Tourist cities should have hotel rooms by the hour that are actually clean when you just want to take a nap.

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      But if labour can afford to live, how will we minimise their ability to focus what little energy we leave them with at the end of their shift on improving their situation?

      Paying a living wage is a slippery slope that ends in things like healthcare, education and opportunities being available to all, and that’d make them more than just our bought and paid for production labour, that’d make them our rivals.

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      Look at this guy over here. They want to contribute to society and not starve from it. Wild.

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    Instead of mandatory military service like some countries have, people should have mandatory public work for two years. Whether it be labor, clerical/administrative, etc, it could help young people learn a new skill, get guaranteed work to get the started, and could potentially save a ton in taxes. It would also create the opportunity to start getting caught up some things that keep getting swept under the rug like bridge maintenance , etc.

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      Yeah. Similar to this I think junior high should have a bigger focus on being outside. Like one semester should be spend camping or something. It’s such a formative time and so many kids spend it scrolling through reels. There is something so real and unforgiving about Mother Nature that a 13 year old should really know about.

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      the top 50% richest people should have

      The rest of people are already working these mandatory jobs.

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      I’d include military service in that. But yes mandatory service for everyone.

      Edit. No exceptions if your mom / dad is a senator or anything… medical? Great there is tons of paperwork that needs to be done. Basically every one yeah.

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    For me, there would be public holidays that celebrate social, cultural and scientific achievements.

    A day of printing, the decoding of the human genome,… you know - real achievements, not only stories of some ancient folks being tortured to death and such.

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    If you don’t put your shopping cart away, a turret on the roof of the grocery should just fucking shoot you.

    If you play music on a speaker, on public transit, the bus driver should just fucking shoot you

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    When you get to baggage claim, if you then stand directly at the carousel blocking everyone’s view for more than 10 seconds, trap door opens and a system of pneumatic tubes forcibly jettisons you to the furthest point away in the airport for you to walk back.

    Stand back, wait for your luggage to appear, then approach and get your bag and step back to the perimeter.

    To get my VC funding in 2024, id also pitch that it “has AI” which is just facial recognition and if you get jettisoned twice in the same year, the third time goes into a shark pit or scorpion pit.

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    A law that prohibits labels from being too sticky that you can’t reuse the packaging. For example, I should absolutely be able to easily peel off the labels from empty wine bottles and glass jars so I can reuse them.

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      And one that prohibits “reduced to clear” labels from being too sticky so you can use sandwiches as gifts

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        Stickers should have a greater sense of self worth and keep it together when people are trying to tear them apart.

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      Is Ward one of the strongest party members you can get? I mean, he was a wizard even though he also refused the Caninus Spiritus.

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    Parking lot lights, that are in/ on each space. That indicates if there is a space available…. Less driving around the lot looking for a space

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      Many malls in Toronto have this. And as others have said, airports. Pearson International included.

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    Prostitution legalized everywhere, with a clean and safe presentation. And nobody should judge people for it in neither side.

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      It’s called a B Corp in the US. A public benefit company. It’s for profit, but with a mission. Doctor Bronner’s and Newman’s Own are the two that come to mind.

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    Is a functional government based on logic and compassion too much to ask/too cliché?

    Renters rights legislation with enough teeth to make present and perspective landlords, both corporate and individual, think twice before not taking care of a property as though they lived there? (Yes, there are stories behind this one)

    I guess a company that actually pays me what I’m worth (which I’m not even really looking for that much).

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      Renters rights legislation with enough teeth to make present and perspective landlords, both corporate and individual, think twice before not taking care of a property as though they lived there? (

      Isn’t it mostly an issue on the US side of the pond (and in other third worlds countries). I believe that most European countries have minimum standards regarding renter right, it’s not perfect (and reality is that changing a furnace takes weeks). But every time I read about US feel likes dystopia.

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        I have been seeing reporting from and have had friends in Australia and New Zealand who have been sharing that it is actually much worse down there than it is in the US. Apparently in NZ most of the legislature is made up of landlords, so the laws are particularly egregious and abusive.