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Japan Tops Canada As World's Most Polite Nation What makes a country “polite”—and which ones stand out globally? A new survey of over 4,600 respondents by Remitly reveals a clear frontrunner. Japan alone captured more than 35% of all votes, far ahead of every other country on the list. As Visual Capitalist's Gabriel Cohen shows in the chart below, the ranking highlights how perceptions of politeness vary worldwide, while also revealing strong regional patterns across Europe and Asia. Perceptions of politeness can shape everything from tourism experiences to international business relationships. For travelers, these rankings often...

Mamdani Is Destroying The Tax Base His Stupid Ideas Desperately Need Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance  When the Fischer-Price My First Mayor™ of New York Zohran Mamdani chose to film a “tax the rich” video in front of a Manhattan penthouse owned by Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, he wasn’t just celebrating “tax day”, he was making a policy argument. Mamdani was making a choice about his tone (dickish), about targets (“people with more money than me are bad”), and about how the city signals to the very people it depends on to fund its...

Demented: Councillor Pushes Kids To Send Valentine's Cards To Illegal Male Migrants Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A Green Party councillor in the UK has sparked outrage by announcing plans to take her young grandchildren to deliver handmade Valentine’s Day cards to adult male asylum seekers at a migrant camp. This comes amid widespread local opposition to the government’s decision to house hundreds of illegal migrants in a former military base, and fresh revelations about horrific crimes committed by similar arrivals. Anne Cross, an East Sussex County councillor, made the announcement at a heated...