Well I don’t know a lot about the reasons, but as a fan who watched the first film in the theater in 1977… I LOVED THE FIRST THREE FILMS.

I got turned off by the Britishness of the Kylo Ren and Rey films. The actors had posh British accents; I felt they belonged on a Shakespearean stage. Not on an American popular sci fi film. It was weird. I thought Natalie Portman in the earlier films embraced the American silliness of the films and toned down her British accent and was a fun watch. Even the actor who played Emperor Palpatine understood the campy nature of the films and dove into nerddom lore.

The Kylo Ren and Rey films, to me, was a remake of MacBeth. And I hate MacBeth.

That was the title when I submitted. I was able to update it now.

Research and study nutrition and office politics/ group dynamics. Find real experts, not the blog spam that clog the internet.

It is more of the endless civil wars they had. See the Crisis of the Third Century when every military regional commander revolted and marched on Rome. Even during times of peace e.g., during Augustus time, they would pass laws trying to stop people from amputating their son's thumbs to avoid conscription.

The problem with "costs" is that when companies are finally faced with steep fines or lose a lawsuit, they would often declare bankruptcy or a spin-off a division and dump all the obligations to the spun-off company which would go bankrupt. The only thing that works, I believe, is the threat of criminal penalties with actual jail time.

That's a good point, so laws requiring bonds or insurance would also be needed. This could be an incentive towards at least limiting the worst case outcomes; if those are too large insurance may not be available.

I grew up poor. Everyone I knew was poor or barely getting by. It took me a lifetime to realize over-frugality can also be self-destructive.

My extended family members use to trade stories of working dangerous jobs or getting mugged and laugh it off. That was until my aunt got shot in the head working the late shift at a convenience store. She was in the news and the community and the hospital paid all her medical bills; but she was never the same after that.

Growing up gambling was a mysterious force that ran through my family. They worked hard. Like their bodies were physically wrecked and they saved and saved. They would often spend so much time at work or at their side hustles, they would neglect their children who would teach themselves how to cook because no adult was at home. And yet, they would blow their entire savings in a weekend in Las Vegas. Or sometimes came back even in debt.

Now, I would say that frugality is not a moral imperative. Being poor is not a virtue. Sometimes fate deals it to you. But no job is worth wrecking your health. And it is not a sin to spend a little on something that makes life a bit sweeter.

I appreciate your situation and opinion but I don't see how this is the answer to my question about mindset changes.

I think he was talking about the weather conditions. Cold weather fronts with high humidity means strong winds.

I like these quotes as this is something my company struggles with. Can you give an example of "Tripping over dimes to pick up pennies"?

At my company, it’s always choosing the vendor who promises the most. The fact that they have extremely dissatisfied customers and leave a trail of shit is always ignored.

If we look at the worst case, the French Revolution, it started with a deeply indebted Louis XVI.

Jacques Necker tried to restore investor confidence by publishing the Compte rendu au roi in 1781, which hid key expenses. This allowed the king to continue borrowing but did not fix the fiscal crisis.

Attempts at tax reform failed due to resistance from the nobility and the clergy who paid nothing, leading Louis XVI to convene the Estates-General of 1789. Which triggered a series of events leading to the revolution.

Revolutionary leaders seized Church lands and issued assignats to fund the state, but overissuance caused inflation. More durable financial stabilization came later under Napoleon Bonaparte through institutional reforms and, in part, revenues from military campaigns. He looted much of the wealth of the Italians who he “freed” from the Austrians.

The insight I get is that the debt is similar to NIMBY. Local interests benefit from an ever increasing debt, but collectively we are all hurt by it.

That's interesting. I am looking forward to Trump's little red book and his cult of personality shrieking and waving it endlessly /s.

I mean, I assume it'd just be a collection of his tweets.