About 90 million people listened to everyone and their (non-conservative) mother say how this might be the most important election
We get told this every election, but then democrats cooperate with republicans every step of the way. Most recently, democrats had an opportunity to force a government shutdown and use that as leverage against the republicans, but instead they instantly folded like they always do. I recognized this pattern when Obama promised hope and change but then mostly continued Bush's policies when he got elected (e.g. corporate bail-outs, deportations, and warmongering). Democrats follow republicans as they journey further and further to the right.
It's certainly a cause for concern, I'm just labeling it as a conspiracy theory because how the system would work in practice is still in the air and there's been theorizing on what they could do, but what they could do is not necessarily what they will do. You're right though, the potential amount of control they could exercise over the monetary system with this setup is terrifying. For example, I've heard of the idea floating around of having money that sits in an account for a certain amount of time expiring to force increased spending. Inflation is supposed to encourage the same behavior, but this is much more blatant and leaves no room for speculation.
There are conspiracy theories about the federal reserve issuing their own digital currency, but having a neutral payment system would be extremely useful. Also, payment processors should pass these credit card fees onto the customer and show it on the receipt to drive up demand for lower fee cards, otherwise we're all just subsidizing high fee cards.
Isn't this the second time they've had to recall nearly every single cybertruck (which couldn't be fixed with an over-the-air update)? The first was for an issue with the accelerator pedal getting stuck, from what I remember. Is it just tesla/musk fanatics buying these up? I can't imagine anyone else finding this vehicle appealing, from the terrible aesthetics to the severe design issues and all for a high price. I assume tesla fanatics are the only reason the stock price hasn't cratered either, but maybe reality will catch up someday.
I remember reading about this years ago. It's so cool seeing it being used successfully in a patient! Technology like this makes me feel better about the future.
Even if tesla's sales tank and their profits turn into heavy losses, they can still be valued more than all the other automotive companies. The excuse could be because "tesla is more than just an automotive company" but after a decade of not delivering on full self-driving like promised, you'd think investors would understand that musk is full of it.
Stock price has nothing to do with reality. Even when the stock price goes up or down coinciding with profits going up and down, it's just that -- a coincidence. Many times you'll see amazing earnings and the stock will drop because "it's priced in" (it's always priced in except when it's not) or "future outlook didn't look good" (unlike the amazing outlook of tesla which is promising robots and robotaxis and other vaporware).
Their Q1 earnings report comes out next month, so that'll be interesting at least. Don't expect market reactions to be logical. It may seem to go up or down appropriately, but the primary mover is not reality.
Trump doesn't even negotiate in good faith with the US's allies, it's even worse for a country like Iran. Why the hell should Iran negotiate with this clown? They're making the right call here.
c) Ukraine should be given such assurances of protection.
From what I've seen, the US and Europe have been content with just throwing money/military equipment at Ukraine to use as a drain on Russia's resources, but there has been no support beyond that. Even with the billions that Biden pledged to Ukraine, there were a number of key instances where Ukraine asked for permission to use those weapons to strike at critical Russian infrastructure and they were denied. The impression I get is that Ukraine is being used by the west to stick it to a geopolitical rival with no regard for actual peace.
It's no use, people here are cheering for increased militarization and to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian. Any other approach is labeled as sympathy for Russia.
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We get told this every election, but then democrats cooperate with republicans every step of the way. Most recently, democrats had an opportunity to force a government shutdown and use that as leverage against the republicans, but instead they instantly folded like they always do. I recognized this pattern when Obama promised hope and change but then mostly continued Bush's policies when he got elected (e.g. corporate bail-outs, deportations, and warmongering). Democrats follow republicans as they journey further and further to the right.