Did I use too many big words for you? Or is that a commentary about the for-profit health system?

Exercise intolerance is a symptom of really serious shit. Heart disease, lung disease, kidney disease. Those are things OP should really get checked out. Even if they can barely afford it. That might well save their life.

If you can hear them peeing, that’s not an apartment. That’s a paper cell

Unciv. Basically civ V on mobile.

It’s very questionable in terms of copyright, though

I second the doctor.

It might just be an utter lack of fitness. But even then a doctor might give you tips.

Or it could be something more serious.

Don’t take medical advice that doesn’t come from a doctor.

(Did you take spironolactone for Hyperaldosteronism, or just for the breasts. Because those side effects look horrible)

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It’s at 6:30. Not during the day.

After talking with him

I only joined a few days ago. And I was positively surprised by the guest mode that boost provides. It already has a bunch of default subscriptions. Although a first run wizard would have been even better.

I was a bit disappointed when I created an account and the feed was suddenly completely empty.

I also would like to see a smarter home feed. Cluster algorithms and engagement tracking could help some. But I’m currently missing a way more basic feature. Please don’t show me the same posts over and over again, every time I open the app!

The government would be voted through instant runoff voting.

The legislative would combine several forms of direct democracy. Namely:

• Agenda setting initiative
• citizens’ assembly
• referendum

This wouldn’t be about saving the GOP. They aren’t going to collapse any time soon, and I don’t think they are morally saveable either.

It’s just about getting two chances at avoiding the greatest possible evil.

Conservatives are bad. But MAGA-progressives are downright evil.

So what is your plan to actually achieve goals? Protest? A coup d’etat? Civil war?

Do you think archiving those goals in a MAGA-autocracy will be easier than in a less evil system?

How many lives is that sort of change worth?

You could register Republican, then vote in the Republican primary for the less evil candidate.

Then in the general election vote for the Democratic nominee.

Although I don’t think many people are doing that, so maybe there’s a flaw in that strategy

They are flawed as well. You will never agree with any party on all issues, so you have to already compromise during voting. Even more so if there is an electoral threshold.

If that legislative would then try to find different majorities for every different issue, the population would still be represented relatively well. But that’s not what actually happens.

Instead, two or three parties that represent just barely more than half the population get together and form a government. An executive government. That alone goes against the separation of powers.

And after that, most legislative decisions are made unilaterally by that government coalition.

That whole coalition circus doesn’t work without an electoral threshold, which again forces voters to compromise more.

Instead, I’d like to vote for the government directly, through ranked voting. With a separate ranking for each minister. That way I could eg. give my highest vote to the green candidate for the ministry of transportation, and Dr. med XYZ of the conservative party for the ministry of health.

Then, separate from the executive branch, I could imagine a parliament without an electoral threshold for the legislative. That would keep compromise during voting to a minimum. 0.5% of votes would already grant a seat. That way, voters can choose representatives they agree with on multiple issues.

Although my preferred solution would be a more direct system of petitions and citizen’s assembly. If an open petition gets enough votes, or the government petitions something, then a randomly selected citizen’s assembly would be called to meet, research, debate and decide on that issue. Similar to jury duty in the US.

Random selection sounds counter to what we generally consider democratic today. But it would be much less susceptible to corruption. And random selection means we get a representative sample of opinions.

Direct voting on issues is also relatively safe from corruption. However, especially with less mainstream topics, it has a tendency to let extremists win. Because they are better at mobilizing their voters.

For really important issues direct voting is still a pretty decent idea. For example for changes to the constitution. Especially if it takes 50% of eligible voters to change the constitution. Not just 50% of cast votes.

Voting for minor parties in the US isn’t a vote taken from fascists in a winner takes it all system.

It only has symbolic power and can prevent an absolute majority

Does that matter much in a state election? I guess they might gain seats on the Bundesrat. But the Bundesrat doesn’t have much power over foreign politics.

AI. The opportunities for abuse are practically unlimited.

A lot of placemats are hard to wash. At least this can be put through the washing machine

Is that UK law still in place where product placement is illegal?

I guess we will have to play UK versions in the future. Or petition the EU for a similar law

I wouldn’t be able to.

But if I could, I would vote for the Democrat nominee. The voting system of the USA is a bit screwed, and voting for anyone but the better of the two most popular candidates is a wasted vote.