As an outsider looking at American politics, “blue no matter who” is a propaganda to condition Americans citizens to always accept the lesser evil, and to not bother to try to lobby or pressure their own representatives to be actually be better.
Still “both sides are not the same”? Even if Democrats have slight majority in both or either houses, they still dilute policies to appease the fascists from stonewalling. Meanwhile, the fascists legislate every unspeakable evil policies and Democrats don’t even try to resist as opposition.
He looks at least 28 years old. Not that looking old further diminishes him.
Well, thankfully Dugin and Putin are suffering and from imperialist brain rot and never considered external factors outside their control. As someone from former colonial country, I do find bigger powers to constantly underestimate and patronise smaller countries. It is utterly stupid to invade a country who historically hates you. I always say this, it is like Britain invading Ireland and India again, and the British delusionally expecting to be re-welcomed.
I don’t mean to diminish the lives needleesly lost on both sides, but the war in Ukraine should put the final nail in the coffin in Russian jingoism and will justly serve them the humble pie. No one could see how Russia will remain a great power after the war, with so many young lives lost going to exacerbate the already dwindling population, and re-shifting the economy from war footing to civilian mode without serious ramifications. Russia’s international prestige is also badly tarnished and her traditional allies would neither trust nor respect Kremlin as a peace guarantor in the future. There are no politicians worth their salt who could replace Putin after his eventual death and keep the country going. The country could become a Chinese vassal at some point.
To be fair to Honda, they are doing what is expected of any companies in a capitalist system, actually innovate and diversify in order to remain competitive. Most other companies would rather stick to their traditional products and services, even if those products and services are written on the wall that they are becoming obsolete.
The accusations are leveled at all social media.
I am actually getting tired of these rhetorical questions written as headlines. Just say what you want to say!
In the case of Trump? No. The dude is unpredictable.
If I am a betting person, and if Trump doesn’t arrest him sooner, I would bet that Newsom will run for president near 2028, and that is when Trump will have him arrested.
Well, you guys have guns. Time to use them what your founding fathers want you all to use them for, if it comes to it.
We are both immigrants. But my ex-housemate is Eastern European while I am of Asian origin but I grew up in the West.
My ex-housemate is nice and helped me a lot before. But I don’t know if you are aware of the stereotype about Eastern Europeans that they can be xenophobic. The only diversity they have is with fellow white Eastern Europeans with different ethnicities and speaking different languages. They tend to misunderstand why the West is more welcoming of non-white immigrants (I don’t have to mention the West having had a globe spanning empire before which explains why). So, my ex-housemate exhibit some xenophobia. I am mentioning the term lightly because IMO xenophobia is one level lower than racism, which I see more as hateful and purposeful. I know some people who express xenophobia are tolerant to foreigners but seems to draw a line that “there are too many” (as if we can control where people want to go; and it is climate change, illegal invasions and wealth inequality are what cause mass migration). My ex-housemate express similar sentiment but afraid coming off as racist in all occasions.
I am neither disparaging or excusing my ex-housemate, but IMO being a lonely, single man made him go into the right wing rabbit hole, perhaps unintentionally, considering he does a lot of exercise and fitness. Unfortunately, the right co-opted the health and wellbeing improvement to groom many people, both men and women. It leads confusion to many people’s heads who are not quite fully on board.
I wonder now what my ex-housemate thinks of Trump. He is one of those centrist types who thinks excessive power from one side needs to be counteracted by the other, but mostly pay lip service to the right. He dislikes the right in his country which ruled for 13 years and voted centre left, but supports Trump and right wing parties in Europe because of too much immigration in the West. But at the same time, he supports Palestine. My ex-housemate means well for the most part, but he is one of those men who are vulnerable to disinformation.
Because American politicians would rather spend the money on engaging international wars. NASA will only get the funding it desperately needs if one of US’ rivals one up them, like how the launch of Sputnik spurred the race to the moon.
Newsom is a neoliberal, but the lesser evil at the very least.
As predicted he will counter threatened and as is should. Blue states essentially fund the red states. Let’s see if the red states will survive without the wealthier Democratic states’ funding.
I am not sure about other industry, but in the pharmaceutical industry, several companies decided immediately to set up more manufacturing sites in the US after the tariff threat. But I think it is because these companies are producing weight loss drugs, which is selling like hot cakes since last year, so I think they know that the huge sales will offset the manufacturing cost and tariffs. These weight loss drugs are new and the patent rights is good for 15-20 years. Some industries are just lucky they are insulated from the worst of tariff impositions, while others are not so much.
Even in most corrupt countries, many government employees will still blow the whistle on corruption within the government.
I think American conservatives are a different case. The idea of ‘governments bad, companies good’ is a hold over from classical liberalism of skepticism on government and championing individualism, private property and free trade. Classical liberalism stemmed from when European countries practiced mercantilism from 17th-18th century. It was indeed stifling so capitalism and liberalism was born from that condition. However, as with most ideologies, the theory is never applied perfectly in practical reality. Now, there is too much emphasis on individualism, private property and free trade which unfortunately disenfranchised much of collective humanity.
The American conservative mindset is stuck in that time period as if we still practice mercantilism and absolute monarchies still exists (although Trump wants to go back to it and Americans are enabling him). But the main reason they want “little government” is so that they can have a blank cheque to be corrupt themselves without having to deal with government regulations on health and safety, financial and worker rights.
federal waste, fraud and abuse that his agency was supposed to uncover were “relatively nonexistent”
Same in UK. Most on welfare are pensioners, disabled and jobless. Those committing welfare fraud are in miniscule minority. And yet, conservatives obsess on welfare fraud as if it is an epidemic. But I think at the end of the day, the conservatives got what they want-- government cuts and shifting tax payer’s money to fund their rich lifestyle. The campaign on the supposed huge welfare fraud is a distraction to the actual welfare fraud of the rich.
If there is minimum age limit to become president, then why is there no maximum age limit? This is gerontocracy at best.
A country founded on genocide and explicit principle of setting up free market, is against even slight implementation of common sense policy of affordable education and healthcare.
Colour me shocked.