This is a great take man. Nothing to add but this is a solid perspective.
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You can move within your country and your experience will be entirely different. You can't in China, because it's an authoritarian hellstate.
I agree that Republicans are authoritarians, and that sucks. I also acknowledge that you likely view hierarchies as inherently authoritarian and that we'll likely not see eye to eye on where to draw lines. Also fine - that's what liberal ideologies want, is that disagreement.
But to compare China positively with the US in terms of authoritarianism is, frankly, a bit silly.
My guy, I’m living in a state that tried to arrest a woman for removing an ectopic pregnancy.
Yep, and your state voted for that. My state amended it's constitution to prevent this situation, also through voting.
In China, you don't get that option, because China is an authoritarian state.
Authoritarian doesn't simply mean "bad" even though authoritarianism is bad.
You know what's not a sign of an authoritarian state? An appeals court overturning a bad verdict.
Crystal Mason’s contentious illegal voting conviction must be reconsidered, criminal appeals court says
You should really click the links you use as evidence.
I find it very weird the US is showing such restraint here.
I get it's because of Saudi truce with the Houthis, but the entire purpose of the vessels being there is to combat exactly this thing. Allowing Iran to wage this proxy terrorism against our own naval vessels is not something id have expected.
China wants people to move from rural areas to cities, which is why they forcibly move them from rural areas to cities.
China is an authoritarian state that had a literal one-child policy until recently
Why would you keep working at a job you hate this much?
Hamas should surrender unconditionally because there is a 0% chance of them winning this war and a negligible chance of them surviving this war.
That's when you surrender.
Yeah the only issue here is "Caucasians" is roughly similar in emotional weight to "native Americans."
Shirt should say like, "crackers" or something
I'm a huge space nerd. I did also appreciate the visuals and realistic portrayal of time dilation, and should have noted that (though it may have diluted my opinion a bit?). I just didn't like the actual movie itself.
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Unironically the answer is "shop less."
Prices on goods rise when demand for goods stays sufficient to support the price going up. The less everyone buys, the less things will cost.
Prices for goods have almost nothing to do with the price of rent, but the mechanisms there are the same - it's just that you have to encourage building rather than "live somewhere less" because the second option really isn't tenable, for obvious reasons.
If you want rent to come down, campaign for, vote for, or even run for office to be the candidate that will change zoning laws and encourage building multifamily housing.