salamiboy

Remember Machiavelli's "The Prince"?

“I conclude therefore that, fortune being changeful and mankind steadfast in their ways, so long as the two are in agreement men are successful, but unsuccessful when they fall out. For my part I consider that it is better to be adventurous than cautious, because fortune is a woman, and if you wish to keep her under it is necessary to beat and ill-use her; and it is seen that she allows herself to be mastered by the adventurous rather than by those who go to work more coldly. She is, therefore, always, woman-like, a lover of young men, because they are less cautious, more violent, and with more audacity command her.”

"Along with community engagement, limiting political sway is important. The study shows that if political representatives convince planners to route through different locations — deviating from the design — cities could end up with an expensive commuter rail system instead of a competitive high-speed rail."

Good luck, it's Seattle

Apparently, it's a rebuttal to this article blaming millennials

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/let-the-nightmare-in-ja...

That's no longer seem to be the case in the US, especially as out of wedlock births decreased and poor people are less likely to get married

https://ifstudies.org/blog/no-ring-no-baby