>And I have zero interest.

That's you.

>I'm Californian. I don't know anything about the people and life in say.. South Dakota. I have no idea what their capital is. I have zero conception of the people there.

I'd argue it's like you not knowing there's native americans in your state and why they might be there.

To link back to TFA, if the explanation was that he didn’t know because the government made all the movies and never showed anything about the indigenous peoples, that ignorance is somewhat understandable.

This reminds me of a situation over a decade ago. Where we had some proposition that we had to vote on - concerning allowing some native american tribe near Sacramento to open a casino on their reservation.

I spend a considerable amount of time trying to understand the issue and never really ended up having an opinion on it. I don't live near Sacramento, I don't know any of the people involved or affected. It was a giant waste of my time and honestly exemplifies my point. I don't think I should have any say in this matter. I left that part of the ballot empty

The stimulants don't alleviate the discomfort. I honestly question whether you have adhd or whether yours and mine are remotely the same. Oftentimes it would be a great relief to do a specific thing...or it's something i actually want to get done and no matter how much i want to I struggle.

Getting sleep right helps a lot. Getting sunlight helps a lot. etc But in the end a notable problematic aspect of it remains.

Yes they do, as the OP said and I myself experienced, they make previously torturous tasks doable with a significantly reduced levels of discomfort and a priori mental resistance.

The vast majority in any given colonial nation neither partook nor benefited much if at all.

For the vast crimes of leopold and subsequently to lesser extent the belgian state in congo the biggest chunk of money got invested in the brazilian rail network to make one family very rich for example. My great grandparents being subsistence farmers didn't see shit and you'd punish not just them but me for it.

Typically the people moving in are from countries which given fair comparison are similarly not owed an opinion given their sins of the father and many a nation is not allowed it's borders likely also yours lest you live in Buthan or so.

Here in my area of Belgium it's become very popular to build modern cube buildings. Flat roof, featureless. No longer brick but a flat white, grey or black outside. i find it absolutely disgusting.

We're really just reinventing brutalism but without much of the commendable outcrops like the barbican or whatever.

The only reason The Barbican (London) works is because wealthy people moved in. In my opinion, it's still a very ugly estate but it is a well maintained estate. So people can still admire its design.

Whereas other examples were left to deteriorate because wealthy people moved elsewhere. And thus all people see is dilapidated, ugly concrete.

While we are on the topic of brutalism, one of my most disliked Sci-Fi tropes is concrete buildings used as "futuristic" buildings. I honestly think the only reason they do this is because concrete is featureless so it could be from any era. If they used Victorian-style architecture or Germanic Gothic buildings then all you'd see is historic-looking architecture which would pull you out of the moment. But I, personally, cannot "unsee" concrete buildings in Sci-Fi. Everytime I see that I just see lazy set design. Plus I'd hope in a few hundred years we'd have found a better building material than concrete.

Flat roofs are good for greenery and solar panels.

Greenery on it is incredibly impractical. Solar panels you seem more often on the angled south facing roofs.

Not keeping population increasing for as long as you can with migration helps too People will buffer their prices up often even trough stagnating purchasing power or dips due to construction when land isn't made anymore and the gov will make sure demand keeps growing lest it affect the lines.

Japan does not. But it's also the place that didn't (fully) decide to try to keep it's population growing into perpetuity with migration and also has some other more unique market and monetary conditions.

I don't think that should be the be-all and end-all overriding the natives qualms but regardless.....Is it increasing productivity? In nearby mainland European countries that doesn't appear the case.

Well if they are you're probably getting a greater amount of other selfish, unpatriotic people to replace them so idk if it's a net gain from your pov.

I doubt that's the case; people who want to live in a country are usually more patriotic than those who don't want to live in it, in my experience.

Depends on why they are there. Refugees tend to care about the country they came from more and the one they landed in they view as a temporary shelter.

Yes, that's what he said.

>the socio-economic system we all willingly subscribe to

Do we subscribe to it willingly? I dare say there's been plenty of scenarios and places where the population would favour protectionism of some form but find their desire subverted by capital.