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  • The US is also a prime example why simply getting rid of an ID does not actually solve any of these issues for the mentioned groups. If anything you can see more problems with voter registration and information that partially would be solved by a unified ID issued to each legal citizen.
    Or in other words: People will always find a way to exclude groups on purpose and they will always be lazy to implement new measures to include a smaller pool of people, especially if they feel including those people might not even benefit them.

    And ID is a good first step but it’s of course also not enough to reach everyone who legally can vote.





  • Balios@kbin.socialtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldgotdamn
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    1 year ago

    The problem is simple: in a perfect society we wouldn’t increase flat prices simply so a landlord can make even more profit. There is no actual, logical reason why the flat should cost 5x as much, only made up ones that basically say “but I wanna!”. There’s no actual 5x increase in costs for the landlord, they pocket most of that additional rent.
    Living space isn’t something you should be able to profit this heavily from in a functioning society, as it’s a basic necessity to life. It’s alright that nicer flats cost more but nowadays we value huge additional profits to landlords higher than basic human rights, provocatively spoken.







  • Balios@kbin.socialtoNuclear Energy@feddit.nlYep
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    The technical side isn’t solved with nuclear waste, either. There isn’t a single final storage site in the world. We just started building nuclear plants, without knowing how to actually store that trash so it’s “well sealed”. Nowadays there are a least ideas, investigations and plans but nobody actually created one, moved all their trash there and started using it. But once they do, it’s also not simple. All of the existing trash needs to moved around the respective countries (hopefully nobody signs on the idea to move it between countries) since it’s only in temporary storage, I’d call that far from “well sealed”. There will be literally trains or trucks carrying that shit through neighbourhoods, ifnthey ever actually find their permanant storage.

    Also the choice is absolutely not between CO2, greenhouse gases and nuclear waste, that’s just pro-nuclear nonsense. Plus, since when do we trust governments and possibly involved companies to actually find a solution that will not harm anyone? Putting your trust into them to not dump that shit in unsuitable sites is a huge ask. They can’t do that with chemicals, so why would nuclear trash be any different?






  • I just don’t understand why I have to say “hey, would you mind not letting the dogs tangle? thank you:)” in some high pitched voice when I could just say, “can you not let the dogs tangle?” in a tone that conveys I’m serious. it’s so much easier when intentions are simply stated.

    I think part of your problem actually starts even earlier, because it exists in both examples. You use you-statements. Neurotypicals hate these and feel directly accused of something. So softening the you-statement helps.

    If it makes sense to you and comes more easy you can try something that is also taught to neurotypicals who look into learning about communication: Avoid you-statements and instead use I-statements that are about you and the situation, not them and the situation.
    There are a lot of resources about that on the internet (because as said, even the Neurotypicals need to learn about that) but here’s one example where they explain the difference and how it’s perceived

    But here you’d instead say “I don’t like when the dogs tangle”. Neurotypicals will see a problem that needs to be solved and go like “hey, I can help” instead of becoming defensive about the perceived accusation that they did something wrong. It’s not a guarantee that it works but studies show a lot higher acceptance for I-statements.