Dual UK/US citizen here . . . living in the Scottish highlands. Hate to break it to you mate, but Brits do not think about this. Ever. 1/3 of the countries on Earth celebrate their independence day as being independent FROM England. The US just isn't that special.
If you are in the UK or EU there is an option . . curve pay (www.curve.com). I run it with a debit card on my FairPhone 3+ using /e/ with MicroG. Works perfectly for tap and pay.
In the age of a 1TB SSD costing $50 . . . frankly who cares. Flatpak's are the easiest to deploy Linux packages . . . a perfect pairing for Mint - an OS designed to "just work".
There is a word for the future you are describing: exterminism.
Sadly the world appears to be heading that way. This is the most bleak future described in one of my favorite books- Four Futures:Life After Capitalism
I was a batch 2 owner of the FairPhone 1, the FairPhone 2, the FairPhone 3+ . . . and just a month ago upgraded to the new FairPhone 6. And a guy who absolutely loathes Bluetooth earbuds. Yet I don't miss the 3.5mm jack for a simple reason . . . wired USB-C earbuds are a thing. I picked up a cheap set from JBL and never thought about the 3.5mm jack again.
Yes, I agree . . . they could have/should have stuck with it. But honestly . . it's no huge loss.
The Leapmoter T03 and Dacia Spring Electric 45 are both £14,995. And the Citroën Ami is only £7,695. 4 of the 5 cheapest new cars for sale today in the UK are EV's.
You rather made my point - everything about morality is relative. There are no moral absolutes - it is up to your (and my) prospective. For the record, I do wrestle with my employment there . . . yes, we did stop many, many Russian tanks. But I also suspect other systems have been used in Gaza by the IDF.
As for speeding and taking out Musk - 100%, sign me up for that moral tradeoff right now!!!
I worked 10 years for a major EU defense contractor. Mostly on civilian projects, but not exclusively. For many years, I hid my employer from acquaintances & friends - when asked, I would just say "I work in software". After I left that company, one of the anti-tank missile systems I had a very (very) small part developing started to tear the fuck up Russian tanks across Ukrainian farm lands.
With this news, now would be the perfect time to start the discussion of converting one of the 2 train tunnels into a road for EV's and electric lorries. Tailpipe exhaust is THE reason why cars today must be loaded into a train for the trip . . . EV's make that unnecessary.
If they are not going to invest . . . lets re-purpose part of it.
THIS is the answer. No ads are played on my front drive. Ever.