Nonono. There's no excuse to not make a door work mechanically. It should be easy and obvious to open from the inside. Why shit like this is even allowed is completely beyond me.

This comment chain is what American politics feel like as a European.

I loved that book, it was eye-opening. Being evil is mostly a cultural or peer pressure thing.

Social security, medical cost, food safety, product safety, consumer protection, worker protection are just some things off the top of my head where the EU is far ahead of the USA. We're only really dependent regarding defense, but honestly, the EU military would probably be enough to stand against Russia if it came to it.

I don't know how America survives without roller shutters. It's blackout dark in my home whenever I want it to.

Even if Trump doesn't further dismantle the already weak democratic systems in the US, the consequences of this election will be felt for many decades to come. Western allies will be ostracized, international climate efforts won't have a bloody chance now, authoritarianism will rise all around the world. Palestine will likely cease to exist, so may Ukraine and Georgia.

Lots of innocent people will die just because they happen to be LGBTQ or pregnant or not white. Poverty will increase. The courts will be filled with right-wing judges.

This election might be the most consequential political outcome ever since Hitler was appointed chancellor. It will be a fucking nightmare.

And every idiot who didn't vote for Harris is partly responsible. There is no bloody excuse.

Can we stop pretending this election was about Gaza?

• No more environment

That won't be a problem. America will simply be towed outside the environment.

To be honest most of even Bernie's proposals are things that Europeans fought for decades ago. He's basically a social democrat.

EU needs to step in

Typically, atheists don't spend a lot of time thinking about gods. Also, most theists aren't just theists, they follow a very specific religion/god, which is orders of magnitude less reasonable.

Just like the EU, California does a lot for global customer protection.