This is why no US president has fucked with Iran in a meaningful way, until Dementia Don thought he could Captain America this shit and threw the world into chaos.

It is a sad truth that, at least in the US, the majority only ever cares about war when they’re personally affected. It’s why we have a “volunteer” military, though truly, our military is loaded with poor people who had no real option in their home communities other than joining up, and also why we’re never having another draft.

Even so, it’s still glad to see the majority becoming more anti-war even if only out of self-interest.

Yeah. Sorry.

Yup. I made sure to highlight and bold that part of the article.

It’s a nice thought, but presumably (based on geography) you might be able to live with lower gas consumption. At least here in the US, it’s wholly possible that you only have one place to acquire groceries where you live.

Correct.

It also happened in 2008 after the housing crash. One of the first things people cut out when things get tough is travel, which for most is an unnecessary luxury.

Bummer that it never sticks.

I hope that for you too. Luckily, I live near very good public trans, so for me, an e-scooter’s really all I need.

That’s glorious.

What’s ironic about Donald is that the most positive aspects of both of his presidencies were purely accidental. We got out of Syria and Afghanistan, in part, because he wanted to spite Democrats.

Republicans actually gave out more COVID aid than Democrats, in part, because Donald wanted to be able to say he had and pretend he’d personally given Americans a check by branding it with his name. (Granted, wasn’t that much more, but still.)

I became an e-scooter guy in June, and thanks to electrical costs, not only has it already paid for itself, but I’m actually saving a ton of money being out of the house more and just consuming less electric overall.

Plus it’s fun.

All told, at least hundreds of thousands of dollars wasted just so a bunch of worthless douchebags could live out a power fantasy.

Pathetic and stupid.

This is difficult for me to believe, honestly.

At least here in the US, there is outright hostility to Big Business, and in particular, Big Tech. We are collectively very sick of the price gouging that’s been rampant for the last five years and also the egregious treatment of local communities by companies trying to build data centers. We’re reaching a point where they can’t even gaslight us into supporting it by promising tax breaks to homeowners anymore.

Also, we’re increasingly learning that the engagement of people who are anti-science is astroturfed, and that was put on display in a big way last week when Russian bots were silenced temporarily. There’s still a chunk of people who are anti-science, and they happen to be very loud, but their opinions are amplified artificially, not representative of the whole.

Maybe it’s different in the UK and Sweden, but I’m skeptical.

I’m going to guess that they’re partisan ideologues of the red and blue variety. They both are just so very fond of their thought-terminating cliches’, so it makes sense.