A bit of speculation on my part, but I’ve been hearing it was actually the Japanese selling off US bonds that eventually made the Trump admin panic and stop the tariffs. I guess the power of God and Anime saved us from this bullshit for the most part. Perhaps this was one of the things discussed between China, Japan, and Korea?
They’re thinking like Qing Dynasty or general Dynastic Era China? History really does repeat. They really want “Tribute” now…
Sigh…
Decadence? No. Moreso vanity, moreso arrogance, moreso pride is our downfall. The American people feel the need to feel as if they are superior to everyone out there. We fucking placed tariffs on Taiwan. They basically already agreed to cuck themselves and build a chip fab on US soil, thus eventually removing our need to protect them for their chips. But no, we fucked their wife, and now we’re going for their ass too. Vanity, arrogance, pride. We are going down the same path as the Qing. Autarkic, Insular, leading to falling behind and getting fucked.
You know what I find funny. The US fucking whinges about China nearly all the time. Yet they seek to become Insular and Autarkic. They make the same mistake the Qing Dynasty did.
Edit Addendum: The Qing dynasty, is often seen as prizing its material abundance and cultural legacy so highly that it sometimes failed to adapt to new challenges and technological advancements. This narrow focus is often cited as one of the factors that contributed to their eventual decline.
Equating the greatness or state of the nation with it’s wealth.
It’d be hilarious if egg imports into the US were blocked because of the global tariffs.
Imma just post this video here: https://youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no
What the current administration is doing tracks with this video fairly accurately. Basically, “Network States” are what they want. It’s basically what exists in Honduras right now in the form of "Prospera, which is a network state that operates in that country.
Doesn’t that just make it easier for the US to conscript people?
I wonder if this has all just been a campaign to make Signal look untrustworthy to the US public? It would be bad for the fascist federales if the US public started using Signal en masse. Surveillance would be made significantly harder. They’re currently blaming signal for the leak rn.
Which community on the .ml instance did you post this on?
Serve? In WW3? Will just be suicide. Motherfuckers will deploy, and immediately be hit by a fucking nuke. Imagine this, 1 million troops land on a beach, and then in one instant, 1 million troops are gone immediately. The only real survivors in that war will likely be submarine crews and suited up, souped up, CBRN troops either way too deep into enemy line or way away from the front lines. Any warfare after the nukes drop will just be indicative of whatever fucking spite or malice that’s deep in humanity’s heart. I mean shit, I’ve asked my military friends about WW3 once, and they said that if the world is suffering nuclear hellfire anyways, and they’ve somehow survived? They’d immediately turn their tanks and guns towards the very leaders who sent the world into such a Holocaust.
Hmmm perhaps the Latino vote could play a big role in her support, potentially tipping it in her favor if she did run for the presidency. Still I get it, it’s a long shot.
Wonder what “gas station meth” execs look like? I heard that old school “gas station meth” was just modafinil.
I wonder if Lemmy could band together to create a playbook? A “Project Progressive Liberty” playbook if you will…
You hate the culture as a whole? Or hate just the regressive/reactionary/conservative/more traditional(to a westerner) elements of it?
Change is always possible, depends on whether or not the person is willing to do so.
I wonder if people should start organizing into clandestine cell networks?
Gotta be careful with taking too much zinc. Can cause copper deficiency which would be really bad. Although maybe I’m paranoid from watching too many chubbyemu videos…
Brain Drain incoming.
Bluesky has a lot of artists. Posting this video here: https://youtu.be/I4mdMMu-3fc