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Trump supporter apologizes for not heeding the warnings, still a Republican

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They don't really admit wrongdoing. They claim Trump deceived them, I assume about being a sexual predator and a pedophile.

They stand by their position on his policies, which are arguably worse for America than his depravity. Explicitly they mention the misogyny (abortion bans) and disregard for human lives (deregulation of guns), but claim to disagree on everything else - which must include climate and environmental protection, poverty and wealth, foreign policy etc.

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Why Does Driving Make People Crazy?

There's a study linking road rage to the level of authoritarianism in a country's government. It's also tightly linked to machismo.

I personally think that it has a lot to do with inadequate infrastructure that requires people to communicate while restricting possibilities for communication (i.e. multi lane roads with high speed limits), combined with lacking drivers' ed and a fragmented highly individualistic society.

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you're doing ReSeArCh rong!!

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The risk isn't derived from the technology but how it is used. The proprietary technology is used to prevent farmers from creating their own seed (including using copy right laws) while increasing their dependency on matching pesticides. Industrial agriculture is not sustainable - insect populations are dwindling because every square foot of landscape is sprayed with poison. GMO is used to further industrialize agriculture, e.g. by making crops resistant to poison, which in turn can (and will) be used more liberally.