Vlad Vexler makes the point that the point of is not at all economics but that it does have a basis in logic: it is about asserting that he can do this, that his political power is above economic rationality. It is a political move, not an economic play.
It’s not that obvious to most people. I only came to realize it recently, from Gary Stevenson’s explanations.
You know what, let’s not let patriotism get in the way of common sense politics. We shouldn’t be targeting them just because they back Trump.
We should be targeting them because they are billionaires. That’s enough, regardless of who they support.
To quote Bill Burr: ‘These fucking billionaires. They need to be put down. You know, like fucking rabid dogs. They’re rabid with fucking greed and just going out and just dividing everybody.’
Make billionaires millionnaires again.
Get off your high horse, buddy.
I approve the weakening of the US armed forces. That way when you fuck heads start invading Greenland, Panama, Mexico or Canada at least some of your morale and effectiveness will have been sucked away.
But their shills in the West will make sure that if you raise your voice, depending on your legal status, you will be slandered, roughed up by police, have your degree revoked, snatched up from your family or in the middle of the street, and deported.
And they will use the charge of antisemitism as a cudgel, all the while playing into all the worst antisemitic tropes and preparing the ground for the next round of actual antisemitic violence.
Zionism hurts Palestinians first, people who stand up for humanity second, all Jews third. It’s a shit ideology.
To be fair, he was not at all unique in doing this. First century Judaea was a very complicated place that ended in the fires of the Jewish-Roman Wars, the destruction of the Temple and the ethnic cleansing of the Jews by the Romans.
Which is why political agitation reminding people that it doesn’t have to be that way is a useful thing to be doing doing an electoral campaign.
Our housing crisis is not just un-influencable conditions, it is a policy failure.
Pure criticism of the impacts of these investments is absolutely useful and warranted, especially from a point of view of whether they impede or promote decarbonization and an indigenous point of view.
But the article is also rife with discussions of US-China imperial antagonisms and cites the opinions of US officials. Well, excuse me, but Trumpist America opinions about the environmental impact of decarbonization projects can get fucked. The country that drills baby drill, that pulls out of the Paris Agreement, that actively curtails renewables etc etc etc doesn’t get to have a say on what other countries do or don’t do for the climate.
So I don’t know how to read this article. It’s too hard to untangle what is legitimate criticism and what is American hypocrisy.
So basically, the same reason as the housing crisis.
The eggs are all in Greenland.
What about the rest of the Democrats? Cool with it?
Spineless preemptively compliant cowards.
We do not forgive, we will not forget. It may take a while but Israeli war criminals WILL pay for their crimes.
Disgusting. This is Canada, we strive for equity, cherish diversity and value inclusion.
To clarify, do you think I’m Gale Uhlmann?
I viscerally despise this kind of meek sterile attitude. But then again, I come from Europe where sports arenas are still public spaces, in the millenia old Roman tradition of the Hippodrome.
Netanyahu, the wanted by the ICC, is visiting Orban, who for his favour is ripping up Hungary’s participation to the treaty of Rome. Israel is aligned with the USA, and now with Hungary and therefore Russia. Even if we ignored that it is itself an apartheid state, accused of genocide at the Hague, Canada has no business with the friends of our enemies.