I was under the impression that gerrymandering has no influence on the presidential election. The electoral votes are decided by the state-wide majority, not through counties.
I had subtly internalized that idea from growing up in a small, narrow-minded town. I don't remember it explicitly being said to me but probably it has. Don't think it came from my parents though. Definitely not from my mom, maybe from my dad.
My point is that despite the subtlety of it all (as far as I can remember), I had a hard time getting over this internalised toxic masculinity. I can only imagine if it was much more explicit.
But you are you! You define your own masculinity. And as paradoxal as it may seem, being comfortable in your own masculinity, however you define it, is the most manly thing you can do.
Lots of people of people have called you out on how much luck you've had on not getting majorly sick or anything else that might have stopped you from making money.
But you're also very privileged, or more accurately are in a position that you can't expect from everyone, because you were free to move cities for your career. Some people just don't have that comfort. They rely on family or friends to make them through the day. They might have kids, they might need the mental support, whatever.
Even if they could theoretically make it without the financial, practical, or emotional support, you can't expect people to give that up just for their career.
I'm from Europe and lived in a country with a much higher pay than my home country. After 2 years I moved back because I just was not happy without being close to my family and friends. I would have been much better off financially if I stayed there, even if just for a few years longer, but it was just not a sacrifice I was willing to make.
I would call myself an expert in a the field of astrophysics. Not a world leading expert at all, and imposter syndrome comes with the part, but I did study it extensively and have a phd on galaxy formation.
The amount of complete non-sense comments on this topic with lots of upvotes I've seen, made me realise how much highly upvoted misinformation there must be on other topics that I'm not an expert on.
It made me realise you shouldn't take anything at face value, no matter with how much confidence it's said. Easier said than done, and I most likely still fell into the same trap. But still a valuable lesson.
Bash the economic models, not the person who came up with them.
I don't know enough of the theory to dispute anything you said about the flawed assumptions. But I'm sure Nash's theories are solid under the presumed assumptions, which are for sure overly simplified and possibly deeply flawed. But then blame the people adopting these models without checking if the assumptions are valid.
It's like models that holds only for spherical cows in a vacuum and people want to apply it to giraffes on earth.
I would have been completely with you if you bashed the economic models, you gave a reasonable explanation on why they're flawed, if you wouldn't have multiple times mentioned the psychological issues of the mathematician who came up with it.
I'm all for preserving old buildings, so very nice to see this.
But as a European living in a city with churches going back to the 13th century, I can't help but laugh at a building from 1971 being referred to as "been here forever" 😅
A lot of cities in Europe are actively discouraging people from taking the car to get to the city center. Either by requiring a permit to enter, making it very convoluted to get to your destination by implementing one-way streets and having a few big roads made to take on traffic, outright banning older cars with bad emission, or a combination of the above.
This is typically balanced with park & rides outside the city center, from where you can easily take public transport into the city.
Suppliers are still allowed in and are able to do so because less cars are driving there.
The city I live in has recently implemented such measures. Lots of people were complaining beforehand. But after a few years, there's not less people making it inside the city, no massive congestion, better air quality,...
Edit: not saying this is necessarily the case here. From other comments, it does seem they moved traffic underground. But my reply is still valid to your comment.
You raise some valid problems (that the rich have advantages throughout their lifes long before the college admission phase) but come to the right conclusion.
The way to fix it is that everyone, no matter their social status, should have the same opportunities. So go to any school they want, no need to work, making tutors affordable to everyone,...
This requires a massive reform of the economic system though.
Better gun control would mean there would be a much lower chance they would ever be in a situation where they need to fight for their life.