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I remember reading a quote about how coalitions are essentially agreeing on the least-radical platform, with nothing taken from the more radical members. I thought it was in the state and revolution, but I couldn't find it. If someone knows what I'm talking about, please post it here.

If 95% of ford owners were satisfied with their black cars, vs 40% for another manufacturer that provides cars in multiple colors, then ford would be the better manufacturer.

Enough for them to believe that they live in a democracy, it seems (and I don't say that sarcastically).

It's not like people in liberal democracies have more influence. We can't choose who runs, and each individual's vote is negligible. I don't know the specifics of China's government, but I suspect they value being able to influence local policy and higher official elections via the Communist Party more than a direct vote on its leader -- I would too, honestly.

I'd say that it has confidence in that, but their elections and government are structured in a different way.

The CCP has higher approval rates than western governments and the vast majority of Chinese believe they are living in a democracy. This is confirmed by western studies; latest one I've seen was from Harvard.

The program itself is actually called paint.net

Not really, since bits and bytes represent the same dimension of data.

Your argument is like saying "why say a car can do km/h when it is really m/s"

You're equating monthly cloud storage payments to paying 40$ per TB of external HDD storage?

For reference, 200GB of iCloud storage are 3$/month, so 36$ per year.

Check prices before you make comments like this.

He is coming from a country that suffered terrorist attacks organized by the US (Operation Mongoose), being ready to fire his country's deterrent weapons if they don't stop receiving such attacks makes sense to me.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cuba-trafficking-idUSKBN1WC00X

I wouldn't trust the country that tried to assassinate Cuba's leader, overthrow their government and organized terrorist attacks in its land to have valid criticisms for Cuba.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/07/23/cuba-repressive-rules-doctors-working-abroad

Health workers may also face criminal penalties if they “abandon” their jobs.

This sounds bad, but then again they're on a foreign mission, with their country's reputation on the line. A considerable amount of health workers abandoning their jobs might make the mission infeasible, which could create diplomatic issues for Cuba. Also, I wonder if that's the case on soldiers (American or otherwise) on foreign missions. I would expect that they can't abandon their jobs without penalty, and I don't see how this is that different.

it is considered a “disciplinary offense” to have “relationships” with anyone whose “actions are not consistent with the principles and values of the Cuban society,” as well as to be “friends or establish any other links” with Cuban dissidents, people who have “hostile or contrary views to the Cuban revolution,” or who are “promoters of a way of life contrary to the principles that a Cuban collaborator abroad must represent.”

Again, these seem restrictions that would apply on soldiers on foreign missions, so it doesn't seem weird to me that they apply to Cuba's medical missions.

Under Resolution 168, doctors need “authorization and instructions” to “express opinions” to the media about “internal situations in the workplace” or that “put the Cuban collaboration at risk.” It is also an offense to “disseminate or propagate opinions or rumors that undermine the morals or prestige of the group or any of its members.”

I believe Cuba wouldn't need to enforce this if they weren't under -economic- siege by the US and their allies. What the doctors do or say on the missions could be the start of a diplomatic incident.

Others said they joined in the hope of leaving the country or of obtaining access to food, such as meat, which they cannot buy with their salaries in Cuba.

I can't help but wonder if meat would be cheaper in Cuba without the embargo against them.

Campus would be better because of the mountains adjacency bonus

"Everything I disagree with is propaganda"

Ian also happens to be dead

If you're talking about the bus route then you just don't know what you're talking about. Like others have said it already happens in Moscow and DC, and I can add my own experience with Athens.

Obviously if they want to do repairs or maintenance they don't close one station, they close part of the line and replace it with an express bus line. Yes it's slower and will make traffic worse but it simply must happen at some time.

Going by your logic, creating a subway system in a city with traffic issues is a "lose lose" because the roadworks will make traffic worse for a couple of years.

but at what cost

it’s not like you can just close down a station

It’s pretty much like that, then like someone else said you provide a bus route between the two stations. It's an inconvenience but has to happen at some time.

For smaller repairs like painting you an paint half of the station while keeping the other half operational, then finish the job some days later.

firing squads are probably a better idea than the lethal injection

How is that, in any way, answering the question?! You could mention some of those features...

Can't he do it temporarily via executive order?

Of which he had 4 in total to do something about abortions, so I fail to see how that's an adequate answer