RippleEffect

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[–] RippleEffect@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In a lot of ways it's disappointing.

[–] RippleEffect@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

It's really clear to me that that was trumps entire playbook. He more of his time attacking Biden and spouting lies and bullshit than answering the questions. It went exactly how I expected.

I had really hoped that Biden would find his public speaking voice. He's competent but not a great speaker.

[–] RippleEffect@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I work with people. Human mistakes are inevitable

[–] RippleEffect@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

That would also be great, but there's a lot more convincing required for that, hence how we reached this instead.

[–] RippleEffect@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Improving roads has secondary effects. First is people must be paid to do the work, meaning money in laborers pockets, though I'm sure execs are also lining their pockets...

Second, goods and services use roads, notably highways and interstates.

Third, better roads do allow cities that are reasonably close together to benefit from each other. Smaller cities with less jobs can have people commute to wherever the jobs are, typically in larger cities.

I agree that the states are too dependent on vehicle infrastructure, but we definitely still need it.

[–] RippleEffect@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

I raised a small handful of cows for a bit growing up. Tipping them over never crossed my mind because they're huge, heavy and strong. You would have to use a tractor or other machinery and that's just animal abuse at that point.

[–] RippleEffect@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

People have a hard time with nuance.

[–] RippleEffect@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] RippleEffect@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I like your idea

[–] RippleEffect@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

The problem is getting enough people actually on board. You run the risk of introducing a spoiler. Unfortunately, this change needs to happen bottom up

[–] RippleEffect@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Who are your trusted sources? And why?

There's always a bit of "what are they not saying" when following news outlets. So I'm just curious what your perspective is.

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