Some do exactly that!: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_breathing

She was given extreme leniency because she was the main cooperator with police. There would be no FTX case wihout her. She seemed relieved when it all got cracked open and she seemed remorseful in her interviews and testimonies. So she at least demonstrated remorse enough to convince the police and the court. Whether it's genuine remorse or alligator tears doesn't matter as much as her contribution to getting the bigger fish caught, though. Rewarding cooperators an essential piece of the justice machine.

Only within capitalism, where the myth of eternal growth is a central pillar.

This fallacy is called an appeal to tradition.

... did it work?

Common misconception, it's actually "toe the line". I used to think it was tow too.

This is an anxiety response, your body is coursing with cortisol, the stress hormone. These exercises should help. I find square breathing to be especially helpful, but everyone's different. https://www.choosingtherapy.com/anxiety-exercises/

I don't need to read mein kampf to know Nazis are shit.

Tech VCs did the same with block chain and the cloud before that. It's an industry that loves it's fads and fashions.

Here in BC, anything but well done burgers are illegal in restaurants. We have steak tartar, but you need to cut the exterior layer of meat away and grind it right before serving. You might get away with doing the same for burgers, but no one does it that I know of.

In the United States, millions and millions of people walk around with conditions we can treat with our own kind of magic: modern medicine. So why don't they get that prosthetic arm, treat that chronic pain, get that surgery, or take those pills? They can't afford it. Why don't they get that vaccine? They don't believe in it. If magic exists to eliminate all disabilities, then there should be no smart, rich people with disabilities in your world building, certainly. Plenty to go around otherwise though.

I'm a disabled millennial. I live in a dangerous old house with 5 roommates and I am still spending over half my money on rent.