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It depends a lot on what demographics you're talking about. Unfortunately, the loudest and most politically empowered very likely fall in line with what you're saying. There have been massive anti-war demonstrations in the wake of
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Anything can lead to war if the leadership of various nations are unwilling to find ways to de-escalate tensions and engage in cooperative multi-lateral trade agreements. Peace is a choice.
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I think there's a certain cultural movement that has been propagated violently across the world that rewards and requires such behavior. there are many enduring cultural traditions that teach patience and long term planning. "huma
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https://src.ix.cyb.red/tomo-el-fuego/ my hobby os is a fork of inferno, but mostly for dis and the ports structure. i've been slowly working towards converting the userspace into something akin to the old symbolic
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People can make long term plans and execute them, but the systems that control the levers related to climate change are operated by people who don't habitually operate based on long term planning. Calling it "human nature"
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There is ample evidence for corruption in American politics.
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If we recognize that the US government is corrupt, which I believe is a pretty universal sentiment among Americans, why aren't there any substantial anti-corruption movements?
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More accurately, Capitalism is an ownership model. People like to retcon all forms of market-based commerce as a kind of "proto-capitalism", but that makes it hard to talk about Capitalism as a distinct economic system. The main d
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I'm not sure this tracks. "having a big player like Walmart in town means everyone will likely benefit" sounds plausible, but in practice they suck all the oxygen out of the room, play dirty, and make it difficult for small o
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EVs are expensive and not that much better than a hybrid at the same price point. going full electric on cars isn't even that good of a plan. where's all of that lithium supposed to come from? it would be dramatically more cost ef
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honestly i think the main obstacle to global mesh is the lack of a good business case, which is pretty intrinsic to the format. mesh makes it possible to remove almost all intermediaries, so its difficult to position a company in a place wh
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fiefdoms only work under specific material conditions. assuming we're referencing Europe, part of those conditions include cultural and economic isolation. even if the current global order collapsed violently, nobody is starting from s