I’m not sure how to update your pyridine but I zapped you 111

It’s interesting how something a bit like statistics comes into play as soon as one tries to compare the values of things.

I think the opposite would actually be “the law of medians”. 🤔

The alternative measure would be called “the law of averages” I suppose? Except that this name is already taken.

Dan Nocera: Personalized Energy https://miatube.com/watch?v=KTtmU2lD97o

Thanks for clearing that up for me, Friend.🙏😀 As facts come in from all quarters, they simply reinforce my abhorrence of all human “government.” https://peakd.com/anarchy/@creatr/human-governments-are-satanic

I don’t really know what all Americans hear about the EU. I’ve heard some whoppers, lately, on here, and I suspect it’s stuff they’re seeing on TV or Twitter, or something.

The Pentagon has made it clear that demonizing and dismantling the EU is part of the US national security strategy. It’s easier for the Americans to dominate their European client states, if they don’t negotiate as a block.

Huh? What power shortages? There aren’t any energy shortages in the EU, as far as I know. The problem is not supply, it is elevated prices. Although, everyone’s prices are elevated, at the moment. Nuclear was nice because the plants already existed, so they just needed to be maintained, which was very cheap going forward.

Germany has never had freedom of speech, like the USA has had. It’s illegal to deny the Holocaust or glorify Nazism, for instance. The Allies made sure it was written into the constitution (The Basic Law). And we have always had laws with which you can sue people for publically insulting you. That’s why we don’t scream around or make insulting gestures at people in traffic.

So, a few serious questions here:

Are we in the United States being lied to about the EU lockdowns on freedom of speech? I. e., the inability to say what you think in public places or online, and power shortages because you have nuked your nukes?🤔

I was born here and grew up in America, but believe me, I can see the ugliness and tyranny, particularly of American federal, state, and county governments…

But my questions above address ugliness elsewhere, at least as has been reported in various sources… And I trust no organization that claims to have some kind of magical right to command, demand, rule, coerce, and govern me or anyone by force…

I’ve lived in some of the best places, I think. Our rural town in Maryland was genuinely wonderful and I was sad to leave it.

But the laws or the greater and the lesser would say that the one can only be superior to the other, if the greatest of the one is clearly greater than the other. So, we must argue over the most applicable and accurate measure, and the size of the differentiation.

Which is the entire debate.

Agree it’s what you are used to. In the States the game has always been to identify a few square miles that feel really livable. There are some places like that but they are few and far between. I always pay lots of rent for location, but I then get some of that back by not needing a car. When it’s just the right place, I do enjoy living in the U.S.

I guess you have to be used to some things, to appreciate them. I grew up in West Germany, so I was used to the freedom of movement, vibrant public life, and physical safety here. I really missed that in the States. I felt caged-up and anxious, despite living in relatively safe areas. Even the safer areas aren’t places you can just wander around in, as you aren’t allowed to enter private property and almost everything is private property.

The pic from my article is the view one street over from my house. I can just walk or bike to that from my driveway, about 5 minutes. Those paths are all on private property, but anyone can travel on them.

I can travel for days and days, criss-crossing the landscape. You can ride your bike the entire Donau, taking detours at the many cities and towns along the way.

https://www.alpenverein.de/img/containers/assets/artikel_bilder/karte-donauradweg-antonietta-spizzo_id98834.jpg/a40727f6f1b96f2158b419820f16a3d9/karte-donauradweg-antonietta-spizzo_id98834.jpg

But if you just want to move from your air-conditioned garage to your air-conditioned Ford F-150 to your air-conditioned shopping mall, then Europe is probably not the place for you.

It’s silberengel@minibits.cash. Maybe you have an outdated profile, from me. My old one has a broken zap wallet.

I’m struck by how most Americans have a lower quality of life than many Europeans, in particular those Europeans who make use of the shared public goods available to them. I’m thinking of things like town centers, cafes, theaters, parks, thousands of miles of bicycle paths, etc. The particulars may vary based on one’s preferences, but I think it’s generally speaking true across the board.

Even many rich Americans, including many billionaires, lack this quality of life. Quite a few of them have their houses tucked away in relatively unattractive or boring areas of town or in places that are inaccessible and disconnected. Private ranches or islands may be attractive to an extent, but they tend to be less scenic, relatively small, and offer fewer possibilites for, say, hiking and recreation, than for example national parks.

Of course there are many rich Americans who use their money to go around the world and spend their time in more attractive places and participate in a more attractive form of everyday life. But there are also many who don’t seem to know how to do that, in spite of having the financial means for it.