not to say the electoral college isn't very bad - Aus for example has nationally consistent rules made by an independent electoral body, so no gerrymandering or weird state based rules. but idea that you need to flip entirely to a national pop. vote system as being gold standard is very simplistic

in aus which has a run-off style system, theoretically a party could lose the 2 party vote by a long way and still form maj. gov. UK is different being first past the post but it's the same principle (winner will almost always have less than 50% of the vote AND possible for 2nd place to form gov)

community input and engagement rofl, do you think that's what the status quo is?

Hi Sophie can you say who voted against? I will email my local councilor

sounds perfect for smaller apartments tbh.

i'm older than 30 (though to have living memory of suburbia in the 80s you'd need to be closer to 50?) and while I grew up in a strange place (Adelaide) I don't recall knowing anyone with a home gym or a aviary regardless of what they cost. sheds that no one used were pretty common though yeah

if you ever lived in a house with a gym, an aviary, sheds, multiple entertaining areas, or whatever other examples this guy gives, you were very well off and i suspect that these longer term shifts won't affect you

amazing that this sort of actual thing happens and people bemoan the 'anti-car lobby' as taking their freedoms away. How many cars per people would there need to be before it would be reasonable to suggest we need to change course slightly for social and environmental reasons?

the idea is to phase stamp duty out and phase land tax in.