Thank you for that.
I’ve long thought we need a non-military service branch much like you describe and for much the same resson.
In my experience it isn’t just “rich” kids but anyone that grows up with minimal adversity and exposure to people outside their immediate (sheltered) bubble that are really hard to work alongside. Anyone who hasn’t been told “no” enough to understand the world doesn’t cater to them, really.
Just wait until you or someone close develops an autoimmune disease, then the trust meter falls off a cliff during round after round of tests and “you’re fine”.
Or if you have a bunion that skews your big toe 35° but they tell you it’s not bad enough for surgery and there’s nothing to be done for it.
Or…yeah we could be here all day just for the system’s failings for me and my wife.
And there’s our lack of or inadequate mental health coverage and care.
And that’s just one example.
The most glaring generator of mistrust for decades now is the thing citizens discuss all the time but is never addressed: our out of control military budget.
We could solve every one of our country’s financial issues multiple times over by reducing the military budget, and not even drastically so.
Our military was tasked with an audit to reign in waste and spending. They couldn’t pass an audit so they were just given a free pass, no penalties or repercussions. The first audit was 2017 and they failed to pass. They failed two more since then. Senator Sanders intoruduced a bill in 2021 and again in 2023 which required an audit and was supposed to impose penalties for failure, it’s been introduced so we’ll see how that goes.
the facts of reality that I’ve already stated
But you never stated facts or reality.
You’re trying to argue that races exist as something other than social constructs.
Different Races for humans have no genetic or biological basis. Period.
Blonde is not a race. Brown eyed is not a race. Brown skin is not a race. And on and on
If their “carry on” does not meet the size restrictions they absolutely will gate check it at cost. That’s their fault not listening or reading bag size restrictions orbwillfully ignoring them in hopes of forcing an oversize bag into the overhead.
terrorized the Donbas for almost a decade before Russia intervened two years ago
You mean the Donbas where Ukraine was fighting Russia after they annexed Crimea?
How can you terroriza your own country that was invaded?
Are you completely ignoring the fact Russia annexed Crimea just so you can carry water for Putin? What is your agenda?
Hey that’s a nice home you have. We’re moving in. You can fight me for it but it will be long and bloody. Probably best you just move out and concede it to me.
There are two types of people. Those who can extrapolate a conclusion from an incomplete data set and
Airbus has only really been in competition with Boeing since the 2000s. Boeing’s merger with Mcdonell Douglas was in 1997 and that is when corporate culture shifted hard away from quality and to machinists, mechanics, engineers, everyone being told to think “how can I increase stock value today”.
I was a flight attendant with TWA, so take this as what it is: advice from 20+ years ago.
If all the overhead bins are full they will gate check your bag; tag it, send it down the external stairs of the jetway, and it will go in the belly with the other checked luggage.
issue is less about humans and more about americans, specifically
Yes
See how deeply entrenched scarcity mentality is in every aspect of our lives.
You are not alone.
Then I suggest printing with bananas.
https://www.engadget.com/2014-11-21-3d-print-mashed-bananas.html?guccounter=1
5/7 perfect score
Why are you making 3d models in the kitchen? Use a computer program for that.
Well said.
It really whips the llama’s ass.
-RIP Wesley Willis