The USA was securing international trade lines. After WW2, they started doing it to counter communism and build friendships. (Cannot attack your trading partners.)

This was not entirely popular with Americans, see “Team America: World Police”.

Another country or coalition could step up. Just build a navy that rivals the USA one to secure shipping lanes.

Nation level retaliation would ensue. Maybe possible to do in some country matchups, but not possible in all.

Escape is possible.

I guess this is a good way to spread the techniques to others…

I have doubts about the IV drug users. It would imply that bathroom stalls used to give privacy before IV drugs were a thing, and after indoor plumbing.

I suspect the posted “cheapness” posted elsewhere, or so managers can check who is “slacking off”. (Also so pervs can spy.)

Will do, thank you.

Ah, thanks for some names of items!

Thank you. I have heard that the chemicals are nearly impossible to dose correctly in smaller volumes.

Elsewhere some have suggested aquarium filters…

Thanks. I will likely continue watering the plans.

The water in some USA cities does taste terrible. Some rural and city water is unsafe to drink. Grow up in one of those places, and one may hate it.

changes on Earth’s surface down to the centimetre

These things really fuck with nude sunbathing.

Go to store every day and only buy what I will start using that day.

Eventually, I extended the time, but I had to learn what I will actually use.

The companies care when it is company money being stolen.

As an aside, the overlaps between lawyers and tech is huge.

After closing it starts to reduce. Doesn’t hit zero until one has fixed the major systems (by doing or paying) and inflation makes your old apartment Bella expensive. (Locked in rent is nice.)

Yup. Sucks to have to remember to take phone off “Do Not Disturb” to get business call backs.

Strongly filter and limit the news you consumes. Do not spend hours watching or keeping up on it.

Do prepare yourself and your chosen community. Build relationships. Fix your life, body, finances. Get as ready as you can to catch yourself and those falling.

Do get into a group that tells you when local events are happening.

Do find joy.

The reply did not address the substantive complaints by staff.

We’ve changed nothing, but your leaving has mildly put us out.

What is up with the storefront? A statue holding a sign and a man behind bars.

If the trip was short, and roads in a grid (Midwest, not California), one could just memorize the major turns and wing it.

This is how some went hundreds of miles in the wrong direction. (Gotta cross check with city names.)

Yes! Sadly, at least as near as I can figure, this is on purpose.

People with disposable income can organize businesses, demonstrations, and communities. They may threaten the status quo.

People that must work daily to not starve cannot organize anything. They may not even know their neighbours. They are exposed and vulnerable.

Remember how in the early 2000’s, it seemed we were on the cusp of a great turning point? More people, not nearly all people, had access to good paying jobs and disposable income? It seemed progress may finally start. Then 2008 wiped many people out. The new wealth was concentrated. (I am leaving a lot out.)

Anyway, there are not as many people that can organize as one may assume. There will not be until fewer people are financially vulnerable.