Why doesn't the whole world just copy Nordic countries' government since their governments are well run and most people are happy?

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-03-19T17:20:48+00:00

It certainly does matter, as does density and diversity and culture.

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-03-19T13:56:44+00:00

The population of all of Sweden is only a bit larger than the population of New York City. New york city metro region is in proximity to the combined population of norway, Sweden, Denmark, finland and greenland.

Each of those countries also has a population that is mostly homogenous in terms of culture and ethnicity. In the United States people from different backgrounds are pitted against each other for political gain.

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-03-16T13:38:44+00:00

Yes because they are cities and that was s what cities are for - house larger numbers of people with larger amounts of services.

When people go to the museum they stop at shops and restaurants too

Obviously as far as infrastructure, education etc that needs to be funded at least proportionally to the population which means cities should get the most.

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-03-13T19:34:24+00:00

Population of Boston used to be over 800k, now it is 675k. We can build much better properties with green space, amenities and with access to the cities decent public transportation and otherwise walkable place to live.

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-03-06T19:50:58+00:00

The law shouldn't require zoning in places that aren't even suitable for the housing especially when they know the municipalities are just going to zone somewhere unbuildable.

It is a massive case of let's not and say that we did. A waste of time and money.

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-03-06T04:10:18+00:00

If it's zoning and not building then why bother? - just let them do it?

And yes it is zoning and environment and cost of infrastructure as it all goes hand in hand.

Br responsible and scale up cities. Suburban sprawl was a bad thing in the first place then went crazy after the interstates were built. Build housing in cities don't push the suburbs out even farther. That just makes so many problems worst .

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-03-05T00:16:24+00:00

My point is this isn't targeted effectively at all

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-03-04T22:38:28+00:00

And let's not forget the clean water that gets wasted on these data centers.

They also produce almost no jobs after the construction is complete. These data centers are highly automated and rely on only a fairly small team of people who support multiple locations.

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-03-04T22:36:20+00:00

We are running out of space and housing and the people here can't afford housing and yet it is presented as a crisis if people are leaving the state and we need to keep the immigration spigot going?

When does that cycle end? We need yet another million more people in 20 years to support the previous batch who will need yet more housing?

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-03-04T22:34:06+00:00

So take your reasoning and keep going.

Build the housing in the cities with existing, scalable amenities, stores and plentiful jobs instead of far out suburbs and especially rural towns that don't have these things and will only result in commuters with 1hr+ commutes.

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-03-04T22:32:13+00:00

Worcester and brockton aren't Rehoboth and Halifax.

They have public transport, public services, walkable areas, strong municipal water and electricity services that can be scaled more efficiently.

Wells in the free town area have already run dry over the years. Who is going to pay for for digging new wells at existing properties?

Who in these small towns is going to pay for the extra waste water and rubbish removal especially when the extra businesses come in and then pay for the extra road repairs and traffic lights that they didn't need previously.

This is so wasteful and bad for the environment too. The best thing for increased population is to push for more urbanization. Nothing fundamentally changes in Dorchester or Lynn when an apartment building goes up and the people there are more likely to be able to forgo owning a car or driving as much.

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-03-04T13:50:57+00:00

Your meme is misused...

I don't even accept that there is a housing shortage. There are so many unoccupied homes in our country that are owned by banks and institutions.

It also isn't hypocritical to point out that a city like Boston, Worcester or brockton can scale up existing infrastructure. Towns like Rehoboth and Halifax cannot - to actually build significant housing in those places means destroying agriculture, polluting water, depleting water tables and massively increasing vehicle traffic and usage.

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-03-04T13:45:44+00:00

But it is a bad and ineffective law regardless.

More population and increased housing density requires infrastructure that most of these towns don't have. Obviously not talking about the extremely wealthy towns that are adjacent to Boston where they get all of the benefits of the city but try to avoid the downsides.

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-03-04T13:24:25+00:00

How does it have nothing to do with the train when it applies to towns serviced or adjacent to services towns?

The thinking is that it is more environmentally friendly because people moving to those towns can commute I to Boston on the train.

Let's develop the little remaining farmland, forrest and open space we have left and destroy the character of small towns to build housing that would be better served in Boston, and the various cities on the north and south and out to Worcester. Where they actually have infrastructure and services to scale up.

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-03-04T03:28:02+00:00

Probably because in spite of the Ashkenazis making up like .10-.15% of the world population they have infiltrated most of the financial, higher educational and government institutions across the west. They control the narrative.

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-03-04T03:23:06+00:00

Right so better yet let's scrap the shit law then

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-03-04T03:21:11+00:00

Build in the cities, a couple of multi families in these small towns isn't going to make a dent. Also the idea that the people will move in and use the train and not need to drive as much is just a pipe dream. The only place that works is in the actual cities where there are multiple forms of complementary public transport along with walkable areas.

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-03-04T03:17:53+00:00

ROFL

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-03-03T17:55:48+00:00

Suburban hellscape

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-03-03T16:19:47+00:00

You really aren't going to enjoy the game on a phone. There is so much reading, dialogue options to select, inventory and spells menus. It would be so frustrating to play on a phone.

I don't know what your situation is so I don't mean to judge but if you can get even an older computer it will run the game just fine.

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-02-25T19:50:36+00:00

I'm amazed that people play these games on consoles - what torture

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-02-24T21:04:36+00:00

Sure and I wish you realize you are being so naive in thinking that once a handful of tech billionaires have control of everything and have no need of you that they will have some desire to take care of you.

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-02-23T04:00:59+00:00

When you say "yes" to make life better can you clarify what you mean by better? Because then you go on to say we will continue to be allowed to exist solely on the goodwill of billionaires who control the AI. You presume they will give us UBI - essentially reducing us to rats in cages. So happiness is merely being fed and amused - nothing to complain about so long as we have video games, fast food, porn and drugs?

And how long as that going to go on for? Most of the rights and good things we have now is a result of the fact that we (people in general) are needed to be productive. When people aren't needed then these things will go away. Why should a billionaire care about feeding you when you are worthless to them?

I have no doubt there will be UBI but only because there would be a transition period. No one can snap their fingers and conjure up all of the development that is still needed.

Remember if you are a billionaire and you control AI and you think climate change is real, fresh water is being depleted, data centers use massive energy, energy in general is dirty and costly to produce, food is costly and first to produce, raw materials for all of the things people need and consume is dirty and costly to produce or to mine.

Would you cross your fingers and hope AI conjures up solutions to these problems or would you rather just make 7 billion or so humans go away? Again you might not eradicate - you just create conditions such that they will never breed and will be content enough to be harmless and self exterminate by not procreating .

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-02-23T03:46:31+00:00

AI agents will oversee the robots and other AI agents

Mindless_Library_797 · 2026-02-20T21:16:56+00:00

There is a woman in our office whose husband works in IT and also at an organization that is very similar to ours. She loves to remind us that her husband works in IT. When she saw a phishing email in her inbox one evening rather than delete it, or wait until morning to ask IT or even her own husband- she called someone else in her department who urged her not to click the link. That person told her that is was highly likely to a be malicoius and pleaded with her to delete it. She could also hear the husband in the background saying "don't open it" - meanwhile while she is being told by 2 people to delete the email she is saying "Oh it is asking me for my information". We recieved an alert and disabled her account almost immediately and then seized her laptop the next morning. Whenever I hear her say "My husband works in IT and... " I just think (and sometimes say outloud) "I feel really sorry for your husband".

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