Maybe it’s for the best

Of course, crime is higher in a more unequal, less stable country. And guns are not the only means of committing crime. But the difference that guns make is noticeable when comparing to countries that share a similar HDI, that are stable and have lower reason to commit crime. That’s why I mentioned Britain earlier, as it’s one of the more similar countries to the US. I do concede that whilst gun deaths are higher in America relative to Western Europe, perchance a large proportion of the difference (but certainly not all) can be attributed to the more aggressive culture.

I get what you’re saying, but it doesn’t feel right to compare the US to places like Brazil over European countries. Given their vast wealth and semi-democratic institutions, there’s a lot more capability to change these kinds of things than in poorer and more corrupt countries. Also, no to comparing US states to countries. We don’t do that for any other country. Probably best to compare the states to Britain, given that they are the America of Europe.

It’s great that New Zealand is so dedicated to protecting their lovely birds, if only every country was like that.

More so unchecked authoritarianism in this case, one would hope that even in places like the US they wouldn’t just bulldoze cultural sites for ‘progress’. Keep in mind that this Egyptian fellow recently built the world’s tallest flagpole, and if you look at the list of record heights there’s a bit of a pattern

The level of ignorance around any nuclear related incident is astounding

Taliban are cunts tbh

Remember Nauka?

Wouldn’t the Good Friday Agreement stop this from happening? The ECHR is incorporated into the law of Northern Ireland. I do hope they don’t muck it up again

What do you mean by “far right for Western Europe”. We had Hitler and Mussolini.

Mate you can’t just say “this happened, and it’s up to you to prove it didn’t”. You have to prove the aliens are real yourself, because the accepted belief is that they aren’t. Don’t make aliens you religion.

What’s that?

The counteroffensive has been dismissed as a failure by the pro-RUs for the last month so nothing new

Much of the money goes to scientists, engineers, researchers. The best. Technologies developed with that money are used for a variety of purposes. Because space travel is so difficult and complex, the technologies created for it are very advanced and contribute greatly to scientific efforts. I recall seeing a study (unfortunately I can’t remember which so as to link) which found that $1 invested in NASA contributed $7 worth to the economy. Yes, you’re absolutely right that we shouldn’t let the rich continue to get richer as they have done for so long. But stopping the most important research in the world to do so is inadvisable.

Where do you get this idea that space technology is making people very wealthy? Space agencies are government funded. I would have thought that simply looking at the technology advances from the 60s space race would show that it’s quite possibly the fastest way to develop new technologies that will improve the world. Defunding scientific research doesn’t help the poor, it stifles progress.

True, but it’s also because of the Serbs refusing to get over ‘99. It’s always difficult to make progress when a portion of the population doesn’t believe it lives in the same country.

I’m glad people like you don’t run space programs

I respect that, but when the second article on the website that I see is denying Russian war crimes in Ukraine I’m a bit put off.

Sus website but interesting read

It’s in their roots to do this