CheeseNoodle

Well the Russia report described russian money as not just accepted but 'welcomed with open arms' in the UK so really this is just russian ship in the waters of the country they purchased.

Fair enough but I think the good of humanity should be taken broadly. First of all any kind of primary production is basically the base of the pyramid for everything else, if you make art or entertainment thats anything less than 100% cynical in nature you're contributing a tiny amount to the general wellbeing of a huge number of people. Really anyone that makes or provides anything people enjoy in some way. I'd say it includes basically everyone except the many layers of superfluous management.

How about faces the same punishment someone that isn't an incredibly rich corporation would face? If that's insurance then sure, if thats jail time then yes someoen should be punished just like anyone else would.

It outright says:
"13% of non-winners switch to favour the right-wing. By contrast, nearly 18% of the winners who get more than 500 pounds switch to the right-wing party"
That is a description of induviduals, 18% of people become more right wing, not 100% of people become 18% more right wing.

So I read the study, first of all the paper aknowledges that there's a several point swing in voting preference between non winners and people who won less than £500 which strongly implies people who play the lottery are more likely to vote right wing to begin with. Secondly even for large wins the swing was only around 18%. At worst money does not make everyone a bad person, more like 1/5 people.

I think you mean episode 2 expansion 1.

Or those were previously just assholes without money? Nice people who win the lottery likely don't stay rich for long because they use that money to help people they know.

Does money reduce empathy or is lack of empathy just a serious advantage in acumulating money?

modern sociological research or... basic common senses? It doesn't take a genius to figure out that if you start with 10x as much money as everyone else in a game of monopoly you're almost certainly going to win that game.

To be fair america could, rare earths aren't actually that rare. The main thing is that mining them is the environmental equivelent of pouring fuel everywhere and setting the place on fire. That stops most countries which is why China has the market so cornered but with how the US feels about the concept of breathable air these days they could totally secure a domestic supply.

Did anyone vote for anyone else? my understanding is american primaries (and everything except the presidential election) are more or less ignored.

Actual good cops change things all the time, unfortunately usually in regards to their own status as cops to something else like mysteriously injured or involuntarily institutionalized.