Is 'the Tri State City' a terrible idea?

A friend of mine is terrified that 'they' want to force a Tri State Society upon us.

I agreed: "Yes, we should demand to sit in our car in a traffic jam for three hours a day instead of spending a total of 30 minutes a day walking or cycling to work!"

She seemed confused so I asked her what she hated about the '15 minutes' or 'Tri State city'.

Turned out she didn't know. She just mumbled "But they want to force us to forever live in a 15 minute circle from our homes!" and asked for a refill of her tea cup after I replied: "Do you have any evidence to support that ridicilous notion or were you told that lie by some right wing populist who asked for donations to fight 'them' in court?" 

Basically she was simply against the idea of a 15 minute City because she saw some meme about it once.

What do you know about the 'Fifteen Minutes-' or 'Tri State City'?

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Thing is...'The 15 minute city' is already a reality. At least in The Netherlands. Now, see this video and tell me again why you repeat the soundbites of your favourite rightwing populist and say it's 'socialist', 'communist', 'left' or 'bad'. 

Sitting in a traffic jam for hours on day, burning fossil fuels that suffocate the planet and hurt your wallet may sound like a right you don't want to give up. But if you don't want to help yourself or the planet, go right ahead and keep listening to people who get paid by the ultrarich elite to lie to you. 

Would you like to live in a '15 minute city'? Why (not)?

Final Solution

"When will the UN finally intervene!" "As soon as the IOF starts killing UN workers. The intentional murder of tens of thousands of innocents is absolutely no reason for the UN to [upset our boss] do anything." 

"But they just killed over 200 of your staff!" 

"Well, yes, but that's merely a fact and absolutely no reason to stand in the way of the z!o's wish for a Thousand Year Empire and more Lebensraum with their Blut und Boden policy so we still support their Final Solution."

Fact is: the UN is absolutely powerless if only one memberstate veto's a UN decision. In the case of the Israel/Palestine conflict, the [z!onists] US has used its veto rights over 30 times.

If the UN was a democratic organ, the UN would have long ago intervened in the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza. But truth is: the UN appears to be controlled by those who have everything to gain by armed conflicts.

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Are Americans brainwashed?

This American couple seems to be pretty sure they were brainwashed. 

But got deprogrammed when they moved to Europe. Specifically France. They started to question the concept of 'Freedom'. The US version versus that of actual democracies. In the US most people who want 'Freedom!' want the freedom to be free from consequences, to do as they please.

This couple puts in a a broader perspective: "Americans want 'the freedom to...(carry guns, buy a bigger car, be r4cist 4ssholes), while Europeans want 'the freedom from...(bigots, dictators, dependency on money). 

Generally speaking: Americans want their freedoms to trump (...) those of others, while Europeans strive for everyone to feel free.

Example: Europeans want affordable healthcare for all, while (millions. But not all) Americans only care about themselves:

After watching this video (https://buff.ly/3OaUDwu) and based on what you already knew, would you rather live in the USA or in a democratic country in Europe? 

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