Youtube hearted comments of Neolithic Transit Revolution (@neolithictransitrevolution427).

  1. Something crazy to me is that things like good bikes and buses are often hand in hand with tourism, tourists want to a) get around b) be around locals c) Enjoy the weather. There really isn't an explanation for this except "We 'ended' racism so we really have to double down on classism and make it as hard as possible for anything to change". It's a horror concepts like these, "Cars are for rich people, if I'm not driving I'm worthless", become so internalized to a culutre. Obviously a global phenomenon but I think it does hit traditionally marginalized groups harder because humans naturally want to be seen as equal.
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  2. It's funny but I've taken people as adults real camping for the first time (not like park a car and melt a marshmallow but long canoe trip) and people have like panic attacks when it's time to leave. I always say "It's crazy how when you keep an animal in a cage for it's whole life and then take them to their natural habitat, they freak out when you try and make them leave" lol
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  3. I'm a fan of it.
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  4. There are ceramics dating back 30k years along the Amur river in East Siberia where people were storing fish. I would assume these people share a common history with the Eastern Hunter Gathers through the Ancient North Eurasians.
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  5. I'm surprised with the lack of Piracy we see coming out of Venezuela, Haiti, and to a lesser extent Columbia and some of the Central America states. I credot ot with US navy being local, but I think its a constant potential risk.
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  6. When you consider how much of the state acts as an insurance policy, I would say a wealth tax is an entirely reasonable proposition. How does insurance work but to charge more based on high asset value.
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  7. What I can predict is a shadow fleet tanker crashing into a port or off the coast and creating a massive oil spill
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  8. I think there are certain extenuating factors. Tariffs aren't inherently bad, but they are bad when they are a shock to the economic system. The WW2 example being Japan suddenly realizing it needed an empire because the US was unreliable. If the tariffs had been planned, this may not be the case. The impact on the great depression was also accentuated by the flat dollar amounts causing the tariffs to increase in percentage terms as deflation kicked off. Consumers pay all taxes at the end of the day.
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  9. I think as a revenue tool a very low rate, something below the average rate of return so that ideal money is still growing, is entirely tenable. Rich people don't mind taxes, they like stability. Switzerland, Luxembourg, all the ultra wealthy hubs use a low wealth tax. As long as they know their money is safe in a market, they will pay a small fee.
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  10. @AFNick  I would rather compromise. Expand scope of the 401k type plans so that people's income that is saved is not subject to income tax. Turn income tax into something more akin to a progressive consumption tax. But obviously I would point out that the people holding the majority of the wealth certainly aren't paying a 50% income tax.
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