The answer to our wealth disparity is to put power in the hands of the average person.

Average voter: “Ugh, all the power and responsibility is too much work. Can’t we just elect someone that takes care of all of this for us?” Congress/parliaments are born. “Ugh, keeping track of all these politicians and their policies and waiting for them to enact laws is too slow and tedious. Can’t we just elect some sort of super politician that promises to take care of all our problems quickly?”

That’s an interesting thought. They flee here seeking safety and a better life, only to find a large portion of the country very hostile towards you and your fellow immigrants. Finding decent paying work is very difficult, but at least construction is typically in high demand in many larger metros. You hate the job and would rather be a teacher, IT professional, nurse, or whatever but can’t due to being an undocumented worker. I can easily see that causing a strong sense of feeling trapped and hopeless.

Hahah, AI images are so absurd sometimes, I love it

That was pretty damn funny, thanks for sharing

Dams aren’t typically environmentally friendly almost at all. In fact, they tend to cause far more harm than good: https://earth.org/dams-economic-assets-or-ecological-liabilities/

https://www.science.org/content/article/hundreds-new-dams-could-mean-trouble-our-climate

https://news.wsu.edu/press-release/2016/09/28/reservoirs-play-substantial-role-global-warming/

So yes, this is a pretty clear black and white case of the US once again fucking over indigenous tribes.

It can be changed, but it absolutely won’t be. These people have enjoyed unfettered lives since the founding of the country and before. They’ll continue to be shitty humans and get away with it until a full on revolution and/or societal collapse.

Edit: For clarification, I refer to these people to mean mega rich, narcissistic, spiteful, bigoted assholes in general.

It’s okay, just accept it man, seize the gay!

In my opinion, mass immigration is a symptom. We’re not going to solve the problem by treating the symptoms. The better long-term plan would be to build a coalition among their home and neighboring countries to try and help them figure out how to address the stability issues at home. That’s way easier said than done, and it may not even be possible, but I just don’t see the current situation as being sustainable for decades on end.

That being said, for the interim, we desperately need some major reforms with how we handle asylum seekers and immigrants in general. I don’t have enough expertise on the matter to suggest how to go about that, I just know that the current system isn’t working well at all and is actively killing people.

Why the hostility towards common folk buying EVs? I know EVs aren’t actually very green, but if you have the choice and ability to choose between an ICE or EV, I’d rather they do the latter. Of course, I think many Hybrids have proven to be more carbon efficient over the lifetime of the vehicle than both ICE and EVs, but that’s another discussion. And if you live in a situation where you don’t actually need a car, that’s also the most ideal.

Also, vegan isn’t a viable option for many people. Hell, half the world doesn’t even have access to reliable grocers or live in climates that aren’t very capable of growing enough plants to live off of alone without supplementing with eggs or milk or some other animal product. A lot of people that have severe diet restrictions (e.g. Low FODMAP) are allergic to a shit ton of plants and fruits (I personally think some of the chemicals and/or GMOs used on/in our crops are what’s triggering the sudden rise in people who are becoming gluten and/or FODMAP sensitive, but again, another discussion).

The hostility should be directed towards these corporations and those who are actively or aggressively working against solutions for climate change.

I was going off of the article, which stated that 20% is required in Denmark. Seems that they didn’t specify that well, so I apologize for the ignorance.

I doubt it’d fix the housing crisis here, but it would certainly help. I’m not sure how many people would warm up to it, though. A large part of our problem is that there isn’t any affordable housing. The fact the average house cost in 2023 was around $450,000 is insane, especially given the median income in the US was roughly $75,000 in 2022.

So yes, being able to buy back our mortgage’s bonds at their market value may be a boon, but the fact that the Dane’s require at least 20% down for their system to work would be a nonstarter for so many people. Roughly 65% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. A small minority of people are going to have the ~$80,000 to required to put down on a $450,000 house. Ultimately, turning housing into such a profitable investment option has led us to this situation, as having fewer houses means the existing houses are worth more and will only increase in value, making it a much more attractive investment than building new housing en masse.

The US still has an enormous manufacturing footprint. Yes, a lot was moved overseas, but hardly all of them.

Isn’t windows 11 doing that now? I only use it at work and I think only Home Editions are affected.

Yeah, the pirate could easily be the lynchpin that brought them together.

You’d be surprised. Just Google it, there are tons of pop magazines and websites that discuss it and how it was trending on TikTok for awhile after the movie came out. And just to add, most fads begin with celebrities/influencers starting them across the various age demographics.

It’s partly because of Top Gun and some other recent pop culture occurrence I can’t recall off the top of my head. But yeah, I know several people at work who recently started doing it as well, and one of them mentioned that as their inspiration. I’m guessing a few started bc of that and more followed suit, because why not or something.

Those articles just say that most fish oil supplements don’t have a high enough dose to lower triglycerides, but some did (9% of those tested). So the takeaway is that you need to do some research on what dosage you need in order to lower triglycerides and find a brand that has the proper amount. So no, fish oil isn’t pointless/useless.

It’s a risk that shouldn’t exist when practicing freedom of speech in a peaceful manner.

Not entirely true. If he were convicted of treason, that’s a disqualifier based on the constitution.

In regard to Reddit having the same problem, I agree it does to an extent. But like you said, it only allows for synonyms or alternate wording for the same topic in a subreddit’s name. On Lemmy, since instances are different, the fractured communities can be named the exact same thing. Most casual users are not going to realize this and think that the one community they’re in is not active when on another instance, the other like-named community might have grown and is now quite active since they initially setup their subscriptions. They’ll never know unless they happen to run another search and see the alternate community’s user count.

Maybe I’m wrong and it isn’t a big deal. But I do agree that searching and indexing would be a great step in helping discoverability.