• tal@lemmy.today
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    3 days ago

    Fatalities per capita is probably less interesting than fatalities per unit of distance driven.

    • Not a replicant@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      There are states in Australia that can swallow Texas whole. Long distance driving is unavoidable, so it’s less useful as a metric because it can’t be changed easily. It would mean improving public transport, subsidising domestic flights, etc - and we all know how likely that is.

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        2 days ago

        I mean, you guys have 6 states covering a landmass roughly 75% the size of the US…

        Get more states 😜

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          14 hours ago

          You’ve heard the term “balkanization”? You’ve just invented “US-ification”.

          More states = more politicians 🤮

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            13 hours ago

            I’m really hopeful people get their heads out of their asses and flip the majorities in the house and senate next year…

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        2 days ago

        I mean, you guys have 6 states covering a landmass roughly 75% the size of the US…

        Get more states 😜