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Why should nations that stand to benefit from climate change have to contribute to the fight against it?
Based on this article, this article and this article, global warming could benefit some countries in the world. The first article (withdrawn later as pointed out by LShaver) says the warming of temperatures across the world could generate an…
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How does Dubai get its money?
I have seen many claims that Dubai has no income tax. Yet, since the Government of Dubai clearly does spend lots of money, how does money flow to the Government of Dubai?
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What explains the durability of Arab monarchies?
I can't seem to wrap my head around how the Arab monarchies have faced little to no resistance to their respective regimes. On both a domestic and international front, these monarchies have beaten back opposition and remained relatively stable. When…
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Why do people in the United States seem so averse to a Public Health system?
My question relates to a simple fact, that to many Europeans it seems that every time a President of the USA is committed to create a real Public Health service, the people seem to act against their efforts.
There are no street movements to support…
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Why doesn't the UK Labour Party push for proportional representation?
There is a consistent majority for liberal (progressive) parties in the UK, but they regularly cannibalise each other in the first-past-the-post voting system (see Wikipedia for details). The last four UK elections were won by the Conservatives yet…
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If a president is impeached and removed from power, do they lose all benefits usually afforded to presidents when they leave office?
It is my understanding that there are a number of benefits bestowed to presidents when they leave office. These include a lucrative pension, $1 million travel budget per year, personal protection etc. Can someone clarify what these benefits are…
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Georgia doing "hand recount" of 2020 Presidential Election Ballots. Why is "hand recount" better than "computer rescan"?
My initial judgement is that a "computer rescan" would have less chance of being biased and less change of making mistakes than a "hand recount", and so the "hand recount" can only introduce more uncertainty and a worse quality result. Is there any…
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Would a President get to fill a Supreme Court vacancy just after he lost an election in November/December?
Suppose an incumbent President loses an election in November and a supreme court vacancy were to emerge right after his loss but before the swearing-in of his successor. Would he be able to fill this vacancy especially seeing that he still is…
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How could people in Texas erroneously vote when they were ineligible?
There are people in Texas who were ineligible to vote but erroneously voted and therefore were jailed for voter fraud:
You’re right, there are really strict punitive criminal measures to try to deter people from registering to vote or voting. You…
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Why is the Oath of office of the President of the United States to the constitution, and not the people?
With the current situation in the USA, I had a look at the wording of the Oath of Office the US president takes, and was surprised to see that the oath is to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution".
Why is the oath worded to the…
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Why did Trump's "rally 'round the flag" effect evaporate so quickly?
When the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, alarm bells went off in the public and Trump's approval started rising. On 538's polling average, his approval rating rose from 42.5% to 45.8%. But, as of now, his approval went down to 43.5% and is…
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Is there an explanation for why ~20% of Americans think the US's response to COVID-19 has been better than South Korea's?
In this article, it's claimed that 20% of the US thinks the US is handling the COVID-19 outbreak better than South Korea, 21% think it's about the same, 26% think it's worse, and 32% aren't sure. This is something I find surprising, since for the…
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Why is the minimum age to be U.S. president still fairly high at 35?
According to Presidential eligibility conditions, a President can serve if they are at least 35 years old:
be a natural-born U.S. citizen of the United States;
be at least 35 years old;
be a resident in the United States for at least 14…
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Why would the Senate adopt such tiring impeachment trial rules?
Many took breaks from listening to the hours-long presentations by house managers to stretch. But only hours into the presentations, several senators were spotted nodding off, including Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C. Sen. Joni Ernst was spotted sipping…
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How do totalitarian governments communicate fear while also sending the message that they are the best governments?
How could these regimes send both a message of terror, and, one of "we are the best government on Earth"?
A totalitarians regime like USSR or Nazi Germany would push hard for not letting criticism against them spread, neither in the mainstream nor…
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