Most likely the weight difference would be the biggest issue here.

Same reason why to scale bug wings wouldn't let you fly, that square cube law can lead to some very unfun conclusions where big beasties are concerned.

Or some absolutely terrifying ones in Shin Godzilla's case.

Of course there's the best option which is an non-occupancy tax that goes up exponentially for each additional property you're sitting on for speculation.

That right there would be a hard counter to wallstreet hoovering in the housing market.

Forget german tanks making way to moscow by itself, I'm now shitting myself thinking of the ramifications of the giant-ass hole Israel'd have blown through the caucuses to be beelining it over land!

The Jewish Homeland argument has gone full irredentism and now we've got a revived Khazar Khaganate!

This has actually been studied

Anti-Authoritarians and Moderates view it as best to be seen as Anti-Authoritarians, Authoritarians view it best to be seen as Moderates.

They literally view opportunistic claiming of the center not just as a political tool but as a social survival tactic to not be ostracized for their bullshit.

Thanks I hate it.

I think at this point we gotta stop thinking about if it can be done and start operating under the fact that it or something like it has to be done before shit becomes the troubles part II suicide drone boogaloo.

Those other languages aren't mentioned because not being able to speak them doesn't hinder your ability to navigate society outside of state accomodation, the reason the indigenous languages got the nod is because they're the only other group of languages where being able to speak one can allow you a decent level of social navigability in at least some parts of the country that you wouldn't have with any other.

And it's not even a full requirement either since being sponsored by 3 folks who are proficient works just as well.

Historical contribution or official language status ambitions has nothing to do with the choices, it's about being able to support yourself or having established roots who can support you within the community you're moving to.

Like I'm generally against assimilationist sentiments but I don't think it's unreasonable to expect people who intend to live somewhere on a permanent basis either be able to speak to the broad swath of folks they're going to run into on a daily basis, or have an established community there to help them navigate not being able to do that.

As for no material improvements, I'd argue that more or less abolishing the duopoly and significantly expanding power to lower social classes by sheer number of open posts would do a significant amount towards improving quite a lot about how Americans interact with their republic.

Only reason I could see someone disagreeing is if they're the sort who believes the senate existing at all is a problem, which is basically a direct challenge to the federal model of state as a concept and a deeply concerning sentiment, or if they're the sort who believes that the supreme court as an institution still existing is a problem, which, bruh.

Apparently that's what the Jesuits are there for, at least within Catholicism.

Yeah, and that's not needed when the senate can perform that role just as well and also be a more functioning version of itself for it.

There is no need for a singular focalpoint of elected power.

"LISTEN HERE YOU LITTLE SHIT!"

There would be no independent executive branch, the very concept inevitably endangers democratic systems by creating a person with a lot of power who inherently is going to view any disagreement of course of action from the people's representatives as an obstacle to be gotten around.

Or have you missed all the headlines about the over reliance reliance on executive orders over the past decade and change? Not to mention how the fiat veto was never intended but instead the result of Andrew Jackson just deciding he didn't have to give congress a reason why their laws were being treated with the same energy as shit that was at a minimum arguably unconstitutional up to that point.

The independent executive is a leach that parasitically sucks power away from the elected representatives of the people, and imposes "checks" on their powers that not only are entirely unneeded, but actively endanger the health of the republic.

Everywhere that's tried american style democracy since the US formed has collapsed in dramatic fashion, everywhere else that's gone with a parliamentary system has at worst had periods of endangerment, mostly caused by a parliamentary leader trying to get the powers of an american style president, gestures wildly at Orban and Erdogan

I believe we need to abolish the presidency in the near future and distribute the powers to the House and Senate. Powers of government to the House and Powers of State to the Senate, with some fudging for checks and balances, like house passes laws and Senate has to intervene to veto them with some qualified majority rules like the EU has.

I believe this has to be done because it's pretty clear that a system with a single powerful leader inherently puts all the strain and division of the nation into that leader, especially when there's no recourse when public sentiment turns against that leader except for voting them out, if that's even an option to begin with.

A dual-parliamentary system with some restructuring of the House and Senate would go a LONG way in venting a significant amount of the pressure that has built up under our elected leaders as of late.

Also replace the singular supreme court with a sortitionate bench that's drawn randomly for each case that rises to federal jurisdiction to shoot jurisdiction shopping dead.

Basically for a race with multiple open seats, just keep repeating the "compare the top two rated candidates" step filling each seat with the winner of the comparison until all seats are filled, doesn't just fill seats though, because the win matrix can also be used as a list of succession in case of recalls or deaths or resignations that'd leave a vacancy.

We'd see a lot of districts seat all dems and reps at the outset, but over time you'd see a much more diverse cast and a much less party hierarchy controllable process.

Being economically fucked over doesn't make you not a racist dirtbag, especially when you keep voting for the racist dirtbags who have done nothing for you except validate racist dirtbag behavior.

Like seriously, it's pretty fucking hard to beat the racism allegations when that's literally the only possible draw the people you keep electing could possibly have.

These people vote against their own economic interests, and they see it as the price they pay to feel like they can defend saying the N-Word at the dinner table this thanksgiving.

My big wish is multi-winner STAR where possible.

Doesn't just make viable 3rd parties a reality, but makes it incredibly likely for them to get a leg into the race a lot sooner.

Instituting it at the congressional level can also eliminate the traditional stresses of coalition building that affect other multi-partisan democracies, because now when the government experiences a no confidence vote and the leader has to resign, we don't need new elections and new coalition talks, just go back to the original coalition vote results and promote the next guy in charge into the officer position that was vacated, voilà, new governing coalition ready to go.

There's lightyears of difference between "stop throwing paint on statues and blocking roads" and "stop sitting on your privilege with your vote and allowing the disemprivileged to be meat grindered because you think this time it'll teach the incredibly privileged who happen to be nearest to you politically a lesson."

We can't do those aqueduct screw things?

Honestly I'd be more relieved that there isn't an ex in the picture she's tied to via the kid!

Got a bit interested in AAVE when I happened to end up as the token white guy in a D&I club that was literally entirely black women and one AFAB Black NB.

Felt like a kid getting a gold star sticker when one of them said I was understanding their stuff better than the assigned prof who was a literal trained expert on the stuff, mostly because they was a real jackass.

Aggressively rubs barbecue sauce on a rotisserie chicken

"Yeah you like that don't you, you slut!"