For an example of how crucial it is too keep roads accessible and decongested, look at the Philippines. Metro Manila is currently losing 3.5 billion pesos PER DAY due to the constant congestion, and is on track for that loss reaching 6 billion. An average company employee might earn somewhere between 20-30k per month there, so 3.5 billion is a lot of money by Filipino measure.
You halfway answered your own question there. Just like in games and movies, they are lazily leaning on nostalgia in the hopes that it will magically generate some money.
Hopefully his piece of shit cronies will be behind bars too. Duterte's national chief of police, Bato dela Rosa, has been mysteriously absent lately. I wonder why.
I really do not understand why pies aren't more of a thing in Norway. All Norwegians I know who have gone to the UK love pie, it's like it was designed for the Norwegian palate. But I guess since it's not boiled grey meat and potatoes or boiled fish and potatoes, it just doesn't belong here.
You're right, I didn't consider that viewpoint. However, I think this problem might not always be the case, especially in a nation with few problems related to corruption or general lack of checks and balances. If you have functioning oversight and annual presentation of projected expenditures, frivolous spending shouldn't be a major issue.
In fact, it would be detrimental to their budget to do so. If I'm budgeting various government services and see that a specific service is consistently ending the year with a lot of unspent money, I'll lower their budget so that the money can be spent where it's needed.
I consider it plausible that someone actually posted it and meant it, some people I work with have reached the same mental stage (slightly above toddler). Bear in mind; these people are allowed to vote and drive cars.
I'm pretty sure what most people are referring to here is unfettered capitalism. It's not an on/off switch, you can have certain aspects of one thing combined with the other.
I was about to chime in "especially don't post nudes", but immediately realised that you don't even need to do that anymore for someone to ruin your life. They only need your face, that's it.
Not everyone is wired to be able to follow your advice. When people start making personal attacks against others in online discussions, such insults can reaffirm doubts and insecurities already present in the person on the receiving end (not to mention trauma). I would never place the burden of responsibility on the one being attacked in this way - the responsibility lies solely with the bullies to change their act and with the community to speak out against them.
I hope they'll be inspired to do the same in the Philippines. Bought coconut water from a stand earlier today, which for some unfathomable reason had added sugar. Disgusting, they lost a return customer. I'll just harvest it from the tree myself.
For an example of how crucial it is too keep roads accessible and decongested, look at the Philippines. Metro Manila is currently losing 3.5 billion pesos PER DAY due to the constant congestion, and is on track for that loss reaching 6 billion. An average company employee might earn somewhere between 20-30k per month there, so 3.5 billion is a lot of money by Filipino measure.