If you mean revolution, nobody is anywhere close to credibly being able to try.

If you mean just big change next election, I can’t say it’s impossible, although I suspect the playing field will be made pretty uneven.

Meanwhile, Shuster says “more than 100+ Republicans” are preparing to side with Democrats on a bipartisan discharge petition led by Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.). The petition, which would force a vote to release the Epstein documents, is just one signature away from success.

So we might even get to see it.

Well, I guess in any case there’s no doubt now.

Ah, but the far-right came up with the idea before they came into power, when they could pretend it would never be used against them.

Ah yes, now they have power and are finding out why powerful people don’t like democracy.

The nice thing about the UCP is it’s provincial, and so they don’t have the ability to just start ignoring the rules when they overstay their welcome. I guess if they managed to separate, they could go full Mussolini, but basically lol right.

They’re not, really. Their expenses have gone up to match. The days of just teaching with just blackboards are over.

If all expenses are necessary is another question, though. Someone mentioned administration bloat.

Invidious link.

If you already know what it is, you can probably skip to 7 minutes.

In the US, there’s Adult Protective Services that might be able to help you.

You clearly have no idea what it’s like outside the Western world.

(That’s a statement about your privilege, not a criticism of them)

Yeah, you should. What country are you in?

Ah, the sweet ring of Goodhart’s law striking again.

You’re absolutely not saving your kids this way.

Yikes, that’s a long time to be stuck in what sounds like an abusive family dynamic. I’m so sorry.

I’m guessing you’ve looked into any possible alternative routes to an ID?

Isn’t this basically an implementation of spaghetti sort? I’ve seriously taken the delay approach before in distributed memory situations.

They have had democracy longer than typical, and are a challenge to explain in that sense, but not really stability or prosperity.

Whichever theory you subscribe to, this is an empirical observation. Visit Africa or Latin America or SE Asia and you’ll see similar things. (And the first two can be pretty low density, FWIW)

I actually did. I have nits to pick with the map, but the conclusion that Russia has a lot and Europe has (relatively) little is well known. And again, what does the US have to do with it?

Reading the thread back again, you’re probably right that inequality in Europe has grown somewhat, if that was your main point.

Edit: And your source is excellent, by the way. Very interesting. Picketty delivers.

This seems to be a trend everywhere right now. The global order is blowing up, and companies see it as an opportunity to extract regulation rollbacks and handouts. Even if it has nothing to do with national security or sovereignty, like here.

OP didn’t even mention the US, though. I’m not sure what you’re arguing against.

FWIW your neighbor is unusual. Alberta is actually the second most atheist province. Even the chuddery tends to be the sleazy strip club kind, as opposed to religious.

Finally, something politicians of all parties can agree to!