tabarnaski @ tabarnaski @sh.itjust.works

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Remember 2016. Everybody thought he would lose, said his campaign was a train wreck... He's saying the same shit that got him elected last time.

So I wouldn't say it's unraveling. This is the kind of campaign that can make him win.

Don't get too complacent. Everybody here thinks JD Vance is a bad choice and will cost Trump his re-election.

Exactly the same way nobody believed Trump would be elected in 2016.

It's Philippe Katerine, I'm surprised he kept his undies until the end.

Thanks for the links!

In the first report (the one from the GAO), it says that the DOD provided equipment to countries between 2018 and 2021 and that those countries used it to intimidate diplomats from the US, and more generally that the equipment was not used as intended. The report makes 5 recommendations to the defense secretary, 3 of which currently in the way of being applied by the DOD.

The second reference, if I understand it correctly, tries to analyze the efficiency of US military aid, and states that even though this aid might not be as efficient as we think, is still useful to the president of the US as some kind of PR tool - it gives the impression the US is doing something. The last reference is a book on Amazon that I can't read nor browse.

I agree with you that the United States' policy record with regards to South American countries is awful in many ways and has been for at least 50 years. But I don't see how the articles you cited are related to Kamala Harris immigration record. Furthermore I don't see how they are related to her job as a vice president or as a senator.

Any source to back that up?

Strong incentive to leave the country for recent immigrants, and if they stay and eventually legalize their status, they will be uneducated. So it's a win win for conservatives.

The fact that billionaires want her out is a sign she's doing great work.

Do you have anything other than your personal feelings to back up that claim?

Exactly what I was thinking. With the he US growing more unstable every day, while already helping Ukraine and Israel, the timing looks good for China.

I wouldn't say "before September" cause China might want to wait until after the 2024 election. But before the end of 2025 for sure.

So, you don't.

Alrighty then.

Right now, France doesn't.

Left wing parties made an alliance to defeat the RN but they didn't get the majority, and Macron is trying to find a way to designate a PM from the center

You come up with an unusual opinion, people answer with counter arguments, and rather than explaining your position you come back with one liners that bring nothing to the discussion.

Do you have an example where the downfall of a society was beneficial to its citizens? In the last thousand years? More than one, so we can see that it's generally a good thing?

Any source? I didn't see anything like that.

Nobody ever said a democracy is the perfect system, but it's better than non democratic forms of government.

What do you think would be a good system?

There's a special place in hell for you

Is this the file?

You do realize he'll get a presidential pardon the minute Trump is reelected don't you?

They have a conscience, they have empathy, it's just that they only do for their friends, families or people in their social circles.

Most people act like this. There are people working in terrible conditions in Bangladesh or China to create stuff the western countries buy at Walmart, forever 21, Amazon... Where's the empathy for them? Where's the empathy for the guy that lost his job 6 months ago and has been sleeping in a tent since, and only got 75 cents after 2 hours of panhandling?

Individually, we can't help everyone so we often look the other way. That doesn't make us psychopaths.

Furthermore, saying rich people have mental illness frames the problem as a psychological one when in reality it is a socio-economic problem that requires a political solution.

And the hell of it is that the ruling class is so far gone in corruption and shallow self-interest - so sincerely deeply mentally ill - that they don't recognize that ultimately they're working against their own interests

I come across this sort of comment more and more - the fact that sociopath billionaires extending their influence to the political and judicial system are, in fact, mentally ill.

Believe me, they're not.

They know very well what they are doing. It's just that their wealth isolates them from the consequences of it. They don't care about healthcare, climate change, education, unemployment, because that's for the 95% to worry about. They are rich enough to don't give a fuck, and they feel safe doing so.

I don't trust Reddit anymore, and to my knowledge Mozilla has always put user rights before corporate greed. Also Mozilla is a sort of non profit. So you're gonna need more than anecdotes to change my mind.