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I'm sure that within the context of the discussion and the number of votes cast, you can come up with a meaningful number.
> Fraudulently casting that many votes undetected would be a non-trivial task.
Non-trivial is a low barrier.
Given that people have been convicted of fraud and invalid votes are found, we have learned that either (1) this technique does not find evidence of fraud even when it happens or (2) the fraud that happens is marginal.
(2) seems likely, but given the small margins in some swing states, even a relatively small numbers of fraudulent votes could determine the election.
Everyone. Everyone dies. That includes you and me. The question is not if but how and what you do with the time you have.
Well that sounds ominous.
Whatever rules exists here exist on paper only.
A light bike doing 16 kph will knock you down but not seriously injure you unless you're unlucky.
Mopeds are doing more like 16 mph (25kmh) and easily weigh 70+ kg. That's a fast and heavy chunk of metal. If that hits you, you will be badly injured or killed. That changes the stakes of the bike paths from scraped knees to death or brain injury.
No, I believe in banning things when the vast majority use them irresponsibly.
That demonstrates that it's just not something we're capable of handling.
That means the bikes, cars and pedestrians are already separated.
The mopeds/scooters (who go up to 45kmh / ~28 mph) are the only ones who don't fit in. That why they're constantly switching between roads, bike paths and sidewalks.
But everyone does.
The vast majority of them drive completely irresponsibly. They go at least twice as fast as the bikes on the bike lanes so they're constantly going in the middle of the lane into oncoming traffic. I've lost track of how many times I've had to swerve on my bike because someone comes right towards me.
The Netherlands does not actually have bike lanes. It has shared moped/scooter/bike lanes.
Trying to affect peoples views and behavior: propaganda.
As long as you control what a large segment of the population sees, you can orchestrate peoples actions. Censorship has never been absolute or complete and doesn't need to be in order to be effective.
two party system != there are two parties
the system != the current situation
not being part of the Union != not cooperating
(although currently the EU is attempting to block all cooperation outside the bounds of the Union in an effort to keep the UK practically a member, but without voting rights)
So in the end, there are fewer sides/groups/blocks than parties and people tend to switch between parties within a block, but rarely between blocks.