Yeah, I think it's dubious to say FPTP was "designed to" do anything -- it's one of the simplest and most natural seeming voting systems, which is why it's so widespread. I think effects li… (View Post)

If I'd put 10k into nvda a decade ago and never sold it then I would consider that a massive unearned and very lucky windfall. I would have no issues with the taxman taking the same percentage of tha… (View Post)

I would say more "should have done that" than "should do that" -- at this distance from the election it is a decision that's been made and can't sensibly be revisited, for better … (View Post)

I dunno, I think in a lot of workplaces "don't bring up potentially contentious subjects like politics" is a conversational norm, so I wouldn't necessarily expect even people who are paying… (View Post)

So with the lifetime cap, presumably this mostly causes problems for people like doctors whose pension scheme is fixed and defined-benefit? In a defined-contribution scheme you could just stop contri… (View Post)