Reichhardt

Its highly inefficient for millions of individuals welfare recipients to being independently purchasing accommodation, entertainment, utilities, food.

A superior solution would be for Governments to setup large establishments where all of these services could be provided centrally and directly. Individuals could contribute their labor to maintain the establishment.

Would be better to just mandate a maximum % commission chargeable on the platform. 10% seems reasonable.

The childhood mortality rate in Mali has fallen from 37% in 1970 to 9% in 2020. The fertility in the same period fell only from 7.13 to 5.78.

The number of surviving children has thus increased from 4.49 to 5.25, thanks to medical advances and international aid.

As we donate aid and food, the population will continually increase until either our generosity is exhausted or some other environmental limit is hit.

Mali has 37% of its population without access to contraception. We should be donating education, contraception and abortion for women, not food aid.

A major driver of inflation is Baby Boomers retiring. If we want to contain inflation, we should immediately increase the full retirement age to 70 and partial to 65.

Secondly, we can immediately ban the purchase of Crytpocurrencies, to drive down the price and hence attractiveness of mining and electricity rates.

Government action needs to be at the supply side.

The market is fundamentally unfair: Indie developers are forced to pay 30% commissions, whilst mega-studios get sweetheart deals of 10%.

These sweetheart deals are practically impossible for Indies (including ex-AAA workers) to compete against and replicate, and its leading to industry stagnation.

As long as the standard rate at Apple, Google, Valve, Microsoft, Sony remains 30%, I would not advise anyone to work in the games industry. At least Nintendo gives customers 5% cashback on Switch, leaving an effective commission rate of 25% (a major reason why that platform has been so successful and an oasis of success for Indie devs).

The first thing a GameDev Union should fight for is fair commission on these platforms, independent of entity size.

Why do we insist on composting or burying so much trash? Let's just burn plastic in the same high-temperature facilities common across Scandinavia. Plastic and packaging use is still only 5% of the oil going up in smoke in engines.

The history of these African nations has always been, and will forever be, rule by a strongman. Better that they are aligned with the West, than China.

Sounds like a great time to promote contraception, abortion, education for women as global values. Africa and West Asia's exponential population growth had to end at some point.

Population during the Roman Empire: 7.5 million

Today: 106 million

Their fertility rate is 3.28. The country needs a one or no-child policy.

The fertility rate in Ukraine is 1.23. In Afghanistan in 2001 it was 7.39. Vietnam in 1960 was 6.35. Its much easier to fight guerilla war when you have hordes of young people. Ukraine is old, but so is Russia. Every male killed in this war there is probably the end of male lineage for that family.

Economic sanctions will do nothing for the Ukrainian men and women fighting for their homes on the ground. Western nations need to begin running air missions over Ukraine directly. With control of the air, the local Ukrainian troops can easily triumph on the ground.