to work a lot.

    People that are satisfied with basic necessities (I’m sad for their children) are fine enough with simple tax and social transfers. They don’t even need to have a job (they are hated by people).

    But the people that want to work, need to be paid for their efforts.