At this point, I gave up a long time ago on hiding my opinions. I’d rather die for my ability to speak out than to stay silent.

Devils advocate here; the Iran war will cut emissions due to less abundant amounts of oil in global circulation.

The shitty thing is we actually were on the path to being on par with European post war countries when it comes universal healthcare. It’s just that anytime FDR or Truman tried to implement it, universal healthcare got shot down by greedy and racist politicians. We also used to have a much more inclusive and well funded welfare state and banking/investing regulations, but Republicans over the last 50 years voted to get rid of them.

That’s part of the problem. Confusion like this just leads people to not engage with the platform. I suppose it is what it is and just enjoy this place while there are still people here.

Ease of use is one of the failings of the federation that needs to be addressed or it will never have a larger pool of users.