You are correct. However, the actions I describe have been taken by many authoritarian governments throughout history; for the actions you describe, I am only aware of one example, China. Maybe there are a few other examples which I am missing? Nevertheless, you were making a blanket statement about authoritarian governments without evidence (social media as we understand it is young, this evidence cannot exist in any significant way). My statement is supported by history.

No, what authoritarians do is crack down on scapegoats like immigrants, round them up and deport them illegally. Or forbid books.

And I am asking if you realise that justifying Israel's actions now is morally equivalent to justifying 9/11.

Are you talking about 9/11? Because it really sounds like you are. The US was fighting in the middle east through the proxy of Israel, then could not defend itself from these horrible plane crashes.

The US has been fighting through proxies for decades. It sounds like you are saying that it would be fair for any of a number of countries to bring the fight to the US. Just making sure you realise the implications of what you are saying.

Do you think people should be allowed to smoke anywhere they like?

The world will sign on this without hesitation as soon as Americans keep their emissions to themselves. Until that happens, stop behaving as if your actions don't impact the rest of the world.

Pubic transport is what lice use, do you mean public transport?

Joke aside, I agree that all these things are nice. I also see that it doesn't work within planetary boundaries if 9 billion people have it. Here I share some walls with neighbours but it's well designed and constructed, it's quite new. I don't hear the neighbours. I also have balconies. Not as nice as what you have, but scalable.

Thanks for elaborating. I ignore the snarky parts. I hear you, living in a city can be annoying, it's not for everyone. It might also not be for me. I also don't think that the car lifestyle is sustainable if we all follow it (it's not just me thinking that, I think all climate scientists agree). But also if you have special needs related to mobility, well then fair enough, you should absolutely drive a car. You can still do that in a walkable city, in fact many people do that in Vienna. The motorbike part makes no sense: you need a car to carry all your stuff, how does that work with a motorbike? But also if we're thinking about public good, motorbikes make a lot more sense that cars, especially when most cars carry only their driver. Which is the case in Vienna, in case you were wondering.

Also if you feel the need to murder people just because they're riding a bicycle, you should report yourself to a psychiatrist. I am not joking.

Ok so you're interested in making a provocative statement but not in explaining it? Are you only interested in provocation or are you actually interested in discussing the topic? For example, are you generally not interested in living in a city, or do you specifically want to live in a city that is not walkable?

May I ask why? Context: I live in Vienna, I do not own a car even though I did when I first moved here.

Right so if there is a competitor to Office that is based in Russia or China or Iran (cloud included), closed source and doing more or less the same thing but for much cheaper, then the sane thing to do is to dump MS office for this cheaper alternative?

You seem to have trouble accepting the reality of the past few months. Let me help you. The current US government is destroying a long held status quo that the US and Europe are allies. Trump is treating everyone like adversaries in a one-winner-takes-all perspective that cannot work with anyone since he demands that every other country loses to him. China is likely very happy about it as that opens many business perspectives in Europe and elsewhere. Everyone in Europe is sad about the whole situation, as we'd rather be friends. But you can't be friend with someone who does not want to be your friend.

Maybe the rich people would also benefit from being smart? OP is right, asking yourself the right question matters.

A more interesting question is "does it help us to write good code".