It's a bad, BAD thing when adult diapers sales in a country surpass that of baby diapers:

Japan nappy maker shifts from babies to adults

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A shrinking population, the result of both ageing and plummeting birth rates, has become a crisis for Japan, the world's fourth-largest economy. But the Japanese government's efforts to address these challenges have met with little success so far.

 

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@nsaspook, don't you miss living in a free country?

 

I was watching that video thinking "wow this is bad" then he mentioned he doesn't buy into all of that global warming nonsense...and the rest of the video all I could think was...conspiracy nut.

 

....he doesn't buy into...

Edit: I removed my comment. I thought you were talking about a different video.

 

@nsaspook, don't you miss living in a free country?

Water is not free, it's a valuable resource that must be managed. Farmers have always complained about water rights, they are not absolute.
I'm from a long string of farming dating back to my great great grandpa who sharecropped to buy the farm land we still own.

 

Water is not free, it's a valuable resource that must be managed. Farmers have always complained about water rights, they are not absolute.
I'm from a long string of farming dating back to my great great grandpa who sharecropped to buy the farm land we still own.

There was a time when industrialists were free to solve all sorts of supply problems in a way that made life better for everyone.

Those days are gone, and the least among us suffer the consequences.

 

There was a time when industrialists were free to solve all sorts of supply problems in a way that made life better for everyone.

Those days are gone, and the least among us suffer the consequences.

The robber Barons are still around. Big industrial farms are paying for many of these water rights changes.
https://foodprint.org/blog/consolidation-farms-water/
Corporate Consolidation of Farms and Water in the Western US

 

The robber Barons are still around. Big industrial farms are paying for many of these water rights changes.
https://foodprint.org/blog/consolidation-farms-water/
Corporate Consolidation of Farms and Water in the Western US

Why would I not sell my farm to a corporation when I am prohibited from operating it profitably myself?

 

Why would I not sell my farm to a corporation when I am prohibited from operating it profitably myself?

Exactly, the AG corporations are one of the reasons you can't operate it profitably.

https://missouriindependent.com/202...-rural-communities-and-our-democracy-opinion/
The elephant in the room is destroying family farms, rural communities and our democracy

The predominant system of agriculture I am working in now has been intentionally set up against me and current and future farming generations. Today’s corporate controlled system is bad for farmers, bad for consumers, bad for rural and urban communities and economies, bad for our environment and our climate, and bad for democracy.

We are in this position because the rules (laws, policies and regulations) have been written, and lobbied and paid for by corporate special interests. We are in this position because of corporate-written, bad Farm Bills and bad trade agreements (the main drivers of our farm and food system).

We are here because many of our elected “representatives” don’t really represent us, their constituents or the vast majority of Americans. We’re here because we have a democratic process controlled by that “elephant in the room”–billion dollar multinational corporations.

 

Exactly, the AG corporations are one of the reasons you can't operate it profitably.

https://missouriindependent.com/202...-rural-communities-and-our-democracy-opinion/
The elephant in the room is destroying family farms, rural communities and our democracy

The problem is government.

Those laws were passed by people freely elected by the people.

It bothers me greatly that I live in a society of morons that don't know enough to make informed choices.

But *this* is the problem.

And everyone and his brother just uses such stupidity to their (supposed) advantage, because it's the only way to "get yours" in such a system.

Governments have too much power, thus they get corrupted. Simple as that.

 

The problem is government.

Those laws were passed by people freely elected by the people.

It bothers me greatly that I live in a society of morons that don't know enough to make informed choices.

But *this* is the problem.

And everyone and his brother just uses such stupidity to their (supposed) advantage, because it's the only way to "get yours" in such a system.

Governments have too much power, thus they get corrupted. Simple as that.

The problem here is mainly government being played by those in industry.
If you believe that homo politicus (a concept coined by Aristotle) of any stripe (LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT) can't be bought (the main contention of most stripes is who does the buying, not that it happens), I have a crashed bridge to sell you.

 

The problem here is mainly government being played by those in industry.
If you believe that homo politicus (a concept coined by Aristotle) of any stripe (LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT) can't be bought (the main contention of most stripes is who does the buying, not that it happens), I have a crashed bridge to sell you.
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You don't have to sell me bridges, crashed or otherwise.

Limited government is the best government.

More government will only make these problems worse.

 

You don't have to sell me bridges, crashed or otherwise.

Limited government is the best government.

More government will only make these problems worse.

+1 on that.

 

You don't have to sell me bridges, crashed or otherwise.

Limited government is the best government.

More government will only make these problems worse.

so what does a limited government mean?!
Pharaoh empires ruled about 3000 years over egypt within slaveholding and godlessness,
when you take one generation as slaves,the next generations will know nothing but slavery,and it will take you over 3K humble years.

 

Why can't limited government pass bad laws?

 

Watching and waiting for the Politics Foul Flag to fly onto the field....

 

Why can't limited government pass bad laws?

I don't know. Let's try and find out.

 

It's not about the size and power of the government, it's about who controls it.

And quite frankly I don't know which is worse...the rich and powerful or the average fool.

 

It's not about the size and power of the government, it's about who controls it.

It's more about who controls you (via the threatened or actual use of force), and how you feel about their "right" to do that.