clearly, Fauci created COVID which is a bioweapon that isn’t serious enough to employ biodefense measures against including barriers (masking) and immunizations (vaccinate), but serious enough to have triggered a recession that the present trump slump is fixing, etc. So yeah clearly Fauci’s fault.

nah, they don’t even know which direction to point those boomboom sticks, but probably Biden

I’m glad y’all in the news are upset that it’s happening to white people from rich countries.

If trump knew this couldn’t be more DEI. I mean, he’s working diligently of improving the representation of (foreign) white folks among those abused by border agents.

This has been happening for years to Hispanic people, and much worse.

And the majority of Hispanic men still voted for trump…

Maybe Russia’s actions aren’t directed by logic.

They are, just not the kind of logic that considers human lives valuable.

these are the humanities people. those with labs and funding will take much longer to leave.

Every time you consider that not holding your opinion is “objectively stupid” you should stop a moment to reflect what those words mean.

Thanks, but I’m past elementary school and not here to explain the difference between calling out a direct opposition between stated goals and actual actions, vs “my opinion is the only objective truth”.

Your whole post is incredibly naive.

My European perspective is that defending corporate right as an alternative to fascism is an acceptable emergency measure while there are big credible efforts for large scale reforms to at least have a real left voting option, but it’s not by far a solution to the problem. And if you want that common platform to be the democrats, they will have to change a lot.

Like centuries of bipartisanism will be magically turned into a Euro-style multiparty coalition system in 3.8 years.

It’s just fucking absurd that people can be beat up and tortured physically and psychologically but I’m being asked to be less mean because it will hurt feewings.

I consider enabling the “stick” to be beat the fuck out of you just because you’re “not into carrots” to be objectively stupid. I’m a Euro transplant and I can’t see how it is less stupid from a European perspective. The saddest part is that my wife and I have recession-proof professions, people who got us into this situation don’t.

Republicans don’t understand “soft power” in any way.

They have plenty experience with “soft power” in their bedrooms, hence the compensation.

Remember when he said, “24 hours after he’d be president, he’d have peace?”

That’s part of a desensitization strategy where trumpy makes outlandish claims nobody takes seriously so if he manages to deliver on a single one out of hundreds of such, he’s celebrated as a visionary. So republicans are measured by their successes and Democrats are measured by their failures, no matter how low those rates may be for each.

to all the American leftists useless idiots who refused to vote against trump

FTFY. Voting against trumpy was the easiest decision for anybody who opposes fascism.

"Usha Vance was reportedly scheduled to attend a dogsled race in the foreign country, sharing in a video statement on Instagram that she was “reading all about it with my children” and was looking “forward to meeting” the island’s residents.

“I’m also coming to celebrate the long history of mutual respect and cooperation between our nations and to express hope that our relationship will only grow stronger in the coming years,” the second lady said. “See you soon!”"

These people are actual fucking sociopaths

To me the weird part is that one of LOTR’s main themes is that power corrupts.

WTF is up with these defense companies named after LOTR items?!

It’s all good, your third reply was actually the 14th post on the very bottom of this pile, sorry that we wasted each other’s time. Unfortunately there is nothing new about the fact that people living in functioning social democracies surrounded by wealthy neighbors can actually downsize without risking their children’s education, or healthcare.

TIL I’ve spent my 30s struggling and didn’t notice it.

My problem?

…and I live in Denmark (or some other country where people don’t default on medical debt).

This thread is wild.

yup. many people don’t understand that while salaries are lower in the EU, your taxes cover actually life-changing governmental services the US doesn’t. (i personally know both perspectives)

I don’t know why you’re looking to argue about it but I’m not interested. I simply stated that where I live 100k a year would take you so much further than it does in the US.

it took you 5 posts to tell us you’re not in the US. it’s simply impossible to interpret your takes without context. you’d need twice as much money in the US to have a comparable lifestyle.

but it’s misleading through and through. what’s the median household income where you live?

5 room house I rented

as a single, barely surviving?