Society
Exploring "Why" questions about Society
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Why do you have to put your signature AND initials when signing a legal document?
Your initials are just a short way of repeating your signature to show that (1) you specifically agree to key parts and (2) none of the middle pages were changed after you signed the last page.
Why are college textbooks so expensive when other non-fiction authors – ie Noam Chomsky – release books on similar topics for substantially less?
The simple answer is, of course, because they can. Students are required to buy their books, so they can charge whatever they want for them. To elaborate on some other points: * Noam Chomsky's books p
Why do poor people tend to have way more kids than better off people?
A few reasons. * Women who start having kids earlier tend to have more kids. Women who tend to start having kids earlier also tend to become poor.
Why is golf always associated with “Rich people”
Because it's an expensive sport to play. The play area takes huge areas of land to maintain, which requires a lot of money from the operator, which requires a lot of money from the clientele.
Why is communism bad?
Everyone gets everything equal in a communist society. Except those at the top who are usually corrupt and get lots. Also nobody is motivated to do anything since the outcome is the same.
Why don’t/can’t governments just illegalize smoking?
The tobacco lobby is very powerful, smoking is a huge economic industry, tons of people like smoking, lots of people object to the government acting as a nanny and regulating our well being, and prohi
why did UK sign up to the China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and USA was so object to it?
Because there is soft movement in Europe to attempt to remove some of the influence that the US government and corporations are abusing in the world..
Why are test scores so crucial in schooling?
we need a way to assess kids in a way that is as neutral as possible. Higher grade says a lot about your work ethics, motivation, ability to follow instructions etc. It is not a simple assessment of y
why can’t we print/make more money to solve global problems?
Money is just an abstract representation of the overall "value" of the economy. Printing more money does not make the economy contain more "value" (i.e. the number of goods and services do not increas
Why is car insurance complusary and not optional like other insurances?
Because by driving a vehicle you're potentially putting other people at risk. If I don't have homeowner's insurance and my house burns down, that sucks for me and my family, but nobody else is really