The alternative to utopia will not be a pretty one. A rules based international order is a utopian fantasy. It has never existed and never will. Dealing with realpolitik reality is more effective tha… (View Post)

Contrary to the flawed theories of Malthus, our ability to generate, extract and process resources has grown considerably faster than population growth. Which is why living standards have rocketed, n… (View Post)

Yes. We have the resources and the science and ingenuity to defeat any Malthusian bullshit that has been peddled for centuries. The bigger problem is people not wanting development for those people b… (View Post)

Bollocks. The issue the MCU faces is they're being somewhat challenged by the thing that made them successful in the first place - the continuity. Comic books have always had core key characters… (View Post)

Not true at all. Housing costs considerably more than it did. Housing costs are only relevant to those who are actually paying housing costs, if you're not paying housing costs then you don'… (View Post)