Its true. But there was this brief, beautiful moment, during the early internet, where you could get good recommendations from YouTube…

So Stalin helped kill a buttload of Nazis which is nice.

And saying “under Chinese rule” is a weird way to state it. I mean, of course the Chinese people should rule themselves. Unless you’re butt hurt about China resisting the western colonial powers and murdering a bunch of capitalists.

Given the bad faith of your comment, I feel no need to elaborate, clarify, or provide nuance.

I started reading and was like “okay, sure buddy” then I remembered I have developed a lot of the same skills, including tracking wildlife.

And then I remembered the time I learned to identify clay deposits and to separate out the clay so I could build stuff with it.

So I thought: “wth, this is so weird! Ohh, they have ADHD too… That explains a lot”.

I wasn’t diagnosed at the time, when I was learning to find clay, but that should have been a sign lol

I’m pretty sure thats the only reason anyone ever did. The US used military and economic power to ensure folks negotiated.

They can definitely sell them elsewhere, and if companies threaten to abandon ship, while I am just hypothesizing here, China likely has a legal way to seize the factories to prevent the loss of productive capacity.

If we assume he and his administration are stupid, ya maybe they messed up. But if there was a thought involved, having every piece of land subject to tariffs means there will be fewer loop holes to avoid them.

For example, changing your business address to one of these islands.

I think its liberation from the yoke of the American empire.

Well, the next prime minister will likely be a proto-facist bootlicker so we might just be given to them to get points with daddy

I like the idea of Beyond, but its stuff like this that got my group to switch to Pathfinder.

Wasn’t there a post where an Israeli bot turned on them and started posting anti-idf stuff or something?

So its happening? I guess?

Though credit where credit is due: if the US wants to maintain being a super power, they need to have the ability to manufacture goods at home. Historically, tariffs would keep manufacturing at home.

Can tariffs bring manufacturing back? Maybe. Over the long term I believe so, but in the short term (unless there are backdoor deals where oligarchs are taking a financial hit to start manufacturing back up) it will not work. It will however bring much suffering.

I think these tariffs are the beginning of the empire’s death throes. It feels like the American leaders are trying desperately to hold on to control, and Trump is willing to try something different, rather than just doing business as usual.

Regardless of what happens, take care of yourselves, friends, family, and community.

Great, now if you do anything that opposes the state you can be labeled a terrorist. Looks like we’re speed running this.

Not that I like even thinking about stocks. But I wonder if betting against a rise in stock price for NVIDIA is actually worth it right now…

We could always introduce a purge. Maybe every 5-10 years (random) the 10 wealthiest individuals must fight to the death. Win or lose they lose all their money and have to start over. Its like the Olympics. And they can use their money to equip themselves, with tech and weapons.

Its like the Olympics

But yeah capitalism is no bueno

Sure, maybe I made a mistake in traffic and the fender bender is my fault. Let me fix the problem and dont make excuses for me.

But jail? Nah. Im in jail and you tell me to leave Im leaving

I mean… I don’t think it would take much to convince him trump is a Palestinian child…

Do we have a fascism bingo card? I’m curious if it would be full yet this year

I mean isn’t this more "circle jerking " about dismantling state propaganda? Interacting with those you were told are your enemy?

Besides, people should always celebrate the positives, and look towards them as something that is possible in their country too.

And as an fyi: when we were here before, the workers revolution in Russia was new. The achievements were so profound that workers in North America began demanding similar concessions from our governments. There was a real threat of overthrowing the existing power structures. And what happened? Weekends, literacy, healthcare, just generally improved living conditions. To dismiss cultural exchange as circle jerking is to ignore history and the power that comes with knowing things are better elsewhere, and that you can have that too.

Especially when your own government is doing a fine job destabilizing society already.

I bet we’ll have a bunch of folks move back home