If you’re very interested, the Norwegian institute of transport economics has an article about it here: https://www.tiltak.no/b-endre-transportmiddelfordeling/b-2-tilrettelegging-kollektivtransport/b-2-6/
You web browser can probably translate it, or you can just check out the references at the bottom
The way I understand it, free buses are not a cost-effective way to get people to stop driving. You get a better effect by using the same money for more routes and higher frequencies.
As a social policy, though, it might have something to it.
It is going to get worse, but it is inequality that is at the center of the problem. Inequality will be a problem regardless of what our mode of production is.
alright, I’ll give you a better answer.
I wouldn’t say I’m looking to make capitalism ethical, as much as I’m looking to make it harmless. The big problem is the high and increasing inequality, that eventually makes free societies impossible.
As for FDR: whatever. I neither engage in, nor approve of, political hero-worship. His legacy is complex, including maybe even the image of the führer-president that Trump is exploiting right now.
yeah, I switched to Linux on my personal computers once I noticed ads in the start menu, my work computer has win11, though
dude, Notepad even has Copilot now
Pretty sure no type setter or graphic designer would use Word for anything else than making Word templates.
I’ll take that as a yes. Fair enough.
So wanting back to the post-war consensus is centrism in your book?
huh, I have to say, this is the opposite experience of what I have on the rest of the internet. Finally I can get into arguments with some leftists :)
There is a left wing in the democratic party - it is possible to get organized and help it win over the conservative wing.
Pretty sure that’s a fake picture actually
My experience is that Linux Mint is the closest we have to a “it just works”-distro that is also decently up to date. Try that first.
I hadn’t heard of the guy, so I searched him up… funny how these guys always look like Bond villains