Iceblade02

I mean, $2k is about okay for a month of labour in much of the world

Well this wasn't on my bingo card lol

Someone in the US care to explain?

As a regular Swede I will say that Finnish swear words hit differently. More oomph in them xD

...yes, that is the purpose of tariffs. Raising prices on imported goods until they become so expensive that local goods are competitive. This automatically increases consumer prices. It causes a huge shock upon introduction and over time it (in theory anyway) should promote domestic production by undercutting foreign competition.

most of them got stuck at 1.7.10

As did I :) The few times I boot up MC it's the same old modpacks on the same old versions.

If you're just looking for critiques there's plenty of other spaces to post your product. 100USD for the outreach & services steam provide a developer is actually quite cheap in western countries. I could see it being more difficult in parts of the world with lower purchasing power though unless they have some regional pricing scheme.

Possibly sim cards! More and more phones have the option for e-sim, which companies seem to want to push on us.

I was thinking total, but interpret the queston in any way you like :)

To answer my own question, approximately 1900km of which:

• 80km on foot (if my smart watch is to be believed)

• 700km in car with at least one other person

• 1120km on my own in my car

No worries. I think the more interesting discussion that I'd like to have at some point is how a good system for immigration actually looks. It's not a trivial problem to solve and can't be done in isolation either. Societies are systems where everything is interlinked in one way or another.

Thanks for a well-written reply. Here's some quick responses:

1... as mentioned the primary costs here come from increased crime which is hard to document. In high trust societies (which social welfare countries usually are) this has a disproportionately negative impact on the economy. Also, in several Scandinavian countries everyone has a right to emergency healthcare, regardless of their immigration status.

2... I believe you're correct when it comes to countries with less social welfare such as the US, however, this isn't the case in countries with robust social welfare systems. As recently as 2023 Denmark assessed the net contribution of migrants and their descendants on the public finances and published the results. The sum total effect of migrants was negative (-19B DKK). Per capita the average Dane had an impact of (22k DKK) per year and the average migrant (-21k DKK). Some migrant/migrant descendant subgroups were better or worse than others (best 52k DKK, worst -109k).

3... Sure, I assume this accounts for other societal costs such as law enforcement and crime?

4... See the response to #2. The taxes don't cover the costs.

If you have a society with robust social welfare systems - education, healthcare, social security, pensions, childcare, housing etc. etc., mass immigration becomes a massive problem.

Everything is taken care of via taxes, and those taxes come from a productive working population. Slow population growth (whether from births or immigration) allows social institutions to expand at a matching rate over the decades.

Rapid population increases from migration can overwhelm the systems in place and put society in a spot where it is no longer able to maintain them.

Furthermore, when it comes to illegal immigrants, it gets doubly bad. They can't hold down a legal job (at least in my country, and thus not pay taxes either), which inevitably pushes them towards crime or illegal jobs which brings a whole host of other issues.