Conserving any fuel. No point in running your engine just to go 2m forward if you can just push it. Especially when the price might is a sizable part of your income suddenly.

Rest In Pieces

Always double tap.

Just a speck in the grad scheme of things.

Officially. But it’s not hard to find stories of conscript (18-20 year olds) who were forced to sign contracts and ended up on the front.

And I went to print the next batch - especially since today another batch of plastic arrived

Would seem they are.

C’mon, they wouldn’t be helping a [checks notes] second Muslim republic struggling against Russia!

If we accept it as a norm there’s nothing more stopping them. You can’t point at one and push him/her out of politics, when it’s a broadly shared assumption they all lie equally. If the cynical position becomes the norm, all trust is obliterated and the society becomes dysfunctional, unable to expect any standards, expectations of positive outcomes. This is to the benefit of the particularly cynical and corrupt in power, it is very much against the society. It also blocks any chances for a self-organised response, as instantly anyone who becomes a leader in any noticeable way, or simply a speaker for any concept or vision is expected to be as corrupt, and so there’s no chance for creating or promoting an alternative.