I haven’t been home for several days.

I’d also look into leaving the house, even if it is to just walk around the neighborhood.

Pax Americana has led to the dismantling of empires and the bimodal economic distribution disappearing. It was an improvement over the older world order.

It was a dumb mistake, but it was a dumb mistake that had broader political support than the narrative that “car companies destroyed mass transit” suggests. It is important to recognize how a broad base of support was created in order to fight it in its current interations.

And I completely agree that Musk tunnels are a shit technology and that actual trains need to be built. I just think it requires understanding how politics functions rather than just accepting a corporate bogeyman.

It is a lot more complicated than that.

Most early 20th century mass transit networks were private businesses subject to government regulation. Most of the government regulation focused on controlling fares, so there was a lot of deferred maintenance. This was made worse as some mass transit systems were built to be a loss leader to support selling real estate.

Several mass transit networks went bankrupt due to the combination of fares not covering expenses and reduced demand due to completion with cars. Most American cities weren’t equipped to take on subsiding or taking over mass transit, so they let the existing networks die.

Japan was forced to be demilitarized, but the US could have easily let Japan militarize as a US vassal state under the control of an American alliance, but it didn’t.

In regards to South Korea, it could choose to open negotiations to merge with North Korea. We even saw a conservative South Korean President impeached; the political implication bring a more pro-North Korean president taking power.

As someone who has ridden Mexico City’s and Istanbul’s metros, Americans should be fucking embarrassed of mass transit back home.

Japan’s politics are very different from American politics. While the USA has a two party system with one party who is generally dominant, Japan has had effectively a one party state since World War II. The NDP is so entrenched that factions within the party have greater power than other political parties.

Yeah, you can make the argument that Japan is a vassal state of the USA. However, the demilitarization of Japan was relatively popular amongst Japan’s neighbors.

Tankie isn’t a political ideology, it is a commentary on the practice of policy in comparison to stated beliefs.

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It is probably one of the largest criticisms of MORENA that the government has consistently given so much power to the military that should be civilian controlled.

Well, that’s been Chinese industrial policy for decades. The main issue right now is that there isn’t enough demand for the total international manufacturing capacity and China’s over investment is causing major economic and political issues for other developed countries.

Washington had to put down a potential mutiny of Revolutionary troops due to pay. Washington was able to do that due to grativas and the troops respecting him.

It has always been hit or miss and has been given to warmongers who happen to negotiate for peace at one point.

It depends on how mentally there they are. If they are, go through anti-scam strategies and make sure they have family to bounce questions off of.

If dementia is forming, you should probably have a frank family conversation with how to handle someone who is no longer fully there.

I wasn’t going to install the app on my phone, so that made the transition easier.

I imagine that hexbear and .ml try to actively engage in Chinese circles while .world leaves then alone and is too small to care about.

So who’s going to be the new Green Boots?

I’ve got a job that interfaces with government employees, so I see a lot of incompetence.

I’ve also seen how actions have been made to improve over time and that a lot of the problems with some government agencies is just a staffing issue where they can’t attract qualified people because the pay sucks.

Eh. I look at the Taliban more as local self-determination. Those with political power in these small towns don’t want anything that can jeopardize their power and control.

Most countries don’t require it for privately traded companies.

The standard for reporting for private companies is usually far lower than publicly traded companies because it is expected that people with enough money to invest in financial companies have enough money to invest in their own auditing.

Also, as you pointed out, there is value in that data. It appears to be that companies would rather keep their data private than look at others’ public data.