Labors’ share of the national income is the lowest it has been since this has been measured.
We live in a world based on giant firms that are efficient and can do a lot of things with few workers. Needing less workers means workers have less bargaining power and therefore get paid less. Globalization also weakens bargaining power as companies can move some of the work overseas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgcNgo6IIpM
DHS said they needed airplanes immediately to deport people, so they bought used planes from a Trump administration donor in a no-bid contract. The planes have hardly been used, but that Trump administration donor made some profit.
Israeli settler violence is out of control.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmemqU-cQ-w
China has done a better job at building resilience to bad stuff happening in the world compared to the United States. Both US market actors and politicians have been too focused on short-term incentives rather than building resilience that helps in the long-run.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2Qnf3-gZ4o
The US blockade of Iran is still on. Iran is hurting from its lack of sales.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H11OwcLDJcw
Tucker regrets how he treated Hunter Biden.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKxZOy3qEe4
A woman gained popularity in the online right-wing space by pushing back hard against Metoo. She then hung out with Andrew Tate and got raped and assaulted.
We’ve got to be able to recognize the excesses of certain movements without championing actual bad guys, or downplaying how bad they actually are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyXbhsrb4Rs
Coal plants release more radiation into the world than nuclear plants.
Building nuclear plants would be a lot cheaper if you built many of the same ones repeatedly, as every piece along the way gets easier when you build many, with the high number planned in advance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jXCFCecO7Y
Interstellar travel by humans is really really really hard and we are nowhere near achieving it on every domain!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNYR-QZp4KU
The US Navy is having trouble keeping pilots. They may need to more take pilot morale into consideration when making decisions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW6seidg_r4
The US loses 100 billion dollars a year due to corporate tax avoidance where corporations pretend like their profits came from low tax areas like the small island country of Malta. This is about equal to the budget of the food stamps program. It’s about equal to how much Medicaid spends on children’s healthcare. The Biden administration was trying to alleviate this, but Trump ended attempts to do so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9vcKFX2V2I