For a startup, connections and money are the most important. If you move abroad with nothing, you have neither of these.

For someone with “low-level autism” I would also rather recommend a more structured job as a salaried employee.

Just do a master in your (European) country of choice and then stick around and find a job.

No, your coffee is drinking, and people are thinking that.

Haha, imagine what it would be like if you were my press secretary, that would be so weird.

Just kidding, lol. Unless…?

Not widely enough…? Two-round systems are rather common globally.

Nobody knows what a “public option” is because there’s no common definition and nothing like it has ever been seen in the wild […]

Americans considering anything outside of the USA challenge any% IMPOSSIBLE

Wait, does centrism ever win an election? Thinking back on both Republican and Democrat victories, it seems catering to the moderates of the other side to try and win them over never works.

Yes, centrist candidates tend to perform well in two-party systems. However, in systems with open primaries and/or two-round systems, centrist candidates can struggle to reach the final round. Indeed, US politics became much more polarized after the introduction of open primaries.

Yes, that is strange indeed, especially since we know that during the last time the Democrats had a large majority in Congress and the presidency they racked up a string of major reforms, including turning the worst health care system in the developed world by a large margin into the worst health care system in the developed world by a smaller margin, and nothing else really.

That’s a bit cynical, I’m sure some corrupt politician’s secretary’s cousin’s dog will receive a suspended sentence that is later overturned on appeal, and the prosecutor in the case summarily executed in February 2033.

Arbeit macht frei.

All get off scot-free, maybe one or two resign before 2028 to take jobs somewhere in the fascist grift circuit.

Hundreds of Congresspeople were involved in a coup attempt in 2020.

None have faced any consequences whatsoever.

This clearly has emboldened the current administration to ramp up efforts to further undermine the already compromised and unfair elections.

Not “the worst,” but also not anywhere close to the least worst, which are obviously European social-democracies, and even their efforts for the renewable transition and tackling income inequality are not that impressive. But I suppose capitalist European countries are less suitable of a subject for tankie memes.

There are a lot of things China does badly but not the ones you mentioned.

Okay, but the stat you linked confirms China’s per capita emissions are pretty bad, more than double France’s for example.

As for income inequality, I was looking at the World Bank data listed here. There might be a discrepancy due to difficulty in obtaining reliable data for China.

China has higher per capita CO2 emissions than Europe, despite a lower per capita economic output. While there has been significant investment in renewable energy recently, there is still a large amount of coal power and China has been slow to phase out fossil fuels.

In terms of income inequality by Gini coefficient, China is estimated to be in the higher 30s, substantially worse than Canada, Australia, Japan and almost every European country. China has a minimum income guarantee (unlike the USA for example), but it is very low by European standards. In terms of the number of US$ billionaires, China ranks second globally behind the US, though in terms of billionaires as share of the population does not rank as high.

Okay, but the profit margins of takeaway food and drinks really aren’t that high. Commercial real estate is expensive, the logistics are much less efficient than supermarkets, and it’s labour-intensive as well. There is no conspiracy to rip off ordinary folks, especially considering it’s pretty easy to enter the food retail market.

In fact, takeaway is actually quite affordable in the US compared to rich European countries. The Big Max Index, for example, is about 40% higher in Norway and Switzerland.

Judge orders murderer to potentially stop murdering in some cases, murderer faces no charges

If people are too tired and don’t have enough time to prepare stuff at home, then that’s what they should be outraged about.

I just clock my 35 hours a week with 8+ weeks of paid vacation and have plenty of time left to prepare food at home and make snarky comments to Americans online about how they should book a one-way ticket already.

When did the US education system desegregate? School districts, school boards… these are all vehicles for continued segregation and serve no other purpose.

A logged-out-only experience it is, then.

Merely gambling not enough? Now you can gamble while gambling on whether or not your casino still exists tomorrow and/or can cash out your chips.