why not

teachers are literally doing that right now and have been since the 80s

imagine how fucking horrible the USPS would be if you made it a state by state thing. some things just need to be able to communicate internally on a national scale

every other country with suburbs has proven this wrong

counterpoint. i live in ohio now. pretty sure columbus is chart topping in property theft rn

what? tech and software firms are currently going through their largest wave of layoffs since any of them were founded. there's a real estate bubble that puts 2008 to shame and it looks like it's about to burst. u.s. life expectancy is decreasing for the first time since the country was founded.

when child malnutrition rates go up, child hunger goes up, and public education continues to fall behind standards, all in a world that everyone (regardless of political affiliation) agrees is the most socially and financially tense it's been in decades, kids are going to make horrible decisions. yes criminals are still criminals but calling the world we're in 'cute' is an extremely disingenuous way to sweep systemic problems under the rug

you're weird

that line runs through my little hometown in CT. they integrate the train into downtown so everyone can see it, it's very fun. always heard it was slow though

Have you ever stopped and thought about why the united states so consistently and so obviously has way more of "these people" than most other places in the world? We have been consistently trying to throw the book at crime since the 1980s if not the 1880s. We have consistently failed to reduce crime in the long term. Crime can be stitched up by police and justice systems but it can be prevented by socioeconomic prosperity for those most vulnerable to cycles of crime. When do we finally realize that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure? We can do both.

problem is we (as a society) have decided that the people whose entire lifes work should be dedicated to removing bias from the legal system also have to run partisan political campaigns

what do you think an asylum seeker is? many syrian immigrants were directly targeted by chemical weapons but right wing know-nothing nativists read from the exact same script every time (except the ukrainians, they can come in for some reason)

you uh... you know all vehicles have batteries right. not just electric ones

also doesn't mention the costs reduced by fewer pollutants

they should educate their kids. torah is about critical thinking and making your own interpretation of what you read

sure it makes sense. who watches the watchmen? rarely if ever is there justice for people who have been wronged by the justice system, because they investigated themselves and found themselves innocent

if someone is so used to feeling unheard and unseen about their struggles with mental health at the height of a national mental health crisis, that this is the only way they can imagine being seen for as long as they live, that's a not a problem with the individual

yeah it's even weirder that municipal authorities in the west are willing to look the other way. sucks that they're all kind of in bed together