I was watching this one You Tube channel with videos about different states and cities and towns around the U.S. -- the narrator does comparisons of the "best" places to live and the "worst" places. He also compares best places to retire; worst places to retire; best places to move to if you're looking for a job...etc.
He had one that showed the 10 "worst" states, economically. One viewer wrote in the Comments section:
~~ Maybe if these states stopped electing the same type of officials, they could have better laws that help their citizens. I truly feel for them, but they are the ones who keep electing people who obviously don't care about them.
---------------- Besides "better laws," programs and initiatives -- to open opportunities for employment and education, to beautify the landscape, showcase local culture, and address climate change...
Every state, and our country as a whole at the federal level, need representatives who will do positive things, and not spend their time making asses of themselves on social media.
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Some critics say social media is corrupting our society. I see it this way: when something new is invented people have to learn to use it intelligently, rather than -- "dumbly"...if that's a word....
A friend of mine who lived in the Depression era and World War II told me that when one of her family's neighbors in North Dakota got an automobile, back when they were still pretty new, first thing that happened, he was out driving it & he ran over another neighbor and killed him.
Well, that wasn't what cars were invented for, but that's what happened. Social critics at the time might have said, "See, I knew no good would come from this new invention, it's crazy! People getting killed!"
But really, the thing was to learn to operate the automobile in a non-deadly way. We didn't need to get rid of cars -- we needed to use them properly and safely.
Maybe it's the same with social media. We don't need to get rid of it; we need to use it in a responsible fashion.
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headlines today
American Artillery Enters the Fight in Ukraine
The New York Times
Boris Bondarev, a Russian Diplomat, Speaks Out on the War
The New York Times
Russian soldier gets life in prison in war crimes trial
The Washington Post
Biden vows to defend Taiwan if China were to invade
The Washington Post
With Russians gone, Kyiv's suburbs struggle to return to being 'a happy place'
Los Angeles Times
'One-sided': unionists react with scorn as US delegation arrives in Ireland
The Guardian
Poem of the week: 1963 by Meg Cox
The Guardian
Russia fully withdraws from Kyiv region, Ukrainians get drone training in US: Pentagon update Day 42
ABC News
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