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> what would Republicans offer a city?

There are a lot of local policies that are in the vein of the traditional GOP politics (small govt, personal freedom, less regulation, etc.) that are very applicable to urban living but do cut against national GOP politics. If they could separate the local from the national they'd do great.

Some examples:

* Cutting land use regulations to encourage more housing development. Urban areas suffer from ridiculously high housing prices due to overburdensome regulation

* Give parents more input into how their children's education via school choice.

* Reduce red tape/bureaucracy for accomplishing things in cities like slow permitting processes and starting businesses

Policies are generally not that clean cut and clear.

Many progressives already fight against policies that would increase housing (like adding overly burdensome restrictions to the development process)

>The escalation we're seeing in Ukraine (I hope the Belgorod incursion wasn't done using NATO weapons,

Why not? What can Russia do about it?

They can't buy the government they want. They'd dump tons of money into candidates that would get crushed due to the insane progressive tilt of most SF voters or they'd get in for a term or two, which is not enough time

Exactly. One party rule is bad. The failurs of the GOP to put up viable local candidates in SF and the the Democrats in deep red states are not good for the health of the country

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a war of colonialism and imperialism.

Yes they have.

You're strawmanning. Progress != Perfection and South American countries have agency as well

What superpower has been more benevolent than the US?

>Clearly USA is advantageous for you (and me!) but I wouldn't presume it is for the majority of people.

Billions of people have been lifted out of poverty due to the economic system that has been maintained via US power.

They're fundamentally different wars in their motivation as well.

The US invaded foolishly invaded Iraq and Afghanistan with the ultimate end goal of destroying evil power structures Sadam/Taliban and trying to establish liberal institutions. No one was trying to destroy local cultures or languages.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine, just like WW2 Germany's, has the end goal of genociding Ukrainian culture and subjugating the Ukrainian people

Don't forget about the Marshall plan or the massive amounts of technical advancements due to the US or the billions of people lifted out of poverty due to the US secured global order.

The US has been an imperfect superpower but objectively the most benevolent.

Realistically, what would be a better alternative to US hegemony?

Docker?

>It's not that newcomers have little chance, but more the symptom showing that there's little interest for competitive AoE2 play among newcomers

This isn't true. Hera & Lierey are two of the best AoE2 players and are both young.

There's an S-Tier tournament happening this week for anyone interested: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/King_of_the_Desert/5

Why? Just keep building as long as it's profitable for builders to do so

Why not build more housing?

Or the extreme amount of death at the hands of the Mongols.

The Crusades were also in response to the caliphate conquest which conquered Roman and Persian lands in the middle east and north africa

Please provide evidence for your claim.

Edit: OP originally claimed that the inquisition killed 50 million people and then edited their response instead of providing evidence. That's better than nothing, but I think still illustrates that OP might have extreme biases when discussing the Catholic church.

No it's not

Why? There are plenty of middle class black neighborhoods in Baltimore and the long term outlook continues to look better after the nadir of 2015.

Haha it won't take Ra's or Bane, just more time and more people with money moving into the city and helping to build out the tax base.

Imo now is a great time to buy property if you can deal with the rest.

Sorry to hear about the bad string of luck those close to you have had. It's vile and disgusting how much psychopathic behavior is tolerated by some residents in the city.

How? The market has generally risen since then

>There were other dubious bits of advice too, like pushing with your legs first, then torso, then arms, but if you try to actually do that in reality it feels extremely awkward. And watching the pros do it on TV it doesn’t seem like they’re doing anything like this.

This is the proper way to row. Iirc its about extending the length of your stroke while having consistent pulling

>It's something I did, and it's neat yet strange to see it being done to a part of my past.

Agree. I read recently that digital cameras have been taking off among younger people in the way vinyl took off among millennials. I'm excited to see how people that grew up with excessive, toxic social media manage to find better solutions for dealing with the internet

>Now we are getting sideways looks with a mixture of "You doing OK America?" and quietly diversifying their portfolios.

From who exactly? Most of developed and developing world is facing demographic collapse over the next 50 years.

The US is the largest energy producer, one of the largest food producers, the most dominant military, has relatively stable demographics and has no trouble assimilating immigrants, etc.

The sound effects they added are hysterical. A real hell house

There's no reason to think that the European style model works in Europe. Most of Europe is facing dire demographic issues.

IIRC the landing would have been a failure too without Neil Armstrong's skill as a pilot under pressure

Look at European birth rates and a bit more puritanism might be beneficial

Agree. My wife LOVES netflix's Korean rom-com shoes because of how straightforwardly cute they are.

>Anyway I hope the growing popularity of foreign shows leads to western media taking time to reassess what people are looking for in shows.

Agree. The age of everything being ironic, sassy, and whiny needs to end.

The ability to repress desires to focus on long term goals or to develop appreciate for the satiating of those desires is a good long term skill to have.

Distance makes the heart grow fonder

From a purely practical perspective, the death penalty is bad because of inaccuracy in the legal system.

From a morality perspective, how is the death penalty materially different than using lethal force in a war?