While I don’t consider the system of governance there very good, I’ll have to agree. While I do absolutely worry for the American democracy, it isn’t a dictatorship in its current form. I also agree that the primaries do make the system better and more democratic. I still think that the two part system is abysmal, but the primaries do make the claim to democracy stronger.
I would like to try out being a some short of cop in Sweden or Germany. I’m not 100% sure if this would be my answer if someone actually offered me this, but it would be interesting to see.
And where in the world would you like to have that employment?
Beautiful place. I know next to nothing about Hong Kong, but I’m glad to see that it is greener than in my imagination.
Where in Lapland was this image taken?
Check BBC. They have pretty cood coverage of global news. Other might be Deutsche Welle, which despite the name is in English.
The best option would be to follow the news in Italian if at all possible. I actively follow the news in four languages and it really helps to show how differently they report on the same events. If you ever wonder why, for example, Sweden, Germany and USA have so different opinions on Palestine vs. Israel, just checking how their respective medias report about it in their own languages makes it clearer.
Do you have the means to reach this place? Lets say that you get the warning tomorrow, are you able to reach the island?
Well… My health conditions mean that I am unlikely to survive long term after apocalypse. Even if no zombies get me. The first week would be fine, the first month maybe, but I wouldnt be alive to see the second year. I could try to do a camping trip to see if the “apocalypse” passes over quickly. If not, then there is no point trying to plan for long term survival.
If a country gets away with not having a mandatory military service, then it sholdn’t have one. Forcing people (usually just men) to spend a substancial amount of time in something, they might have zero motivation to, is unjust.
That being said, I absolutely support the fact that we do have a conscription based army here in Finland. There simply is an existential imperative for an army that is wastly larger than what could be achieved with volunteers. Maybe an initial fighting force could be mustered, but we would have problems refreshing it throug years of heavy attritional combat. Like Ukraine could most likely never maintain a fighting force through volunteer only.
That being said there is an option of civilian service here in Finland. I hold no grudge against anyone choosing that option. I agree that the system is fundamentally injust. I just see no alternative.
I’m in a situation where I work only three days a week and get by just fine. As much as I love not having to work 5 days a week, I’m not really feeling “free”. Mostly because I still can’t find to do stuff.
I’m douptfull that such a list exists. At least not in a comprehensive form.
Very traditional sleeping schedule you have.
I try to be asleep by 22, but that doesn’t always work out. As I get older it gets harder and harder to stay awake long in the evenings. I have also begun to enjoy early mornings more.
Unfortunately I’m employed so that I have three nightshifts every week. So my sleepschedule is somewhat problematic.
“Betrayal” might be a wrong word for it, but I find this disappointing because the current events are the reason I have tried using Proton instead of Gmail. A tweet wont ruin the functionality of Proton, but it goes against my personal rationale for making the switch.
Very good question. Where I live they are supposed to be separated as “dangerous waste”, because people are not trusted to empty them themselves.
Very good point. Many of these alternatives with less traffic are much better if one doesn’t see them as 100% replacements.