I mean isn’t that what nonsense is?

Wouldn’t the market just expand to absorb the extra demand?

According to betteridge’s law: No.

Not a justification for that either. “Seizing” ships is another word for piracy.

Well, fuck.

Realistically, there are two possible explanations for why the Democrats are so stubbornly useless:

1. It’s a big club and you ain’t in it.

2. You can’t get a man to understand something when his salary depends on not understanding it.

Either way the idea that they could “learn” anything fundamentally misunderstands why they do what they do. Their job isn’t to get into power; it’s to make sure you don’t get into power.

Unexpected but not surprising in hindsight. This has been how that worked for a while now.

Yes and no. This ultimately a desire for their elected representatives to just fucking do something, and both Trump and Mamdani promised to do things that will make their lives better. Obviously one of these is a grift, but that’s beside the point.

You’re getting downvoted but I agree. Neoliberals will do nothing but say slightly meaner words to Trump as he kidnaps their constituents.

Wrong method, right answer kind of thing. NATO is far too much of a US sock puppet.

Waste it doing random shit. If I was in your position I’d start getting through my watch and read list. Oh and learn a new language, that never hurts.

That’s a surprise given that Ukraine was still ruled by its pro-Russian regime at that point. I guess I have a few more people to wish a slow and painful death now.

I mean, yes, but this “victory” came at the cost of two hundred thousand dead, God knows how many wounded, twenty years they could’ve used to develop their country and even tighter Taliban control than before the US invasion. Afghans managed to kick the US out, but they did not succeed at defending anything. If I was Venezuelan my lesson from this would be “absolutely don’t get into war with the US,” because such a war would leave their country in ruin just like Afghanistan.

If they do that will you protect them from the wrath of the US war machine? Exactly.

Protest doesn’t, direct action does.

Or the middle option: She’s incompetent but this is what the people guiding her want.

I wasn’t expecting much from a literal banker, but what the heck Carney? Just… what?

he also might not be bothering with the billionaire tax because the billionaires would all just fly off Hawaii or Nevada or Jackson Hole or wherever to avoid paying it anyway.

That basically never actually happens. See: New York.

Don’t join the army and don’t be a cop, especially not in 2025. Odds are you’ll be sent to beat up protesters.

As a wise man once said: Things will have to get worse before they get better. The average American will need to suffer a lot more before they’re ready to think about taking their guns to protests, let alone using them.