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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

ELI5 - why do satellites need to be bright? Do they have some kind of lights? Can't they just be dark and beam internet around?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yea, but the northeast, especially major cities like NYC, Boston, and Philly, does have better public transit than a lot of the US. I know it still sucks overall (and don't get me going about the costs), but a lot of the infrastructure was built during the car boom. People do like cars, and they make sense for most of America given how much sprawl we have.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, I have seen that point and also a paper discussing it, but I am a bit skeptical. It could potentially just delayed... which transitions well into your speculative point:

Next is speculation on my part, but I imagine people are turning conservative more based on their wealth than their age. We saw a correlation between age and conservative sentiment because people tended to gather wealth as they got older.

That is a very good point because inequality is killing wealth accumulation. It's a very good working hypothesis imo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Agreed. Reddit became horrible once everyone got on it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

People have been saying this since the 60s. Lots of young people are still conservative and many areas are still solidly red. I don't see a massive blue wave that garners a supermajority happening anytime soon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yea, that only works for cities. America will still need tons of cars for everywhere that isn't a city. It's a very low density country, all things considered.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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