Tony_Tarantula on 9/4/2017 at 19:26

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No, it doesn't. The "location" doesn't matter in the least. What matters is that they're European Union regulatory agencies, and that once Britain leaves the EU the relevant British industries probably will not (but quite possibly will, depending on the negotiations) be subject to regulation by those industries.

So.....the EBA is probably going to move to be right next to the ECB in Frankfurt. Does that have any meaningful impact on the regulations themselves? No. The most practical change is that it would give the Germans more influence over the operations of EBA. With any other institution I would say that's significant. With the EBA I'm not sure it's possible for the Germans to have any greater influence over it than they already do. They already answer first and foremost to Deutsche Bank. Them collapsing is great leverage over the regulatory bodies because it's realistic possibility at this point, would cause an EU financial collapse and their balance sheet is so convoluted that nobody really knows how much stress they can take before it happens.




Eh, I did. I'm kind of frustrated past the point of civility with this issue....especially finishing up business school. I'm surrounded by TONS of sheltered white people who somehow think, that having an advanced degree while having worked in white collar jobs, surrounded by other privileged white people, somehow means that virtue signaling about "diversity" and eating ethnic food at culture fairs is all they need to do in order to perfectly understand all the problems that underprivileged blue collar workers and minorities face.

Not surprisingly those of us who have had backgrounds that bring us into contact with people who actually are underprivileged and do physical labor for a living (like other vets, a former NFL linebacker, an oil rig manager, etc to name a few) tend tend to brutally mock the utopian sensibilities of our classmates when we're in a more private setting.




I'm not sure if that dynamic still applies as much. The right wing is now starting to exhibit a strong split between populist right wingers and Bush/Cheney style Neocons who that attitude is traditionally associated with ( "cucks" or "Nazis" in each other's lingo).

Slasher on 9/4/2017 at 19:40

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Also, what the fuck is "virtue signaling?" Is this another thing all sheltered rich white people are supposed to do 100% without fail?

SubJeff on 10/4/2017 at 17:32

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It's announcing, however subtly you do it, that you believe in some moral/ethical cause in such a way as to paint yourself as better than your opponent/others, usually without actually DOING anything apart from "standing in solidarity" with XXX.

A men wearing a "This is what a feminist looks like" t-shirt for example.

It's all the rage with the loony left these days. I might despise left wing bleeding heart virtue signaling holier than thou liberals more than I do right wing idiot nationalist racist-without-realising-it dumbo anti-science twatto frother nationalists.

Asteroid.

That's what we need right now.

Have you seen this: (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/02/use-gender-sensitive-language-lose-marks-hull-university-students-told)



This is real. This what unfettered leftwing bullshit gets you. It's actually unreal.

Vivian on 10/4/2017 at 18:00

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Subj, I am pretty sure you're not a dick, but you occasionally say things that dicks say. Complaining about SJWs and virtue signalling is veering wildly into dick territory. Ooh everyones so PC these days. Don't start sounding like a Stewart Lee routine.

SubJeff on 10/4/2017 at 21:57

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I didn't mention SJWs at all.



It doesn't seem fraudulent.

Virtue signalling isn't taking a stance though, it's wearing a shirt without ACTUALLY doing anything about it. That's the point, isn't it? VSers wear the shirt without being a feminist, without actually caring about the environment. These are the people that wear Greenpeace t-shirts because it's "cool" whilst scoffing down enough quinoa to feed a small village. It dilutes the real issues.

I'm not complaining about people who actually have stance that guides their actions.

Maybe your definition of virtue signalling is different to mine?



Oh, and I stand by my statements on that story. That Hull Uni language policy is one of the most idiotic things to arrive this decade. And that's saying a lot. I mean...