I listen to music entirely based on what I already know and like, what I randomly stumble across, and what others recommend to me. Sometimes if I am at a bar and hear a song I like, I'll ask the bartender what it is. This sort of thing. I don't typically go searching and all the times I've tried it hasn't gone great.
Anyway I have recommendations. Here are some bands that have been recommended to me and stuck with me for atleast a year:
Yeah but alliances like NATO and the UN weren't built to prevent genocide. They were built to protect certain power structures and to keep certain nations in control. Stopping genocide was sometimes useful in accomplishing this but nothing more. They never actually cared about people and never will.
Anyway yeah I don't mean if the CPC claims it does, I mean if it actually does. As things currently stand they already have more justification than most western countries have given for their invasions into foreign land (see the US military base and political funding in Taiwan) but I don't think they will actually do anything unless there are major troop movements or missile deployments to the island. Crossing my fingers that doesn't happen though because it will absolutely be the beginning of WW3.
I always like to bring up this comparison bc it feels very apt. Imagine if China had a military base in Cuba? Imagine Chinese troops off the coast of the US and how the US might react to that? I think China has shown considerable restraint compared to its economic and military equals in this matter. They seem genuinely committed to a peaceful reunification unless this path is made absolutely impossible.
How many years now has China been just about to invade Taiwan? I swear I've been hearing this since I was 13. I really doubt they will ever militarily invade the PRC unless it is made to pose a dorect threat to them.
I think pickled onions count and should be here so I would say that but I also enjoy capers in the right setting.