I consider amazon as not even an option. If I think other prices are too steep, I just don’t buy things or save up. It helps not to compare the prices.

“(S)cience tends to progress through younger people, and old ideas tend to die with the originators of those ideas. through this cynical view, science progresses one coffin at a time.”

the Sting of the wild p142, J.O. Schmidt

it’s great … but how do they get the ships in the bottles?

because those candidates also sell easy answers to their fears. they make it seem like they can fix things, definitely. the fears are specific, simple, and aimed at selling specific solutions. people don’t vote to be scared, they’re scared into voting for a perceived authoritative saviour.

I think this is an oversimplification, but still makes sense.