Most Americans are too rich and selfish to care.

It also clearly shows the impact of the pandemic and Ukraine invasion on inflation. People were blaming the Democrats for making excuses but I can't think of any other way to explain it.

Well self-driving will test the safety tech but computers have to decide between giving an elderly passenger whiplash or running over a child! And if it is a taxi perhaps there will be no one on board when the robot kills. Lower traffic deaths may result but law suits will be interesting!

Companies can do a better job and diversity programs are important. People are different and autistic people have unique skills to offer businesses when differences are accommodated. I met an autistic graduate working in IT two weeks ago. His growth in confidence is massive from the boy I knew.

Is working a good treatment for mental illness if done in a supportive way? Of course all conditions are different but staying at home may be the worst because the "malfunctioning" neural pathways are reinforced. I had a three-year mental condition, hyperacusis, and retreat made it worse.

Hibiscus Town (Chinese: 芙蓉鎮) is a 1986 Chinese film directed by Xie Jin, based on a novel written by Gu Hua. The film follows a young woman who lives through the the Cultural Revolution and is an example of the "scar drama" genre that emerged in the 1980s.
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Apparently Duolingo is all written by AI now right?

Breaking up the monopoly of Internet service providers would arguably be a very good thing for consumers. Nationalization is just replacing one type of monopoly with another so not so much.

China is an example of how the breaking up of monopolies spurred growth and the protection of state giants did the opposite. The problem with the UK is that our monopolies are privately run, like the railways and water companies. That is worse. You could argue Internet companies are monopolies too.

That's a gross oversimplification amplified by told by Trump to justify trade sanctions against China. China didn't join the WTO until 2001 so you're missing 20 years. You need to read about Deng Xiaoping. The die was already caste by private entrepreneurs and special economic zones much earlier.

Let's be honest though, private equity takeovers of small family businesses and massive food supply chain companies are doing exactly the same in the capitalist world right now. If you go to any chain restaurant, you are likely to be served the same cheap processed food from a centralized warehouse.

In a Small Town Called Hibiscus, also a film, the thriving tofu shop is folded into a collective canteen run by loyal cadres who can't cook. Elaborate flavoring is seen as aristocratic and service as degrading. Meals become watery and dull. Overstaffing, theft and bureaucracy replace initiative.

It's China until 1979. The CCP decided the system was a failure, ditched it and the economy boomed. A Small Town Called Hibiscus is about Hu Yuyin, who runs a small tofu stand denounced as capitalist. The shop is confiscated and forced into collectivization, and she is labeled a “bad element.”