I’ll bet you anything it’s taxes.

Not in all areas.

Also, the GSA is pretty open about the fact that it’s just a thinly-veiled business program anymore. They exist to sell cookies and merch and that’s about it - anything that’s actually FURTHER than that is at the discretion of the troop, but not encourages.

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Rails are shiny, which means it’s still in use.

Or my 6th grade math teacher.

Considering the main oil companies LITERALLY engage in price fixing, openly.

The Superdome thing is especially egregious, because a ton of people had worked to convert it into a refugee camp, including several armed patrols to make sure people didn’t steal shit they didn’t need.

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Yeah, there’s a really good reason anesthesiology pays a shitload of money.

Yes, actually, BECAUSE THEY DO ALL OVER THE WORLD. In fact, worker-owned cooperative businesses are MORE common in the third world than they are in the “developed” world - mostly farming coops like the one I linked first, but business, banking, and all sorts of cooperatives are VERY common even in economically-depressed areas.

Nigeria: https://www.cfan.coop/

Nicaragua: https://coopcoffees.coop/las-diosas/

Honduras: https://coopcoffees.coop/category/producers/latin-america/honduras/

Ghana: https://ghanacooperativescouncil.com/

Papua New Guinea: https://www.croptocup.com/community/aaak-cooperative/

I can go on, but just search “[insert country name] coops” and you’ll find some, almost guaranteed.

Most coops start from workers in other sectors, or with other income streams combining their money together and using those funds to start their cooperative, or workers in a company will buy out or convert their company into a worker-owned cooperative. They all share in profit from the cooperative, the revenue is held by an elected treasurer, the management and directorial staff, if any, are voted upon by workers, and workers vote and have an active voice in how the proceeds are spent to better the cooperative. This is INCREDIBLY common the world over, and in some places, these types of businesses have existed before capitalism was spread there.

Here’s one near me! https://www.ourharvest.coop/

And the larger collection of coops that they associate with. https://coopcincy.org/overview

I’ll bet that no matter where you are in the world, there’s a large collection of coops that are functioning and have functioned for quite a while.

Scoobynatural is one of my favorite episodes of Supernatural, right up there with Changing Channels. I wish they had gotten the rights, the time, and the cameo money to do an X-Files crossover.

Also, “usable” does not mean “useful”. Most rail in the US is incredibly out of maintenance, and deeply limited on top speed as a result. Many trains aren’t going above 60MPH at any point in their journey not because of length or power, but because the rails (or the cars, or the engine) simply won’t allow anyone to go faster SAFELY.

I believe Driver Nephi’s weapon also counts.

Alternately, they can hold elections and still make them corrupt by holding them at the most inconvenient times for everyone except the people they want. “Our election is a voice vote, the week before Thanksgiving, at 2PM in a conference room in town 50 miles away” sorta stuff.

His lawyers have run out pretty much every option to delay trials, although several judges have seemed pretty damn complicit as well. I get wanting to make sure the case is as airtight as possible, but…the people they’re worried about pissing off with a case that isn’t entirely formed, were just going to be pissed off anyway.

I’m unsure if there’s enough words for it to count as a full spoken language yet.

Room and board can be as much as another 20% depending on where you go.

Basically this. Since the captaincy was decided democratically, you don’t want to get people hurt or killed - your own or the ship you’re boarding. So what do you do? Act terrifying as hell, and make literally everyone you interact with THINK you’re going to butcher them into tiny pieces. It helps when you’re at least six inches, and more likely a foot taller than most any other sailor (Blackbeard was over 6 feet, most seamen were under 5’8 because of a variety of factors).