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My "plan" is don't make big long term plans

The doesn't cause acid rain version is called "clean" and that seems pretty fair to me when the other version causes acid rain.

Smart people know that you can't predict or plan for anything on anywhere close to that time horizon. The only plan is be adaptable.

Depends on the mutation, but it could be as little as 1. A single mutation could turn the virus inert, therefore making it legal.

Because it's the government they voted in. Typical American take. Wanting no responsibility for the adverse effects of your decision.

Didn't happen

The fact that Iran has now launched missiles at civilian areas in a dozen or so countries unrelated to the war shows that this is clearly false.

Yeah, things change. What do you propose to do about that? The only people who lose are the ones who can't accept that they may need to change careers to make more money.

To use your example of someone working on the plumbing of an accounts payable system, who is passionate about that? The supply is near zero. That, like most jobs, is going to need to be done entirely by people who are just doing it for the money, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Your example runs counter to the laws of supply and demand too. You understand that wages will rise when supply is restricted, but you don't want to accept that supply will respond to the price signal in the form of more people entering that job market.

The mall cop much more so than the ICC

Yes, the US and not just the presidency. If it was just the presidency then he would have been impeached by congress for usurping their constitutional authority.