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Everyone down voting this clearly hasn't read the 14th amendment and thought about all the ways you could interpret "...and subject to the jurisdiction thereof..."

I'm not saying I agree with it, it's easy to see how you could intentionally try to spin that to mean essentially "...under the legal jurisdiction thereof..."

And who ultimately decides what the "correct" interpretation is? Not you or me...it's the Supreme Court

You have waaaaay more confidence in these agencies than I do.

The reality is, with enough pressure even 'independent' heads of agencies can be replaced. Nobody wants to be in the firing line and the focus of Trump (and his followers) rage.

That's true, but I think a lot of Americans tend to think of the constitution as being more powerful than it actually is.

Just like any other set of rules, it mostly comes down to how these are interpreted. The constitution itself had no autonomy... it depends on everyone agreeing on a certain interpretation of the words as well as agreeing to enforce this interpretation.

I'm not saying that it is logical or consistent, but the wording "...and subject to the jurisdiction thereof..." in the 14th amendment could have some VERY warped interpretations, if you really wanted to force it...

Yeah, I agree with their point but I really don't think this is the example to use

They've been building big public housing since the 1920s. I live next to a lot of it and it's quite high quality and really pleasant.

Lots of cities/countries has massive public housing (the UK being a great example post WW2) but Vienna is more of an exception in that they didn't follow the trend in the 70s-90s of privatization and stopping investment (although it did slow down at one point).

They were the same way about their tram system, where they kept it rather than ripping it out like most places. Now everyone else wishes they so had a tram network or is trying to rebuild one.

That being said, rents are rising here too, but they are much more reasonable to begin with. I was living in London previously, and now we spend about 30-40% less for a place over twice the size and in a nicer location. Plus finding a place was muuuuuch easier, since it's noticeably less competitive.

Every time I take my bike I'm amazed at how many car drivers don't follow (or don't know) the rules about overtaking safely.

You only get to pass me if there is plenty of space and it's absolutely safe for both of us. Just because you're in a car doesn't mean you're entitled to squeeze past and nearly run me over.

As much as many people will dislike the idea: it seems like 'not letting in foreign sites' is currently the winning strategy

I also think there are bigger issues with the current system, but that's an incredibly naive way of looking at it.

Brainwashing is much easier than you think, and social media has made it so much easier to run such psyops campaigns. There will always be some issue you can get people riled up about.

The west is just completely unprepared to deal with military-level budgets being used to push destabilization their societies though social media.

It's less about that and more about stopping an extremely powerful attack vector currently active in your own country.

Literally the biggest reason why the western world is in such a giant political crisis is the weaponization of social media.

I'm with you, Marijuana smells just a awful to me (a non-smoker)

No love for Assad, but given all the islamist groups involved I have a bad feeling that this is going to end up even worse...

Citizens united at the very least