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How so? Tire runoff into rivers?
August 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
How so? Tire runoff into rivers?
lol Michael you are not helping me in project to be Optimistic AC!
April 12, 2025 at 3:46 AM
lol Michael you are not helping me in project to be Optimistic AC!
Maybe wishful thinking but there not really being a better alternative keeps me hopeful. Basically being the global bank is (obviously) such an advantage that I’ve been trying to understand more recently.
April 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Maybe wishful thinking but there not really being a better alternative keeps me hopeful. Basically being the global bank is (obviously) such an advantage that I’ve been trying to understand more recently.
Do you think the Euro would get swapped in for the global standard? It seems too much of an anachronism to revert back to gold but I dunno.
April 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Do you think the Euro would get swapped in for the global standard? It seems too much of an anachronism to revert back to gold but I dunno.
“They” meaning the general public?
March 14, 2025 at 5:41 AM
“They” meaning the general public?
Yeah, I’m not saying things like Sparrows and other bad Ag ideas like weird plowing and diverting canals for steel production didn’t impact food production. Ag is inherently super volatile. But the Great Famine, specifically the scale and speed of death was very much a political systems cause.
March 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Yeah, I’m not saying things like Sparrows and other bad Ag ideas like weird plowing and diverting canals for steel production didn’t impact food production. Ag is inherently super volatile. But the Great Famine, specifically the scale and speed of death was very much a political systems cause.
Most importantly, the famine is propagandized by the current regime as a natural disaster and/or farming reform “oopsie-daisy” to avoid the hard truth of communist totalitarianism political structures causing so much death. That’s mostly what I take issue with.
March 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Most importantly, the famine is propagandized by the current regime as a natural disaster and/or farming reform “oopsie-daisy” to avoid the hard truth of communist totalitarianism political structures causing so much death. That’s mostly what I take issue with.
some of the top down farming practices would have caused agricultural production *issues* in an open society, but there’s plenty historic examples of bad farm policy ideas. There is no historical precedent for 36 million deaths occurring mostly in a six-month period with no war or natural disasters.
March 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
some of the top down farming practices would have caused agricultural production *issues* in an open society, but there’s plenty historic examples of bad farm policy ideas. There is no historical precedent for 36 million deaths occurring mostly in a six-month period with no war or natural disasters.
The brigades wildly exaggerated production (on top of unrealistic goals) to sell their fulfillment of the Great Leap Forward and gain political promotions, and then when things started to fall apart stole the grain from the starving peasants to have something to ship to favored networks.
March 12, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The brigades wildly exaggerated production (on top of unrealistic goals) to sell their fulfillment of the Great Leap Forward and gain political promotions, and then when things started to fall apart stole the grain from the starving peasants to have something to ship to favored networks.
Ehh I’d be skeptical of this. Tombstone is the authority case there were some agricultural production problems but the core cause was political pressure led production brigades to grossly exaggerate/hide grain production. Even as communes collapsed, a lot of grain was shipped abroad and to cities.
March 12, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Ehh I’d be skeptical of this. Tombstone is the authority case there were some agricultural production problems but the core cause was political pressure led production brigades to grossly exaggerate/hide grain production. Even as communes collapsed, a lot of grain was shipped abroad and to cities.
Yes! More fun is the best and relatively low cost downtown strategy. Close streets, better program our parks, more festivals all spring/summer.
March 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Yes! More fun is the best and relatively low cost downtown strategy. Close streets, better program our parks, more festivals all spring/summer.