/lit/ - Literature

>>10575307
sure like, what do you mean? I thought the internet broke, we can make friends now?

If alcohol doesn't increase your creativity, what does?

>>5232409
>our interests
>we used to

>our
>we

You are not the one getting rich off thousands of death, you idiot. You are merely the one giving it the green light.

>>5233400
For you.

>>5230488
>forcing

No one is forcing Israel to do anything. The act of murder is done by the Israel state, no one forced them to destroy hospitals or anything like that because Hamas have weapons or whatever there.

>>5229330
OH MAN POL STARTED TO DROP DEM LINKS
OH MAN HERE COMES THE REFUTATION
OH FUCK BRACE YOURSELVES
THE PILL IS RED AND THE PILL IS BIG
AIM: YO ASS
PURE REFUTATION: DEFUSING ARGUMENTS HAS BEGUN
IT'S TIME, IT'S HAPPENING
OH LORD WATCH OVER US ALL

>>5228912
Why don't they paint it themselves, them?
Shouldn't people be free to do what they want?

>>5228417
>>5228394

AUTISM WAR
EVERYBODY GET IN HERE
TWO AUTISTIC FUCKS ARE AT IT
GET IN HERE, GET IN HERE
CRIPPLE FIGHT

I hear you. Someone posted this on Facebook. The casual abuse of the truth that goes on is irritating as all hell.

Did you make any response to this? I posted a link to the etymology of easter on Wikipedia.

>>4783014
>You yourself will admit that Barking is a multicultural society.
Yes, this is a multicultural area, but there is also a shared culture, and a strong influence from the cockney culture that shares this space.

>>4783003
>First thing I found after two seconds of googling:
I read your link (although I suspect you didn't). There isn't much to say about it, this is an opinion piece dressed up as academic literature.

Yes some muslims are radicalised. I would like a discussion about how prevalent and serious a problem this is versus the benefits of migration in general.

>>4782994
>That's not the culture of Barking you're celebrating, that's multiculti.
It very much is the culture of Barking. You don't get to dictate to us what we are.

Like I said I think this is a unique moment in time, this culture will pass, but right now right at this very moment this is our culture and we are proud of it. This is my home and I love it as much as you love yours I promise you.

>>4782985
Sorry, English please.

>>4782974
>Why do you hate Japanese culture though?
I don't I'm sure it's got lots to admire.

>Why must everything be about money, and not about the beauty of mankind and its wonderfully different cultures?
I have strongly celebrated the culture of the place I live (Barking), I said
>"This is a glorious moment to live here and when people look back at this time plenty of them will wish that they could have experienced it.",

and also

>"... I am proud as shit of our culture"

So while I think there are economic benefits to immigration the cultural benefits are much easier to demonstrate.

>>4782965
>In western Europe they generally grow more radical with each successive generation.
Not in my direct experience of living and working with muslims they don't.

I'm going to need some actual evidence to demonstrate an increase in radicalisation over time versus the size of the muslim population in a given country or region.

>>4782944
>My only point was that Japan is a largely monocultural nation, but is still doing swimmingly.
And my point is that they'd be doing better economically if they had a larger dose of immigration.

>>4782926
>I personally feel that equality between the sexes is a good thing. However, if you allow your country to be flooded with muslim immigrants, then you risk losing equality between the sexes if they out-vote you. This tends to get worse as generations accumulate btw, in Western Europe third-generation muslim immigrants are in many ways more strict about their islamic beliefs than their grandfathers ever were.
I live with a muslim currently, he's a nice guy. Doesn't seem to want to oppress me, or my wife very much.

He' worried about the elections back home in India at the moment. His family still lives over there and they feel threatened by a possible BJP win. Over a thousand muslims killed in Gujarat during rioting while the BJP candidate was in office and seemed to do very little to help and yet the guy is still electable?

Muslims are not the enemy, the world is more complicated than you think it is.

>>4782927
>Finland
Anonymous2 status: is currently reading the Moomin comics. Thank you Finland.

>>4782915
>Thank you.
Now we've acknowledged that can we discuss the actual topic at hand? Japan's long term trends versus other developed nations and the role of demography in that?

I suggest that their previous growth rates for the last 25 years have been below the developed nation average and will continue to be so for the next 25 years.

And while this is hardly a catastrophe it does mean that Japan is underperforming.

A possible solution to these issues given that they are largely demographic in nature is to accept a measure of controlled immigration.

>>4782896
>Just eat your words and admit Japan is doing swimmingly. Which they are.
I've said that they are doing fine, if you want me to use the word swimmingly instead okay. Japan is doing swimmingly.

I interpret that as a B or C grade average student. It's fine. But they could be doing better.

Long term the US on the other hand is an A- in terms of GDP growth and I put my money on that trend continuing. Japan I would be extremely cautious on whether or not they can even maintain their current trajectory.

>>4782890
>In the past 25 years, that has been the case. Is that not good enough for you?
As demonstrated by the linked graph this is not true.

>>4782879
TODAY. Look at the long term growth rates.

>>4782870
>The US economy is growing less than Norway's, Russia's, Israel's, Australia's, Latvia's, Lithuania's, Estonia's, ...It's not doing great.
Today maybe not the hottest commodity I'll warrant you. There's peaks and troughs for very country, but the long run trend for the US at least in terms of GDP is very strong.

I'd happily put my money on the US growing quicker than Japan over the next 20 years for example.

>>4782826
>US economy is growing less than China's and India's and Lybia's. It's not doing great.
Developed vs undeveloped economies. The comparison is hardly fair.