tristynalxander

So... invest in private prisons?

Maybe if we call it a "free vacation" we can send them all to Israel?

Yeah, Clockwork's channel is great. Given those interests you might like his other video on the color of fall leaves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOjkeyjJ364

Measures of democracy seem inherently problematic. Social technologies aren't voting or not voting. Little mechanisms synergize to produce radically different outcomes. For example America seems like it had a high ranking democracy for some time before a sudden drop, but in the background we've had first-past-the-post, gerrymandering, and dark money for quite some time. Similarly, even most (all?) of Europe doesn't have ranked voting with a citizen-lottery option.

With all the mechanisms in place to undermine the voting process, this becomes less a discussion about who has democracy and more a discussion about who has democracy vibes.

Good for them.

I'm a scientist, but I'm not about that whole confrontational competitive nation-states super-power nonsense. If the US doesn't care about science, that sucks for me, but I'm happy to see the work get done and the world made a better place.

mander.xyz is lemmy, so I don't know if it counts, but the local comms are all science oriented and have science articles. The server is supposed to be life-sciences oriented, but I think the space comm is one of the largest.

I can't wait to make a scene at the grocery store demanding they give me change in real money.

You're assuming people who don't care enough to vote are still informed enough to vote, and that's not true. I know people who oscillate between voting republican and not voting mostly just because they believe what the republican politicians say. Recently, I gave one a series of examples explaining how implementing the "protecting the children" policies actually harmed children, women, or people in general -- and they were horrified. It was the first time I ever convinced anyone of anything politically, and I ended up convincing them they weren't informed enough to vote.

Maybe I would agree with obligatory voting if we had both ranked voting and a none-of-the-above / random-citizen-lottery option, but choosing between politicians who actively mislead people is a dangerous activity.

I begged to know if justice

is a form far-out or in

he said son, there is no justice

there's just what

and that just is.

It Don’t Come Easy

The only subscription I've had are utilities and rent, but can't you just dispute the charge?