Oh, I agree with your complaints. But that doesn't change that cars offer a much more comfortable and convenient experience today than they did in my youth.
Cars are one of the first thing I would use as an example of something that's gotten better. Heated seats, heated steering wheels, better safety ratings, better comfort, power windows, power steering, ABS, backup cameras, adaptive cruise control....
I don't think it's necessarily under duress the way that Ukraine is doing it. Those who are on death row or their equivalent thereof are not getting this offer. From what I read, this is excluding the most dangerous and violent offenders.
So you don't have people with exceedingly long sentences who qualify.
That doesn't seem like too much duress to me. A few years of my life staying where I am in a prison versus taking my chances on the battlefield to get out of prison faster (and protect my country, for whomever that matters to).
I would bet that this is due to systemic problems which lead black residents to have fewer economic opportunities than white residents do. But hey, that's crazy progressive talk.
From the side of the article's title's perspective, it makes sense because some politicians are in fact trying to put mask bans in place in order to make it easier to identify "suspects". Because it's harder to recognize people's faces when they have a mask on. So yeah, it makes sense. It's just awful.
What is this picture supposed to be of? A man who is depressed about his eyes being different colors? I can't tell how it's supposed to be related to the article.
This is one of the most upsetting things in American news in the past couple of years and it barely gets any attention. These regular protesters, who are doing the good work of the people to protect us from authoritarianism, are being charged with domestic terrorism. This whole situation is insane.
The fact that the police are even being provided funding and real estate in order to practice urban warfare is disgusting enough. And then to charge those who protest it with terrorism? Who are the terrorists here, really?
Oh, I agree with your complaints. But that doesn't change that cars offer a much more comfortable and convenient experience today than they did in my youth.