Society
Exploring "Why" questions about Society
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Why is the filming and distribution of pornography legal, while prostitution is illegal?
I'm not the expert or anything but my guess is that porn actors and actresses go through severe and mandatory regulations, policies and laws in order to be hired. They need to do weekly tests as proof
Why are most republicans anti-decriminalization of drugs? Don’t they favor less government power?
Speaking in broad generalizations, republicans are against less regulation of business and enterprise, but more regulation of the individual. Someone who is for less regulation across the board would
Why do our public universities spend enormous sums of money on football/basketball coaches? Why do they need athletic teams at all? Universities should focus on education.
Money. People watch sports, which earns them more money. Money they can then put into education.
Why does African Americans are seen more likely to vote for democrats than republicans?
In the 1960s, the Democrats pushed a bunch of laws to try and make racial equality happen. This drove all the old white racists out of the party. The Republican party then picked up all these old whit
Why are multi-billion dollar companies able to file for bankrupcy and why does the government bail them out?
Some companies (e.g. banks, car manufacturers etc.) may be considered 'too big to fail' because so many hundreds of thousands of people (e.g. employees) fully depend on these companies operating that
Why are Swiss bank accounts always mentioned when pursuing (in movies and in real life) supposedly corrupt individuals? Why are they usually tied in with large amounts of money that has been illega…
Laws in Switzerland mean banks do not have to give personal information to police or government upon request. So a lot of criminals put their illegally made money into a Swiss bank account knowing the
Why Teletubbies have such low rating and poor reviews despite being highly successful and popular in UK and other countries ?
It's aimed at toddlers/pre-schoolers. If they like it, it will be popular unless it's even worse than listening to a small child throwing a fit for not getting to watch it. Reviews, though, are writte
Why can’t U.S. citizens ‘veto’ an election?
The candidates are who they are because the American public voted for them. The time to decide who are candidates will be has long passed.
Why is Barack Obama going to vote against any Palestinian move towards statehood?
America has an influential Jewish/Israel lobby that can hurt any politician, including a President, who goes against Israel. More recently the pro-Israel base has expanded to include Christians who su
Why is the US president elected to a 4 year term, but members of the senate get unlimited 6 year terms?
It is worth pointing out that the 2-4-6 year term system (House of Representatives, President, Senators) was put in place to prevent what the Founding Fathers feared most: tyranny. On any given electi