You’re saying that like the massive variety among them is a monolith

Yeah. The usa has always been relatively evil… But also fairly predictable .

Also worth noting that pretty much every country ever has been evil, with a few notable exceptions —of which none of the eu are included in

Imo, 4 10s is a great schedule. The talks about 4 day work weeks focus all on salary workers, and leaves how the hourly working stiffs who deserve it just as much. Everyone I know thinks 4 10s are the dream. Since with manufacturing and warehouse work, it needs to get done. And there’s barely any downtime to cut out. 4 10s are a great compromise.

I’m not introducing any goal posts. These are things assumable with common sense. “If a metric becomes a goal, it ceases to be a metric” applies in such case. For progress, the only thing that matters is the total amount going down—neither per km area nor per capita have any value in measuring meaningful progress. But they could provide a good snapshot of present impact of each country.

Per capita is a better snapshot because it measures impact of a citizen in the country. Per landmass isn’t great because it ignores countries with outsized impacts.

No. Being a better measurement does not indicate to it being a perfect one.

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Per capita is a much better metric than per km

Some people suck. But no, that’s not the case for many of the people I know. I know many people who aren’t transactional at all. I have friends who don’t care about value and will help whenever is needed. I know other people who are like what you’re talking about. But still, the good ones, that will help for whatever, are genuinely good. They’re not doing it as a transaction.

Most other ‘crimes’ aren’t really crimes.

White collar crimes are absolutely crimes, and not punished severely enough. They often create larger amounts of indirect hurt than a typical robbery, with less penalty.

incarceration

Incarceration is a necessary step, even for rehabilitation based systems, in the case of violent crimes. You need to remove the people from the situations that caused them to be like that, and prevent them from hurting others in the process of rehabilitation.

Not everyone is capable of going through rehabilitation either, and you need some method to keep them removed from society.

In spite vs despite have different connotations. Despite is more passive. In spite is more directly confrontational.

In my opinion.

Less than 50% of voters voted for fascism so I’m gonna clog all the drains in my area (???)

On the other hand, it clogs the city drain pipes as well. It’s your tax dollars it takes, not just the landlord’s $.

They should be required to hold townhalls or resign. It’s ridiculous that they can get away with never interacting with their constituents.

I know several people who would give up anything on hand to help if needed. There are plenty of good people in this world. If you’re willing to give, you will find those willing to help

The corporation cannot walk up to you and handhold you into recycling it. That is absolutely an individual responsibility.

Genuinely, is that an issue if it is one?

Never dehumanize your enemy. No matter how much of a monster they are. Realize that they are human, and doing this, and that is why it is terrible.

Because smart people know that democracy is better for them.

Russian? Lol

he’s literally thinking about what Zelenski did in Ukraine to extend his power / term.

Uhhhhhhhh zelenski did not start the war. Russia did.

and the U.S. is struggling with debt.

Struggling is a bit much… Sure, it’s going to get there, but current levels are not a struggle.