This feels like trying to explain forests to someone who only wants to tell me about their favorite tree.
I get how the technology has changed. As an elder millennial, my entire life has been a constant shift of technology. From analog to digital, and back again- from betamax to DVDs, from 8 tracks to tapes to pocket rockers to mini discs to ipods. And including resurgences as people “discovered” the benefits of vinyl.
My point is that this new paradigm has shifted ownership of what we pay for away from consumers, to give gatekeeping power to corporate entities that can shut down, or shut off access, on a whim. And what’s the ROI? Increasing access costs without ownership is just a more expensive lease.
I am simply arguing that physical media puts consumers in a greater position of control over the property they have paid for than streaming. And I am intimating that it’s by design that technology “leaders” have moved away from allowing people to OWN what they buy.
No more, or less offensive than promoting veganism, in general, to an evolutionary omnivore species.
Since “Mississippi” is simply a delineation of public policy, microculture, and specific social norms, why should it be exempt from criticism?
Any “good-faith” argument starts and stops with both parties having the ability and willingness to admit that they are wrong.
If we examine Mississippi vs its peer group, we find:
Health: Mississippi has the lowest life expectancy in the country, at 71.9 years. It also has the second-highest obesity rate, the highest rate of inactivity, and the second-highest cancer death rate. Mississippi also ranks low in health care access and affordability.
Education: Mississippi ranks 30th in education.
Family well-being: Mississippi ranks 50th in family well-being, and is considered the worst state in which to raise a family. Mississippi has the highest poverty rate in the country, at 15%, and the fifth-highest separation and divorce rate