This isn’t really the issue. Most of that lower nation-level population density is due to the fact that the US possesses some truly vast wilderness and wasteland within its territory. I’m no geographer, but I’m pretty sure there’s no equivalent of the Nevada desert contained within France somewhere, let alone Alaska.
The real issue with the US is suburban sprawl. The population isn’t too spread out on a national level; it’s too spread out on a local level. If the US had European-style urban design, the existence of some vast empty wilderness won’t affect things. We’re talking about how the people in the inhabited parts of the land live. The wasteland is irrelevant.
This is great news! I was unaware that when I traveled by car or by plane that I can just skip going over and through the parts that are irrelevant. I’ve been wasting so much time moving through space up to this point.
Yup. It is simply harder to organize people, especially when the offending politicians can literally fly away to Mar-a-Lago. It costs a ton for people to get around the nation, there is no such thing as job security or universal health, and so on.
We will have to overhaul or replace the Constitution, with it having rules to at least allow for free fuel, basic housing, and free generic food. This would allow people to be freed from the shackles of the workplace, and be able to relentlessly protest against politicians.
One day, you look out your window as you’re getting your morning coffee…to see 100 colorful individuals setting up tents and raising barricades…across the T-intersection at the end of your cul-da-sac.
About 8 million Americans took to the streets in March to protest Trump. About 500,000 took to the streets in France on the 17th. In both cases, there’s disagreements about the real number of participants, but overall the math indicates similar levels of participation.
But the US has 1/10 the population density as France. Americans were spread out over a much larger area, so participation appeared lower.
Population of France: 69.1 million (316 per sq km) Population of USA: 349.6 million (38 per sq km)
Hmm. I wonder why it’s more difficult to mobilize people in the USA?
This isn’t really the issue. Most of that lower nation-level population density is due to the fact that the US possesses some truly vast wilderness and wasteland within its territory. I’m no geographer, but I’m pretty sure there’s no equivalent of the Nevada desert contained within France somewhere, let alone Alaska.
The real issue with the US is suburban sprawl. The population isn’t too spread out on a national level; it’s too spread out on a local level. If the US had European-style urban design, the existence of some vast empty wilderness won’t affect things. We’re talking about how the people in the inhabited parts of the land live. The wasteland is irrelevant.
This is great news! I was unaware that when I traveled by car or by plane that I can just skip going over and through the parts that are irrelevant. I’ve been wasting so much time moving through space up to this point.
Yup. It is simply harder to organize people, especially when the offending politicians can literally fly away to Mar-a-Lago. It costs a ton for people to get around the nation, there is no such thing as job security or universal health, and so on.
We will have to overhaul or replace the Constitution, with it having rules to at least allow for free fuel, basic housing, and free generic food. This would allow people to be freed from the shackles of the workplace, and be able to relentlessly protest against politicians.
You mean a country being 1,600% larger than another makes it harder for people to mobilize??
You mean you don’t understand that higher population density and narrow urban streets makes it easier to riot?
I want to set up an occupation protest free zone…at the entrance to a randomly selected suburban cul-da-sac.
One day, you look out your window as you’re getting your morning coffee…to see 100 colorful individuals setting up tents and raising barricades…across the T-intersection at the end of your cul-da-sac.
It’s gonna be one of those days…
About 8 million Americans took to the streets in March to protest Trump. About 500,000 took to the streets in France on the 17th. In both cases, there’s disagreements about the real number of participants, but overall the math indicates similar levels of participation.
But the US has 1/10 the population density as France. Americans were spread out over a much larger area, so participation appeared lower.
Ohio and France have the same population density.