[–] 1 point 4 weeks ago

Nope, you have it the wrong way around. They want to appear to be on the "right" side even when they've done everything they can to fight it. A clear record of how they voted (which is a good thing for plenty of other reasons) is just more incentive to vote the popular way when they can't win.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    We don't need more EV noise, we need better drivers.

    If I'm driving through an urban area, I'm paying attention to pedestrians. If someone is stepping out then I'm anticipating that and not running them over.

    Someone in a tabard with a guide dog is getting maximum attention.

    I honestly believe most drivers are the same.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago (3 children)

    Voting record isn't as useful as you'd think. They tend to vote for policy they don't like when they don't have the numbers to stop it. Purely so they can take credit for a popular thing they fought against.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago* (5 children)

    Invested their oil wealth in a massive highly diverse sovereign wealth fund generations ago.

    Nothing was stopping other countries from doing the same thing. But state investment is "ARGFFHG SOCIALISM BZZZZTT WANT TO BE LIKE VENEZUELA??" so we didn't.

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