We've had some form of democracy for nearly 250 years, I don't see us losing it anytime soon.

Carbon capture itself is just bad, because it allows people to think that we don't need to reduce the carbon that is being released because it can just be captured anyways.

The only way that carbon capture makes sense is if we first stop putting carbon in the air to begin with, then we can focus on capturing the carbon that remains and isn't increasing.

Focusing on carbon capture just allows other people to pollute more.

Grassroots? It was a popular vote. US politics is very dependent on the state so painting the US as going to shit is oversimplifying an incredibly complex country

Grassroots? It was a popular vote. US politics is very dependent on the state so painting the US as going to shit is oversimplifying an incredibly complex country

I'm gonna need a source on that being a grassroots win

I believe in Kansas they voted on it and kept it, local action is important

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Yup. Makes me think of a ad that comes on the radio. Boils down to "our hybrid car uses 40% less gas", well yeah of course it does because 40% of it's power comes from the electric motor, so your car isn't technically better. Know what reduces gas usage by an even bigger amount? Not having the car in the first place.

The coup attempt was also made up /s

Yeah and see how much that pushback has helped?

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You brought up something specific, abortion pushback has been massive, but I am not here to talk about that.

Does the topic even matter when we're discussing how public opinion can be blatantly overrun?

Abortion is a different topic, stop moving the goalposts

Sure - but Roe vs Wade got overturned despite overwhelming nationwide support for abortion rights. Heck, banning abortion wasn't even an issue in elections on the federal or state level.

Thanks, I thought that the Flintstones took place in a future. Where technology had been lost and their caveman implementations of existing technology was based on recreating what had been lost.

Sweden is a Muslim ghetto. Finland ia in the process being another Muslim hellscape. Norway shall standout.

I think a better way to look at it is to see how many people vote and support it.

What are your thoughts on the mere fact that these things *are* being introduced? And where do you see the other social policy issues I mentioned going?

I'm not trying to be combative here, I am genuinely wishing to hear more optimistic perspectives than my own.

https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/04/02/19/Anne-Woods.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp

Same in USA. Same in China. Same in Russia.

Thank you for the sources. Those are bills introduced, those aren’t policy.

*"In Iowa, Republican legislators introduced a bill in January to expand the types of work 14- and 15-year-olds would be permitted to do as part of approved training programs, extend allowable work hours, and exempt employers from liability if these young workers are sickened, injured or killed on the job."*

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/us-child-labor-laws-violations

*"(22) As of 2022, at least 4 States tried to ban access to some or all contraceptives by restricting access to public funding for these products and services. Furthermore, Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas have infringed on people’s ability to access their contraceptive care by violating the free choice of provider requirement under the Medicaid program."*

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8373/text

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These are news I stumbled upon without even really looking. And I could find the sources for you in less than 10s of googling.

I don't believe we're going to need a fraction of what we have now.

Same thing for writers. Machine written articles are getting awfully good.

I would actually argue that the process of innovation requires that, at least in the early stages, the ideas being combined make no sense at all.