This one is the very best!

Reddit was not much differentiated in the beginning. It was kinda of weird and had a super Linux tech nerd culture. There was kind of a nice time between that and now, even though it was still niche. Hopefully we can see something like that again but without all the private interest ruining it in the end. But yeah, I’m with you.

Best case scenario it’s a very bold dogwhistle. Which isn’t any better.

It’s because the things they don’t like aren’t big enough to switch and get new playlists etc.

‘Legal’ weed usually just means huge taxes and big business oligopoly, also low quality.

And so far away from the city.

Socially it is moving pretty fast to the right in many places. They still have trains and healthcare. For now. Most US cities are as left leaning as Europe is.

Make them in Mexico. Less reliance on one country is better for everyone.

Italy’s problems aren’t new. Am Italian.

I live in a very, very touristy area. I just accept that I live somewhere other people want to see, and there’s real consequences to that. The consequences are significant. Traffic, crowding, high prices, shitty restaurants, etc. There are benefits though. And not all tourist jobs are bad. Yeah they’re not engineering jobs, but to the people who live off those jobs they are happy they exist. It’s easy for someone who is privileged to say no one wants those jobs.