Even if Americans wouldn't accept the level of taxes and other wealth distribution methods that happen in Denmark, I think that we'd almost certainly be net better off / "happier" / have a higher standard of living if we moved in that direction at least a little bit.

Yes, Americans want to be rich. But, the 1% is going to be relatively equally happy whether they are 10 times, 100 times, or 1000 times richer than the 98th percentile just below them. Today, that disparity is massive. In eras that the GOP likes to remember as the good ol' days, say the 1950s, rich was still rich but nowhere near as far beyond the middle class as it is today.

High(er) taxes, particularly on income in those top percentile tax brackets, allow for the superior infrastructure, health care, and educational opportunities that benefit *everyone* and allow for the "American Dream" of anyone being able to make it big with a good idea, a lot of hard work, and a little luck. I don't think that recipe for success actually pans out in modern America, and that is a shame.

Thanks for the promote!

Extremely interesting, and as @eric3579 pointed out, the guy has a really fun sense of humor as well. I loved how by the end, he got a big laugh out of the watermarked stock image without even having to comment on it.

Thanks for the link and info there. The video didn't present any of the more damning stuff from that -- just said that the company was under criminal investigation. Without that kind of evidence from former employees etc., I was worried about that being a witch hunt... But it certainly looks like there's easily enough basis to start an investigation.

Good to know -- thanks again!

Have some power points and don't give up on the Drone Racing videos just yet -- I think they just need some more time to attract a few more first-time views.

Thanks for the suggestion -- I will check that out!

I sense a comment of the day/week/month coming... Gotta be worth an extra power point!

Thanks much for in-depth answers to the solar questions! Have a couple power points.

I find the issue of "stepping on NYPD toes" to be trivial and unimportant. What is much more critical is that American laws and culture would, today, tend to discourage bystanders from stepping in and helping as these Swedes did.

Ask any lawyer, and they'll tell you to turn around and walk the other way, because nothing good can come from intervening, and/or you'll just be opening yourself up to lawsuits. I consider that to be a great failing in the direction that America has taken since I was young (80s) and especially before then. Modern America sure seems like a much more litigious, narcissistic, and entitled place than it used to be.

I always love covers that completely mix-up the feel / genre of a song, so this was great.

And I enjoy that guitar dude's stuff, in spite (or because?) of his ever-present shit-eating grin while he's playing! The vocalist has some nice chops too, really cool to hear him transition from the low note on the first "taaaake" to the octave-higher-than-usual peak of "twooooo" shortly later.

Nice cover, nice sift!

Relevant *and* pointed out my misspelling of "bare" -- nice!