If we keep trying the same thing and keep failing in the same way, then it's not bad evil humans having a terrible nature, it's that the thing we keep trying is a poor design given human nature.
Don't we typically stop once educated white liberals are happy, and go to brunch? I'm worried that's what's next without a change in how democracy works.
No that makes you memorable! Own it! Distinguish us from the side with Mar-A-Lago face.
They don't care. They will starve their own children if they think even more colored children will starve.
Part of the benefit of "oligarch" is to point out how common this problem really is, just with different flavors. After this batch is gone, we'll need to remain vigilant against future oligarchs from any source.
I think the problem is systemic. These representatives are vulnerable not just to bribery, but to threats as well. The core concept of giving your political power to another person introduces a principal-agent problem.
That's even scarier, electronics usually devalue way faster than inflation!
Growth in this context isn't measured by physical objects; it's an increase in subjective value. So we've experienced high growth since the stone age, even though we've gotten almost no new stones.
It's awesome to meet another in the wild! I too have been boycotting Sony since they added malware to their products.
It's a France-shaped pit down to the center. There would be a magnitude 9+ earthquake, initially an enormous vacuum, followed by worldwide volcanic eruptions. Tsunamis would hit every coastline and the sky would darken for long enough to kill all the crops.
1 is upwind, which matters a lot for Ukraine