If there's one thing that the American government has made very clear over the last year, it's that no lives matter.

Return to sender

Translation: U.S. playing kingmaker in the Middle East

It's good. And the decision to have (or not have) kids is one of the few forms of power that the general population has over those in charge. If people are being squeezed out financially or have no hope for the future (e.g. environmental collapse), they may choose to opt out of reproduction.

No lives matter to these ghouls

Yeah, this is the sort of thing I'd expect to see in some 3rd world backwater.

The terrorist state of Israel. Anyone who supports the state of Israel's actions at this stage of things is a terrorist sympathizer.

Housing price increases are actively harmful to those who want to upgrade, since it increases the incremental cost of upgrading.

Yes this thinking really underestimates the cost of driving and devalues your time.

And as you mentioned, long commutes are uniquely unhealthy.

Of course they are. No lives matter when there is money to be made. The pursuit of profit overrides all other principles.

We (rightfully) condemn other nations like Russia and China when they do shit like this. Where is the outrage from western politicians here?

If western govs refuse to impose real legal sanctions that actually have some teeth, then our only resort is for the general public (including organized non-gov groups) to impose social sanctions.