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14 hours agoI think knee-jerk reaction to the pandemic fallout is also part of it. People are angry at the world and taking it out on the political incumbents.
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but maybe not on the phone this time.
i don’t doubt that some have talked about it, i’m saying i’m surprised it isn’t even more commonplace.
This guy literally takes advice from his dogs, so probably not. And i mean “literally” in the literal way.
honestly surprised that idea isn’t bigger among the right in the US.
because they don’t give a shit.
which makes sense because vaccines reduce healthcare costs!
not exactly true, it does help prevent infection and transmission. not 100% but significantly.
i think the unfortunate reality is that most people are never going to get yearly-ish vaccines.
UNLESS it’s made very easy for them, like at work. that’s what i would be pushing for as an employer, its in my best interest to keep my employees healthy after all. bring in a provider to give shots for free in the office.
my wife works for a fairly liberal non profit. luckily they are mostly remote now, but they have a massive conference coming up soon and i am shocked that they haven’t been encouraging vaccines leading up to it. i mention to my wife every year she should suggest it but it never seems to go anywhere.
no, that article is just old. Even the guardian posted a later article that contradicted their earlier one.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/26/lebanon-temporary-ceasefire-plan-hezbollah-israel
that information is old, things change as parties negotiate.
i think their angle is this makes Putin look like a victim of US banks helping fund a move against him.
there are a few other good ones like elizabeth warren.
10·4 days agoon the other hand i’ve seen lots of businesses use mcaffee.
28·5 days agoi thought the same thing at first but i read the article and actually learned something about her. pretty cool lady who was politically active in her youth and still is.
still you’d think employees at “Truth” social would be the kool aid drinkers all-in on everything trump.
The US was not a '‘very spread out’ place before WW2
no kidding, the population was also like a third of what it is now.
in fact cities like San Francisco were world leaders in mass transit, and trains were the axis of transportation of both people and goods (even existing suburbs were connected to trains, in whatever shape and size they come). The us cities spent and spend an enormous amount of money and debt to pay for all the road infrastructure,
yeah, mass transit within cities is a great idea and should be used as much as possible. I am not shitting on the general idea of mass transit. what I’m saying is, in the context of a practical daily commute, mass transit only works to a point, and a LOT of people live beyond that point.
Most people do not work remote all the time, even flexible / hybrid workers need to transport themselves some trips per week.
again, I’m not saying mass transit should never be used. what is the cost:benefit for the infrastructure to cover out to the suburbs? how much time is added to very long trips, and are people willing to deal with that?
because you can’t let the other people have benefits too! hence “national socialism”.