Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "The Wall Street Journal" channel.

@nomoremarxistbs7410 Unlike Detroit, California isn't dependent on a single industry, didn't collapse after its previous industries were outsourced, and Silicon Valley will continue generating revenue for many, many years. Technology isn't going anywhere, so unless new areas become even more attractive (which, let's be honest, they won't— only a few states have enough coastline to trade on the scale of California), the Golden State's top status is here to stay.
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@bryangracia8324 Lemme guess: Bumfuck, Mississippi and Fort Worth are the greatest cities in America?
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@cita7879 It's not actually a "white people" problem. It's White Americans. Their nation was founded on very prudish and restrictive Puritan ideas, and the behaviors they started have survived in some form to this day. Go to Europe, any place in Europe, and it'll be totally different. People there are still normal.
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I completely agree, but that's a societal convention. I genuinely don't know whether that's something we will ever get back. An easier place to start is law. Instead of trying to sway an entire nation's ideas, start with 537 people. Repeal Citizens United.
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Same with Russia. MILLIONS of square kilometres of steppe, perfect for farming cannabis, and yet it's heavily illegal. The people are also very creative in traditional crafts (carpentry, sculpture, machinery) but the government refuses to invest in anything besides oil. I suspect you feel the same way about Brazil not using the Amazon to sell exotic fruits, extremely rare medicines, and (sustainable) exotic hardwoods-- instead of just selling beef and soy?
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@cookie69420 You should go into Appalachia and the Deep South. The differences between there and most parts of Africa become very fuzzy. And in many African nations, healthcare essentials are cheaper while being comparable. There is no excuse for the United States. It's pathetic.
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But it's so sunny and San Fran is the closest to a great city America has :(
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J Wil Not really. Remember, without 'Dumbfuck,' Bumfuck wouldn't even exist. Or rather, wouldn't last long before going under. One is clearly better. Unless doing donuts through soyfields all day is your idea of fun. In which case, how are your grandchildren doing?
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@loveflying4488 Russia is still fighting in Ukraine's Eastern region for more territory. If they haven't succeeded in 5 years, what makes you think they'll take on all of Europe and win? (Bear in mind that their goal at the moment is more warm-water and agricultural territory. Nuking Europe kills the point.) I think, with many times more people, more advanced technology, and better maritime trade access, that Europe will be fine.
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@bugged1212 Your name is a perfect response to your comment. The insulin medication in Korea is chemically identical to the one sold in the U.S.. Why would someone pay more for no difference whatsoever?
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@dudeman7738 The "burden of innovation" doesn't apply here. Insulin, and delivery methods for it, have been paid off for decades. This is greed by PBMs, hospitals, insurance companies, and pharmaceutical companies. Plain and simple. There is no R&D for a chemical that has been around since the 1900's.
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John Doe Um, how exactly can everyone be self-sufficient, short of abolishing the government? Even farmers rely on the government. Subsidies to corn and soy crops, technology to increase yields, publicly funded roads to ship harvests, all come with the help of the government. There's no such thing as "free" if you think it means complete independence from the government. There was never such a thing, it was a myth. Created, ironciallly, to promote settlement out West. While the government couldn't reach people that far west back then, the United States is remarkably well-connected right now. Your objection to losing your freedom is silly— you already register your location and identity with the government (driver's license, social security number). What extra thing, besides your vague, unfounded feeling of independence, would you be losing here?
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John Doe You didn't answer the question. Even the website you're using now, YouTube, relies on technology developed by public universities and DARPA (govt agency). Why won't you answer? Are you really ready to live "free" and "independent"? No public roads, no cheap food, no farming tech, no colleges?
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@joshn2342323 In many sectors, competition is a boon to the customer. Not so with transportation. Where exactly do you see rails "innovating?" New technology for tech that complex (in the case of Europe's maglev lines) doesn't turn a profit, and no company would sink decades of R&D into that without a guaranteed profit to pad that loss. Do you wish companies would take over your water and electricity? Is there not enough competition there, too? Some things just need to run efficiently, if on the taxpayers' dime. If it benefits everyone (which, outside the U.S. it does), then it should simply stay public.
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@cats0182 Your username should be Two-Face, because that was a great false dichotomy! Europeans only pay marginally higher taxes for a lot more benefits- the taxes apply more to the wealthy than the middle or lower classes. If your idea of choice is being bankrupted because you make just enough money to not qualify for Medicaid but not enough for a private insurer, or having only one way to move from place to place which somehow qualifies as 'freedom,' then go ahead. Enjoy. Americans seem to take after Henry David Thoreau- very big on building their own house in the woods, proclaiming rugged independence.. while having dinner every weekend with the Emersons, whose forest you've been occupying for a year. You love the freedom of driving, which you can only do with a government-mandated ID, on publicly funded roads, with regulations put on your car to make sure it doesn't spit lead into your lungs, or kill you on impact. But of course, seatbelts are oppressive too, right? Self-delusion at its finest.
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@vikzritr518 That's not an objective judgement call. If the U.S. had invested more in public transit (or at least not allowed GM to literally uproot thousands of miles of streetcar track) you'd simply have a different view on what distance you can reasonably drive. Personally I think the car is best suited for the road trip. It really is freeing then, but on a day-to-day basis, cars stink. Constant maintenance, gas and insurance costs, extremely unsafe compared to transit, and traffic that will only get worse the more Americans there are. Why go through all that for a few months of the year and 'freedom' despite having only the one choice, when you can sit back and relax in a (well-funded) train/bus on your way to work?
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@mattsocal2010 India and Russia have similar systems, so the argument of population ot size simply doesn't work. Even places with "rugged individualism" (like Switzerland) have better outcomes for 99% of people. Of course if you need cutting-edge technology then you can go to America but most people cant afford that anyway. So it's better to have a "VA" system than what you have now. Do you complain about electricity or the mail? If something works well, you don't even notice it.
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@haught7576 I have seen the video, but it doesnt change the fact that, even in latino latinoamerica it was a symbolic thing, you could never pronounce it. Just use e instead of x, makes more sense and you can conjugate it. Not to mention Spanish already uses masculine as neuter gender
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There's a proposal in the House as we speak to legalize marijuana federally
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The NIMBYs refuse any new development anywhere near them (usually old, hate loud noises) so they push against any proposals for new housing to be built. Deal with them, and you can meet the increased demand, and maybe even lower prices.
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@junglie Not hemp, marijuana
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@fredwu7169 The U.S. isn't much better but at least they don't try to turn the whole country into a vassal state. They allow and encourage other countries to create their own things, instead of sending raw materials to a more wealthy country.
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@DARK2665 No, they don't. But old conservatives (Not In My Backyard— NIMBYs)— do. They halt new development by voting against any new buildings in their areas, and since they live in the suburbs outside the metro area, they occupy a large chunk of potential land, boxing the city in.
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@Lexman00 And then it flooded
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