For a lot of people, money isn’t a number but an on/off switch. Self control in choosing to not buy something isn’t developed, so people who come into money start spending extravagantly since they don’t have the economic limitations keeping their spending in check.

There is also social pressure to spend, since that person is likely surrounded by others with the same mindset.

It depends on what job it is. I don’t see a bank having a problem with it unless they have a uniform. If you were doing any field or machine work, I could see a safety issue.

No, but it is more a sign of what a restaurant or store will focus on. If the raw ingredients are of lower costs than rent and labor, it may make more sense to provide more food.

For restaurant culture in the USA, there is generally a focus on large portions, free tap water, few courses, and turning tables over quickly. A lot of early fast food chains were effectively food factories, skimping out in rent and reducing labor costs because those are the major costs.

There can still be value in some old things like maintaining old equipment or preserving old media. The demand may have collapsed, but it didn’t collapse to zero.

Pot is rarely laced.

Harder drugs typically have some form of dilution because it is worth it to stretch supply.

The only recent lacing I can think of is fentanyl, which was generally used in pre-existing opioids.

Food is relatively cheap in the USA compared to other countries. You also had a lot of immigrant waves come to the USA, find that food was so cheap, and celebrated by creating larger meals.

I feel like the only one that is going to get a lot of push back is #5. You’ve got a lot of countries that don’t want their sea access to be through another country’s territorial waters.

It isn’t just one country doing it, it is just the one most reported on in English language news.

Then they need different efforts to get their word out.

Also, I pointed out another leftist party which has been able to break through the noise.

I know of the Working Families Party and that party has had some success either winning their own election or running as Democrats.

A major job of a political party is to organize. If a party can’t organize while other ones can, maybe I shouldn’t support the party which can’t organize.

Adding to what everyone else said, stores commonly sell loss leaders as a way to get people into the store to sell goods with higher margins. Part of the reason why there are so many food deserts in the USA is because stores like Dollar General will sell higher margin stable goods at a lower cost. This means grocery stores who rely on those profits to sell fresh produce and meat can’t compete, going out of business.

Show era, he’s shown to be a competent captain able to make decent strategic decisions. For instance, in the episode with the cloaking Romulan Bird of Prey, Kirk creates a battle plan which is able to take advantage of deficiencies in his foe’s ship. He’s also seen caring about making sure the crew goes into battle prepared, constantly drilling the crew so they are more responsive when time matters. Kirk is also shown as able to make hard personnel decisions which end up being right in the end. Kirk takes risks and is somewhat aggressive in playing a weak hand, but that is why he was put in command. SNW even has an episode showing that Kirk’s command is better suited to certain situations over Pike.

Movie era, Kirk isn’t as good of a captain. His crew bungle safety so bad it kills his science officer. Kirk’s rash decisions get people killed when dealing with Khan. His crew shows wild incompetence which kills a Klingon Chancellor.

It is interesting how different the character is between the shows and the movies.

Given that I don’t know what the acronym is, they aren’t doing a great job.

There isn’t an organized group for it, but there are organized groups against it.

The two attempts to do so, in 1993 and 2009, saw little organized political activity in favor of creating a single payer system while there was organized political resistance against it.

If politicians lose their seats trying to support a single payer system, they won’t be around after the next election.

There is no current organization of the working class to counter capitalist demands. Without organization, the working class will be kept powerless.

And they provided a way that is easy for them to manage. You’re just complaining about how they are going about getting complaints.

On the flip side, complaining about how people give away free code as a side project isn’t really useful. They are doing something on their own and not affecting you.

The code is being given away for free. It is the Internet equivalent of leaving a piece of furniture on the curb with a piece of paper taped to it saying “free”.

It flies through the air in a way that bricks don’t.

You didn’t see the one here about gooning communities?