It depends on a number of factors.
How thorough is the isolation/how “high” are the walls? Can I perceive the world outside the walls in any way?
How good is the propaganda?
Do I have anything to lose other than my life? Do I have a community I care about within the city? A family? Children?
Regarding extensions, my understanding is that Apple makes it hard to prevent a bunch of trash extensions showing up that don’t do anything worthwhile.
A recent episode of The House of Pod podcast included a virologist and an ER doctor (the host is a gastroenterologist) and they talked about measles and the potential lifelong effects that a non-fatal case can cause, like blindness or deafness. They also contrast with the efficacy of the vaccine, the virologist got checked before going to SE Asia and despite her last MMR dose being in the 90s she had enough antibodies that her doctor said she didn’t need a booster. She went on to talk about how while measles has mutated it has not changed to bypass immunity.
With the current crop of lunatics in office, it will almost immediately be turned into a problem for the rest of the world. Even in the best of times, the US has made its problems everyone else’s, these days it would only be worse.
I see your point but keep in mind this is a microcosm of the entire US agricultural industry. We’ve drastically overbalanced to a knowledge economy, and if US agriculture collapses, that’s bad for the world.
A big part of grocery prices is labor for harvesting. Mushrooms (to keep with the subject of the article) are ~$5.99 a quart at Costco. Assume that we’re talking about doubling the wages of the workers, that means nearly doubling the price of the product, if not more than doubling because retailers are insisting on a set profit margin. If someone even a little bit competent was in the White House, and if congress had even a slight interest in making life better for the average American, this situation might lead to a push for diversifying the ag sector and breaking up the giant corporations who are responsible for 90% of America’s farms. Instead who knows what happens.
Start offering mushroom picking experiences: for every 50 buckets you fill, you get a free bucket of mushrooms.
Reactionary means reverting to previous norms rather than “conserving” the status quo. Name a historical period where punishment of crime was less harsh than now. The death penalty used to be given for much less severe crimes, and enacted with a full complement of torture. People were given effective life sentences for minor infractions.
Or, not every reason is “good”.
It’s like things being legal. Being legal doesn’t make it right.
He’s proven it at least once a year since 1980.
Any promises by republicans or related to republican policies are lies.
When I was a kid public and semi-public pools would have signs that said “welcome to our ool. Notice there is no P in it. Please keep it that way.”
Years later it occurred to me it might make more sense to have a sign that said “welcome to our L. Notice there is no poo in it.” And so on.