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The 2 main differences between our economy and Monopoly is that 1) in ours, some people start with properties and more money in hand and 2) a Monopoly game takes less time to end.

Complicity assumes every venues has the same options, but they don't. Pearl Jam tried to tour without Ticketmaster in 1994 but several venues turned them down because of contracts.…

My take is that scandals can make some people realize that the Church is fallible, which can lead people to question about the legitimacy of such religion. e.g. if the church repre…

Unions only exist because there is a huge power imbalance between employer and employee. They attempt to balance the field. In doing so, companies may lose their leverage and are f…

That's the greatest contradiction in our current system. Capital accumulation on the hands of a few and the rest of us won't be able to afford what they offer.

Trade in US Dollars with other countries need to go through US banks, which can be subject to prohibitions, which can be done by political motivation. Also, the issue of the PetroD…

Trade in US Dollars with other countries need to go through US banks, which can be subject to prohibitions, which can be done by political motivation. Also, the issue of the PetroD…

The real story may be that even despite heavy lobbying, they are trying to do something that has the potential to benefit the population, with the added benefit of reducing some of…

> US laws apply to US citizens and companies. You're right. But trade in US Dollars with other countries need to go through US banks, which can be subject to prohibitions, which ca…

AFAIK, they're not limiting imports. They are heavily embargoed since 1960s, which also affects other countries' abilities to trade with them, under the threat of themselves being …

Also, the health impacts on us, by breathing the fumes of fossil fuel power plants, etc. The cost of fossil fuel is much more than a price tag in the electricity bill.

Having a roof above one's head should be a right, not a privilege. It becomes even more of a privilege when people view real estate as investment. They want to profit. For example,…

My gut feeling (with bias) is that most people don't think about things around them because society is in a constant state of hurry. If someone is wondering 'how did zoning laws ca…

I hate these types of headlines that omit an important part of the context: The study was conducted in mice. We're not mice. The results are encouraging but in no way conclusive fo…

I'd suggest a different approach. I'm not sure how feasible it is for your case but just my 2 cents. Community building would probably be way more efficient if done in person. That…

With a side of car-centric city planning where shops are often far from where people live, so everyone just drive everywhere. Also, with a pinch of pedestrian-hostile design, where…

But is the majority of the population thriving? It is very misleading (at best) to say the economy is strong when a good chunk of the population live paycheck to paycheck. A handfu…

Hello! I came across this new paper, INTEGER PARTITIONS DETECT THE PRIMES [1] from July, 2024, but I don't have enough knowledge to even read it. I wonder if an implementation of t…

The fact they do doesn't give any legitimacy to their actions. South America is not the NATO's (or anyone's) political experiment playground.

Does that mean the US is also not a democracy because the supreme court judges are also appointed by the president, just like in Brazil? > Our representatives move to impeach this …

The only democratic way for a foreign agent to meddle in another country's politics is by being elected. Everything else is just bullshit. What you are saying is that anyone can bu…

"is Brazil doing anything to clamp down on far left support for Venezuela?" They don't get to do anything. As much as one may dislike another country's political system, all they g…

I'm amending this because I've found that MM is commonly used in finance, so it's not like the author chose to go rogue. Also > It's so easy to stick to international units, folks.…