> seems to fall some along common political lines though

While true, I think it's more correct to say that the determining factor is which television news media people most readily consume.

That's not why Wordpress won. Every CMS was doing that, and far far better than Wordpress was or is doing even now, two decades later.

WordPress had nothing on Joomla. Drupal was even better, but the barrier to entry was higher.

The only reason WordPress won was that a template/theming ecosystem developed around it faster than anywhere else.

Your comment is basically agreeing with the parent comment. The free WYSIWYG version of WP was more accessible for laypersons to build their own site and add plugins as they went along. Developers noticed that and started building for WP over other platforms, betting that those layperson-made sites would eventually need features beyond a contact form (appointment scheduling, ecommerce storefronts, sandboxed customer account creation, etc.)

Ecosystem was a huge driver. But even before that, so so easy to get going. 5 minute guided install, if you're doing it yourself. Many web hosting providers auto-installed for you. No one could touch that ease to just get going.

I once did a review of CMSs to see "is there anything better out there?" Literally scores of options. At one point seemed like everyone had tried their hand at building a CMS. Installed maybe a dozen of the most promising. It was all very meh. Some had this nice feature or that (e.g. WYSIWYG editing, back when that wasn't table stacks). But overall, none seemed substantially better that WP, Drupal and Joomla among them. Most of them seemed blighted by comparison. Drupal and Joomla included. Nothing else out there seemed worthy of investing time and energy into.

> Indiscriminately flattening buildings without notifying civilians to move

Boy they've really normalised this, haven't they?

No, it's not okay to destroy civilian infrastructure and make people homeless just because you dropped a pamphlet 30 minutes before you did do

Nothing happened to Israel for doing it. Have any level headed countries imposed any sanctions on them? Just condemning the leadership doesn’t count.

I've long wanted to do this, but don't have the api. This is much harder to do with pdfs

> while a common law's system is based on previous cases you have to dig through to find the basics

In other words, you have to hire a lawyer. They really built a great system for themselves, didn't they?

Random power banks are about the same quality as random USB drives.

Fortunately random USB drives are unlikely to catch fire.

Nonsense!

The average kid at these places thinks they're a skill-based game, so they aren't gambling any more than they are when they shoot hoops.

Don't forget the janitors. They're all accomplices of the peddlers of misery.

LOL I just bought a can of Dulux Sea Foam and one of Dulux Sea Foam Quarter yesterday