Yeah most Americans think that democracy/liberalism is just the natural state of the world and doesn't need any effort to maintain. That is very much not the case in Russia.
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What is an election skeptic? Is that like a climate skeptic? The term is fascist thug.
At the same time, no home or business lives in a vacuum. With large projects like this, developers are expected to contribute back to the city to build the infrastructure and neighborhoods around the project, like we see with this. It's better city design to build a neighborhood directly connected to the plant than it is to expect everyone to commute for an hour to get to work. Many company towns had very good urban design, even if they were mini-dictatorships.
Unfortunately very car-centric design. The majority of the non-industrial land is paved over and used for parking, and another large portion is being used for grass in a desert.
It's also important for governments to have humility and leave doors open for reconciliation.
Peace is achieved through heads of states apologizing.
Directives are the closest thing the EU has to laws. But that's true, the description and implementation of Article 22 has been fairly loose.
In Sweden the article has been interpreted as mandatory food waste bins, and bans on in-sink food disposals, but it's possible that other countries have different interpretations.
Article 22
Bio-waste
Member States shall take measures, as appropriate, and in accordance with Articles 4 and 13, to encourage:
(a)
the separate collection of bio-waste with a view to the composting and digestion of bio-waste;
(b)
the treatment of bio-waste in a way that fulfils a high level of environmental protection;
(c)
the use of environmentally safe materials produced from bio-waste.
The Commission shall carry out an assessment on the management of bio-waste with a view to submitting a proposal if appropriate. The assessment shall examine the opportunity of setting minimum requirements for bio-waste management and quality criteria for compost and digestate from bio-waste, in order to guarantee a high level of protection for human health and the environment.
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32008L0098
In the EU it is mandatory to sort your food into separate food trash.
Seems to be working now, but it was telling me to login with a Google account and refusing to play.
Would Hong Kong be considered an example of georgism? All land has a 3% value tax.
The USSR blurred the line. There was decentralized industry and multiculturalism, but also Russian supremacy, genocide, and military conquest.
There was very much the threat of violence in 1990 and 1991, even if the original USSR framework was very liberal. Not to mention the USSR-led coups in Czechoslovakia and Hungary.
It's also important to note that the Russian SFSR itself was an empire ruled from Moscow before the revolution. That did not change much after the revolution.
https://youtu.be/tVRUBs3T4ic