Don't know where you are from, but most of Europe has had good public transport. Though it can always be better, so Europe is pushing further with for example the TEN project, and check some vids on YT.
Also, imo, there is no " one" right answer. No holy grail nor whatever. Most choices are incrementel.Usuallly It's a shift of awareness, technology ( in a form) and culture, which hopefully leads to a better tomorrow. The difference is that the majority of the problems we face have no precedent. 8 bn humans worldwide is a first since for ever.
context: As of September 2022, 1.3 million people had been internally displaced, and over 13,000 children have been killed. By March 2023, the UN estimated that since the coup, 17.6 million people in Myanmar required humanitarian assistance.
Thx! And, to clarify the situation I copied this comment from @Sarah link.
It's not a "plug type door". It's a plugged door. They're different things. This isn't a door at all. It doesn't open.
Indeed it's NOT part of the fuselage (plane frame), it was built as an empty socket for the placement of an eventual (extra) emergency door, depanding the seat configuration.
In this plane they did a faulty install of a " plug-in "instead.
exit door plug, which are installed as "blanking plates".
Do you have some more info?
I can't find any new detailed info and I'm no airplane mechanic.Afaik, blanking plates are usually cosmetic, and the problem occured due to cabin pressure loss. Also, the plane was supposedly certified, recently.
I reckon the writer is saying this about the West because that's the only data he had access to. And, that this techno-pessimism should be a worldwide phenomena.
On the other hand, I wonder whether other cultures, apart from the West, have adopted a similar risk averse mindset.
I mean, "the Haves" (and not the Have- Nots) are the only ones prone to be afraid to loose their accumulated wealth & lifestyle. But probably other affluent groups in the Non- Western world, might have adopted similar tendencies.
Or, they might have not. And this risk averse mindset, is exclusively a Western post-industrial cultural element. It would be very interesting to find out what the cultural & regional differences actually are world-wide.
I wish all the citizens in the region the best of luck to end the war and atrocities.
I also wonder whoms flag they are actually flying; who's agenda is it?
The SA government isn't doing this for humanitarian (HRW report) reasons, are they?
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In contrast, South Africa( ANC) remained " neutral " and didn't support UN resolutions condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine, their war crimes & genocide.
"Iranian-born Eliyahu Yossian, a virtual unknown until the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, has in recent months become a mainstay on Channel 14 – a right-wing pro-Netanyahu Israeli television station often likened to Fox News.(...)
Speaking during a news debate on Channel 14 last October, he commented: "I don't believe in liberal values. I loathe liberal values. I utterly reject them. Now, you say that we're liberals. That 'we' – I'm not part of it. There is no cultural affinity between you and me."
He doesn't like liberal values, he prefers xtreme right.
I'm trying to grasp what the ( geo political) consequences are of the entry of some of the newer countries, like for example Saudi-Arabia for current & future Western-Arabian cooperation.
It's probably meant more as a framework to counter USA dollar dominance andcpolitics, and as a mean for China (&some pariah states) to extern influence.
What I don't get is that the current & new members aren't afraid of some sort reputation damage, and that this consequently will endanger current and new cooperations with the West.
Brics are probably gambling that the West will need their resources (oil, labour, wood, precious metals etc), and that in the end they will counter the worldorder, through simple Western greed or need.
On the other hand, and this is speculative, will the West maintain this ( Brics) cooperation, when it's obvious that fundamental values like Freedom, democracy and human rights are at stake?
The order as we knew it has ended. The free movements of goods and the dream of globalisation, will soon be only memories. Polarisation seems to be now the new order.
I'm unsure about the practices in Portugal. In Northern Europe we use the so called Scandinavian model..
This entails :1) gender-neutral and 2) selective and competitive, and therefore in principle still voluntary. Also there's an opt-out option, and or a civilian service option. According to some comments, it appears to work that way as well.
German army has been having a huge neonazi problem
Maybe should've started with that instead of:
"Fuck them. They can go fight themselves their own shitty wars. I do not stand with the German government supporting and fueling all conflicts in the Middle East and Africa. If it ever comes to that, I'd rather break my own legs than take part in theirneonazi filled summer camp."
I don't really get why two steady and operational fora need to change.
Why don't you leave at is; and if necessary, or needed, you might want to create a new @worldpolitics.
And yes, US news, which has an impact on the world, should be worldnews as well. As long it's not Internal US news, and placed with a correct country tag or title( like some suggested)
So, Tesla calling cars back, is world news , and so is a new nuclear thingy. But not Michigan officer this or that.
What nobody wants is too much one sided news, and dis/ misinformation. And some users don't even want opinion pieces, because they are not " facts"
I don't mind Opinions stuff though. As long as the tag & title are clear, anybody can decide for themselves whether to click ot not.
I also agree with the quality over quantity statement somebody else made.
And you don't ?!