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Maybe, but all sorts of things could have long term effects. Even without plastic, the environment is full of toxic or non-digestible things, like dust, or pollen. Many organisms d…

While that is the common story, I am not entirely convinced. It is presumably true that there are more controls for tap water. But those controls still only test a limited number o…

I think people who are already sick should be covered by a kind of charity (or social services). It doesn't make sense to ask insurance companies to insure people who are already s…

If employers can deduct more for health insurance than private people, it seems unfair and rigged. Payroll taxes are another matter to me, that's mostly window dressing. Either emp…

So if you insure yourself privately, you can not deduct it from taxes? That would be an issue then, but seems easy to fix. Why isn't that part of the health care discussion?

How can "big business" prevent alternative insurance companies?

Can you explain to a Non-American what forces this system of employer insurance onto the US? Why don't independent insurance companies emerge that offer other models of insurance?

Of course I want a thinner laptop, and so do you. You just don't want a thinner laptop that compromises on other things. I've seen the new Galaxy Book S and I want one. Thin is sex…

There is an entire wind park. Then it must be another story. Edit: maybe it is this here: https://www.ingenieur.de/technik/fachbereiche/energie/so-win... - apparently after a coupl…

So you would blame the US for cold war? What would you have done instead? Before cold war, there was WWII, and communist revolutions. I don't want to defend any particular war, I j…

I couldn't immediately find a good link (via Google). This one mentions unused capacity, but no further background I think https://energytransition.org/2019/02/german-offshore-wind…

Can't find a good source immediately. This article mentions "276 MW of fully installed turbines far out at sea not yet feeding power to the electrical grid" https://energytransitio…

"may" wake me when it does. Here in Germany we have offshore wind parks that are not connected to the power grid. A lot of nonsense is going on in that area.

So you think it would be OK to live under Taliban rule? They didn't come into power by democratic elections, it seems. Also, killing people with beliefs does stop beliefs from spre…

Why did the US fiance and train them? So it seems there was another war going on? Who started that war, and why? Also I think they changed their allegiances, so they became terrori…

So how did war in Afghanistan start? Taliban apparently came to power via war a couple of years before US engagement. Suppose that was a crime. Who punishes the criminals? Maybe th…

So do you care about the civilians, or not? It seems possible US engagement saves more civilians than it kills. At least that is presumably the general idea.

Move to a city where you don't need a car, would be a start. That's likely to cost money, although I am not sure if it would cost more than the running costs of a car.

How on earth is that dystopian?

"I mounted photo after photo of them on Facebook with overworked captions" "He didn’t like seeing pictures of him, or anyone else he knew, online." That explains it - but I don't t…

Yeah but I wasn't making an argument about that particular arrangement. Also not sure I trust that link. I wonder if unions also introduced the 20% time at Google? Of course if mas…

I have no problem with it, I just don't consider it a good argument for basic income.

We are not living in a capitalist dystopia. If you have an interesting thing you want to do but can't afford to do, head over to Kickstarter or Patreon and collect funding. Thank c…

Not weekends, but I have often negotiated part time work, like only 4 days a week. Does that count? Do you seriously believe people wouldn't get weekends off if it weren't for unio…

Sadly, most people would just watch Netflix.