It is weird that that policy is the one mentioned.

China could easily argue about the Roosevelt Corollary or other American foreign policies and that would be understandable. It just sounds weird that the foreign policy that China is actively arguing against is the one about foreign countries colonizing previously liberated countries in the Americas.

I know what I wouldn’t do.

I wouldn’t give a human woman and dolphin man LSD in a shallow pool meant to look like an apartment while having the human give the dolphin hand jobs.

Is China asking to colonize countries in the Americas?

You also have stability of government and the role of government a person’s life.

A civil dispute in a society with a strong government can be handled between two individuals and a judge. A similar dispute in a weak government usually relies more on two families negotiating.

Most wealthy nations have some form of welfare and pension system, poorer ones usually rely more on family support.

Atomization of families also occurs under communism.

Part of the reason for atomization is because the economic necessity for extended families keeping together isn’t there.

I expect that the buildings would be built about 5 stories tall with no basement. The use of wide galleries would be prevalent, providing arcaded sidewalk space to protect pedestrians from the sun and rain.

In some areas prone to flooding, the ground floor would be designed to flood. The floor would be cement or tile and the walls would be concrete or masonry. Some districts may choose to do what Morristown, TN did and have a public second floor above the worst flood elevations. Bridges would cross the streets, supported by thicker gallery columns. Parade routes may put these bridges on the third floor, providing more access and bar space.Restaurants would have the kitchen and the permanent bar on the second floor while the ground floor had more seating and removable fixtures.

The buildings would be designed to survive a hurricane far beyond current design loads to ensure the city isn’t destroyed as it was after Katrina. Solar panels on roofs would supply power while buildings would have temporary storage tanks for water and sewage until flood water receded.

A lot of the architecture from the French Quarter has some solar punk principles, like design features which cool on the summer and warm in the winter. I would expect more of the city to look like that, just at greater densities.

The city right now is sprawled out, so I would expect a solar punk version to correct this by building up instead of out. The Crescent City would retake its shape as the lower lying inlands go back to nature. Some islands of development may be maintained, possibly on roads that can become floating bridges in a storm. Likely, the foundations of buildings would be deep piles with a built-in option to jack in case of regional settlement.

The region is going to go for aquaculture over agriculture. The region is home to several brackish water species including crawdads and catfish. I expect planting of mongroves to try to expand the local fisheries and provide hurricane protection.

Didn’t a British marching band play it for the Saudi King?

It depends on how close your wages are. If you both earn the same, it will be nothing. If one of you earns more than the other, you might end up in a lower tax bracket.

If a king isn’t able to refute their signature in an act that would lead to military conflict, is he really in charge?

A friend bought some low grade gemstones on the site. They aren’t good enough for jewelry, but they have other aesthetic uses.

A couple of cops dressed in civilian clothes trying to break shit.

Yeah. Lukashenko knows the war is really unpopular with his people and that supporting Russia with troops would be a death sentence for him.

That Lukashenko didn’t even condem the Ukrainian counterinvasion shows how much of a minefield this war is for him.

They will likely use the space to attack Russian infrastructure, making it harder for Russia to supply its troops while fortifying its gains.

That Ukraine controls Russian lands makes a status quo peace harder for Russia to accept.

Look at how much Israel is trying to influence the US election and it is likely that Labour didn’t want to risk it.

And for the parts that don’t function like Reddit, it is worse.

Yeah. I find that a lot of comment sections are rather empty and some people who are there are really bad at discussions.

Part of the problem is that the main anti-Disney political coalition doesn’t want to address the local housing crisis; they want the region to go back to being a suburban sprawl.

You could easily build dense housing in the area that meets the balloon test, but Disney doesn’t want to push it and the anti-coalition doesn’t want it either.

The way that I heard it described, the UK divorced ownership of the rail and the companies on it in line with EU rules. Ownership of the rail wasn’t sold off, but operations and maintenance contracts were. Given how tight the operations contracts were written, the only way to compete was cost. It went very poorly.

https://youtu.be/DlTq8DbRs4k

That Margaret Thatcher didn’t want to privatize anything to do with rail is an indication on how bad an idea it was.

That said, allowing some private operators on public lines isn’t a bad idea as long as the public service is maintained.

My state requires a specific degree in landscape architecture to get a license. It sounds like, without it, all you can be is a landscape designer.