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@MiketheSnow
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@MiketheSnow said in US Politics:
From the sublime to the Cor Blimey
What the actual fuck?
He makes even Biden & Trump look presidential.
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It's becoming readily apparent that no more important decision in the last decade will have been made than who Biden selects as VP.
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@antipodean said in US Politics:
It's becoming readily apparent that no more important decision in the last decade will have been made than who Biden selects as VP.
Running mate at this rate
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@MiketheSnow said in US Politics:
@antipodean said in US Politics:
It's becoming readily apparent that no more important decision in the last decade will have been made than who Biden selects as VP.
Running mate at this rate
At the risk of triggering @Winger , surely Trump can't win again.
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@antipodean said in US Politics:
@MiketheSnow said in US Politics:
@antipodean said in US Politics:
It's becoming readily apparent that no more important decision in the last decade will have been made than who Biden selects as VP.
Running mate at this rate
At the risk of triggering @Winger , surely Trump can't win again.
Not so much Trump winning as Biden clutching defeat from the jaws of victory
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@MiketheSnow said in US Politics:
@antipodean said in US Politics:
@MiketheSnow said in US Politics:
@antipodean said in US Politics:
It's becoming readily apparent that no more important decision in the last decade will have been made than who Biden selects as VP.
Running mate at this rate
At the risk of triggering @Winger , surely Trump can't win again.
Not so much Trump winning as Biden clutching defeat from the jaws of victory
Or as I like to call it; Clinton 2016 Strategy
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@rotated said in US Politics:
@Crucial said in US Politics:
@Winger
Eh?A judge appointed to an Epstein case was randomly shot by someone dressed as a FedEx worker. This meme implies Hilary and Bill were the Fed Ex worker and their co-worker.
Couldn't see Bill on the small image on my phone and until @Winger wrote something other than 'Things heating up..." it made no sense.
Maybe I just don't get such incredibly clever wit.
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@Winger said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@JC said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Bones Yeah, that’s what I thought too. But when @Winger starts saying things like “ People are so scared of the yearly flu that the economy has been ruined. ”, I have to ask, whose people and whose economy are we talking about?
@Winger seems very invested in the USA, which is fine if he actually lives there. But if he doesn’t, conflating what happens there with the rest of the world is pretty dumb.
I'm invested in the US because its key to where the West goes (but I currently not living in the UK, NZ or the US).
In what sense is it key to where the West goes? Culturally it has been for a while, but cultural dominance comes and goes, and a lot of US culture is not that desirable anyway.
Economically? Well they’d certainly like that to be true, to the extent that they’ve tried for half a century to try and enforce extraterritoriality on the rest of the world.
Politically? Well that depends on whether you think they own capitalism or not. They think they do, but their interventionist, protectionist version is hardly a model to be looked up to. It’s ironic that you rail against elites when the entire way the Americans do capitalism is intended to create and perpetuate those elites.
Now I’m as concerned as the next guy about the outcomes of political dominance of China, and the US may be the only counterweight to that right now, but I don’t have any illusions that they give a shit about me. Or you. So I’m not about to blindly defend anything about it.
No matter who wins in November they will do no favours for the rest of us. Immigration and transit will still suck. They will still screw their trading partners. They will still try and force their laws on people who don’t live there, a cynical arrogance that we shouldn’t accept.
And in general the Wests economy has been ruined (some of the biggest companies has thrived though). Due to a yearly flu that's been hyped up by the elites with an agenda
Large parts have been ruined, yes. Trump’s not going to fix it though. Even if he fixes America (he won’t) he doesn’t give a fuck about fixing anybody else’s, in fact it’s in their best interests to ensure everybody else is in a worse position than them. I can’t really blame them for self interest at the moment, and my suggestion is you should be much more concerned about the economy where you live.
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@JC said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Winger said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@JC said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Bones Yeah, that’s what I thought too. But when @Winger starts saying things like “ People are so scared of the yearly flu that the economy has been ruined. ”, I have to ask, whose people and whose economy are we talking about?
@Winger seems very invested in the USA, which is fine if he actually lives there. But if he doesn’t, conflating what happens there with the rest of the world is pretty dumb.
I'm invested in the US because its key to where the West goes (but I currently not living in the UK, NZ or the US).
In what sense is it key to where the West goes? Culturally it has been for a while, but cultural dominance comes and goes, and a lot of US culture is not that desirable anyway.
Economically? Well they’d certainly like that to be true, to the extent that they’ve tried for half a century to try and enforce extraterritoriality on the rest of the world.
Politically? Well that depends on whether you think they own capitalism or not. They think they do, but their interventionist, protectionist version is hardly a model to be looked up to. It’s ironic that you rail against elites when the entire way the Americans do capitalism is intended to create and perpetuate those elites.
Now I’m as concerned as the next guy about the outcomes of political dominance of China, and the US may be the only counterweight to that right now, but I don’t have any illusions that they give a shit about me. Or you. So I’m not about to blindly defend anything about it.
No matter who wins in November they will do no favours for the rest of us. Immigration and transit will still suck. They will still screw their trading partners. They will still try and force their laws on people who don’t live there, a cynical arrogance that we shouldn’t accept.
And in general the Wests economy has been ruined (some of the biggest companies has thrived though). Due to a yearly flu that's been hyped up by the elites with an agenda
Large parts have been ruined, yes. Trump’s not going to fix it though. Even if he fixes America (he won’t) he doesn’t give a fuck about fixing anybody else’s, in fact it’s in their best interests to ensure everybody else is in a worse position than them. I can’t really blame them for self interest at the moment, and my suggestion is you should be much more concerned about the economy where you live.
My view it a battle between the Nanny state mindset. Where a few elite will set the rules and the rest will be required to follow. Or else. Democrats fit in the group. So there will be free speech but only if its in alignment with the elites dictates. Otherwise no job etc and / or off to a re-educational camp. Sadly its the way the world is going. see video below
And those who still want all people to have some rights and freedoms. hopefully Trump is in this group. As far as I can tell he is. For example re masks
Watch this video. The man has a medical exception yet still these (crazy) women have a go at him. God help us if people like this get power. Another woman used a mace spray on a man who took his mask off to eat his lunch in the park
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@Winger said in US Politics:
@JC said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Winger said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@JC said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Bones Yeah, that’s what I thought too. But when @Winger starts saying things like “ People are so scared of the yearly flu that the economy has been ruined. ”, I have to ask, whose people and whose economy are we talking about?
@Winger seems very invested in the USA, which is fine if he actually lives there. But if he doesn’t, conflating what happens there with the rest of the world is pretty dumb.
I'm invested in the US because its key to where the West goes (but I currently not living in the UK, NZ or the US).
In what sense is it key to where the West goes? Culturally it has been for a while, but cultural dominance comes and goes, and a lot of US culture is not that desirable anyway.
Economically? Well they’d certainly like that to be true, to the extent that they’ve tried for half a century to try and enforce extraterritoriality on the rest of the world.
Politically? Well that depends on whether you think they own capitalism or not. They think they do, but their interventionist, protectionist version is hardly a model to be looked up to. It’s ironic that you rail against elites when the entire way the Americans do capitalism is intended to create and perpetuate those elites.
Now I’m as concerned as the next guy about the outcomes of political dominance of China, and the US may be the only counterweight to that right now, but I don’t have any illusions that they give a shit about me. Or you. So I’m not about to blindly defend anything about it.
No matter who wins in November they will do no favours for the rest of us. Immigration and transit will still suck. They will still screw their trading partners. They will still try and force their laws on people who don’t live there, a cynical arrogance that we shouldn’t accept.
And in general the Wests economy has been ruined (some of the biggest companies has thrived though). Due to a yearly flu that's been hyped up by the elites with an agenda
Large parts have been ruined, yes. Trump’s not going to fix it though. Even if he fixes America (he won’t) he doesn’t give a fuck about fixing anybody else’s, in fact it’s in their best interests to ensure everybody else is in a worse position than them. I can’t really blame them for self interest at the moment, and my suggestion is you should be much more concerned about the economy where you live.
My view it a battle between the Nanny state mindset. Where a few elite will set the rules and the rest will be required to follow. Or else. Democrats fit in the group. So there will be free speech but only if its in alignment with the elites dictates. Otherwise no job etc and / or off to a re-educational camp. Sadly its the way the world is going. see video below
And those who still want all people to have some rights and freedoms. hopefully Trump is in this group. As far as I can tell he is. For example re masks
Watch this video. The man has a medical exception yet still these (crazy) women have a go at him. God help us if people like this get power. Another woman used a mace spray on a man who took his mask off to eat his lunch in the park
Leaving aside the tinfoil hat nonsense, you’ve completely missed the point. What does the US have to do with you? Not Americans, you personally. I don’t get why someone as invested in a narrative where everyone is out to get you and your preferred way of life thinks that Donald Trump of all people will give a shit about saving you? You do realise that in his worldview you are the enemy, right? He saves US jobs, he screws yours. He improves the US economy, it’s at the expense of yours. He exports US law to replace yours. Donald Trump is not your friend.
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