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  • He is running.

    As far as I know he's not on the Colorado ballot, which is largely inconsequential to the overall race.

    Yes he's having a million charges, but those funny disqualify him from running. The only charge that would is treason, which he hasn't been charged with, but that's being used to to keep Trump off some states Ballots.

    Candidates are formally nominated at each party's convention in July and August, but usually who they nominate is known in March/April.

    Republicans were trying to get other candidates to run last year, but no single candidate has yet proven to be as popular with Republican voters as Trump has. Not even close. The Republican race is now between two candidates, Donald Trump and Niki Haley. Trump is still far and away the leader.

    Remember when thinking about US political systems as a non-US person, the US is much more similar to the EU than it is to any single member within the EU. Each US State has its own unique primary election process where they elect representatives to go to the national convention to choose candidates.














  • While I'm sure the meat industry/lobbying has made sure people knew about the drawbacks of plant based meat I think there's several legitimate reasons it hasn't taken off yet. It's firmly stuck in the middle.

    When compared to animal based meat plant based meat is:

    • more expensive
    • not hardly any healthier
    • doesn't taste as good

    When compared to more traditional plant based protein, plant based meat it is:

    • more expensive
    • much less healthy
    • doesn't taste as good

    The only benefit of plant based meat is that it's more environmentally friendly than traditional meat.

    That's something that most people don't care to pay more for.

    I hope R&D continues into plant-based meat as I do think that once the cost comes down below animal-based meat it will see wide adoption. Especially because the price of animal-based meat will continue to rise.



  • I was really disappointed in these comments.

    NJB has been upfront consistently about how they aren't an advocacy channel and I don't fault them for not jumping into how to fix North America's transit/urban planning issues. That's simply not a focus of their content.

    I also don't blame NJB for not wanting to have that fight anymore and doing what he sees as the best move for himself and his family. Good for him.

    However saying "just give up" helps absolutely no one, and completely overlooks the fact that millions of people can't simply relocate to the Netherlands like he did whether that be for monetary or personal reasons.

    It's exceptionally callous and pessimistic reasoning.

    There are lots of pockets across the US and NA where they're getting it right, and it's my belief there's so many more areas where people don't actually know an alternative actually exists.

    Change can happen. As others have pointed out in this thread, compare Portland in the 70s to today, NYC is taking strides, cities across the country are revoking parking minimums, and hundreds of other examples show this to be true. NJBs success is built on this shift in thinking.

    Change has to happen.

    I believe NJB, and similar content, is crucial to getting people to realize how much better things can be if we want them to be. But it will be a slow process that will build momentum over time. There are no silver bullet solutions and no immediate answers.

    For similar urbanist content that overlaps NJB, but from an urban planner based in the US I highly recommend City Beautiful

    https://youtu.be/JcgGiHZoWBc

    For inspiration

    https://www.reddit.com/r/StopCarDependency/comments/vwii99/whats_been_done_can_be_undone/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=1