Not just an ego thing - some people have livelihoods that depend on their follower count. Twitter is very important to update Youtube subscribers, Twitch followers etc. on things. Remember, we are in the early stages of the Technological Adoption Life Cycle (assuming the Fediverse actually catches on) so most people don't use the Fediverse. As a content creator, you have to adapt to what people currently use.
Trains are kind of expensive if you live in and are trying to get around a small to medium sized town that is underfunded by your government. BRT is fast to implement and cheaper (although yes, a lot easier to get rid of if the party in charge of your country is obsessed with austerity).
Just prefacing this by saying I am not making a funny ironic post at all, I am dead serious.
Am I wrong in thinking even the highest paid sportsmen are part of the proletariat? They are effectively using their bodies for their employers to generate capital, in some cases having to risk their lives (boxing, rugby, NFL, extreme sports), whilst those employers effectively do nothing but manage the capital these athletes generate and get the majority of the money. Yes many athletes are multimilionairres, but they are the people that make effectivelty most of the money for the multi-billion pound (or dollar or euro) businesses to function.
When learning anything there's always an extra layer of depth one can go into when explaining things. And the reverse is always true, there is always a layer of depth you can stop at before going deeper. Teaching children the basics of chemistry to a point that it's functional for understanding the world around them in a way they need to without all the "nerd shit" is possible. I'm from the UK (didn't do Nuffield chemistry) and at GCSE level we were taught orbitals are the simple rings with 8 electrons in each orbital ring (and 2 in the innermost one). We were taught this as fact even though the teachers knew this was not accurate information, and the concept of s, p and f orbitals were never even mentioned in our lessons. It wasn't until I did my A levels that we were taught about s, p and f orbitals and the simplified GCSE explanation helped introduce this concept to me (although I'm aware I only speak for myself).
The simple 8 electrons per one orbital ring model is outdated and scientifically inaccurate (I assume, I'm not a chemist lol) but still helpful. The same way there are probably many simplified explanations for what molecules are, or what the concept of polarity is without having to make things unnecessarily complicated to kids learning about chemistry for the first time.
I guess this is why we as a society need to make the field of teaching more evidence-based to find out which solution using these concepts is the best and most effective way to make concepts stick. But in my opinion, the way I've internalised information the best way even when things get harder down the line is just being taught a very simplified, maybe even outdated model to expand upon later.
It's quite shit right now but ngl I wouldn't want to live in America either. There are some things I value that we have here which is why it's ever more of a shame it's going down the shitter.
Damn, I really wish I knew portugese at this moment 🥲 - sounds like the PCP is a good case study (especially the owning the streets part) so I'll definitely take a look at learning more about them. Thanks for the in-depth answer.
So much for the "free market" lmao