The EU as it exists is a reactionary force and is bad for Europeans, yes, but insofar as it serves as a counterweight to U.S. interests in the West and as a willing trade and diplomatic partner to China, a strong Europe is a net benefit to the world as a whole.
Is it though? (Pressing X to Doubt)
It's no counterweight to the US. And it's not a willing trade and diplomatic partner to China.
Vietnam has a stock market. So does Laos.
Got an issue with living in China? Their standards of living are quite high.
Jacob Stokes, deputy director of the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Centre for a New American Security (CNAS), said at an online event on Thursday that various US agencies, including the Department of Defense and the National Security Agency, should begin assessing what intelligence they need to justify taking such actions.
When can it replace deputy directors of CNAS?
We gotta be close because I am seeing a lot of stupid ideas that's sound AI generated. Who needs Skynet when you have clowns like this?
"Take it out of our tariffs"
Saw LA Guns as an opening act somewhere around the general time frame.
Wow.
I didn't really listen to them until much later on. The rise of YouTube, Spotify etc let me go back to find LA Guns and Tesla.
Patience - Guns & Roses
Every Rose has its Thorn - Poison.
Ballad of Jayne - LA Guns.
Love Song - Tesla.
More Than Words - Extreme
My question is, what is an ML’s place in this whole ordeal, or more generally when it comes to spectacularized electoralism?
Basically, the ML take is "If you fell for this bullshit, don't fall for it again the next time."
It is meant to be a spectacle: Like a sport. Two teams. Lots of news about the ins and outs. Personalities and celebrity worship.
Any tiny wins or gains can be reversed by the next election until the system itself is thrown out.
Reddit third-worldists call me evil for being born here. I’m scum for being born in this country. I know it at this point, I’m evil for benefitting from imperialism, we’re all labor aristocrats, so why bother?
I don't think you are called evil by third worldists but your class interests don't align with the working class from the third world. You do benefit somewhat from US imperialism.
Now that your rights and standards of living are being eroded, it should be motivation to organise against some of that erosion.
Because the US needs to purchase resources on the global market as inputs to its economy. The purchasing power of its dollar maintains the prices that it can acquire those resources.
USD value doesn’t really matter. The U.S. is obscenely wealthy in many ways that go beyond just the value of our currency.
The world operates on a global market especially for commodities like crude oil, fertilizer, natural gas, iron ore etc. Even if it is produced domestically, the base price is set based on the world's supply and demand. If the USD falls in value, many resources are inputs to the economy. Fertilizer affects agriculture for instance.
I do understand.
But It IS a good meme to exploit the divisions within the US. There is a perception that the "Epstein class" is hierarchically above the supposed laws.
In a similar way, the build out of AI data centers are a current news item that reflects the unequal allocation of energy and water within the country because of the dominance of a few tech companies in the economy.
Both topics could unite the masses in the US to oppose the capitalist class.
What I don't see is how that would create any coordination with socialist movements in the Global South. It's not in their material interests.
This got a chuckle out of me.
Israel is buying their false flags from Temu now because that incident has zero terrorism rizz.
Why the fuck couldn't the suspect wait until he's a few thousand feet above Tel Aviv, THEIR PLANNED DESTINATION, before stabbing the pilot and putting the plane into a dive?
Instead he does it when they're at 35k ft and in the middle of nowhere. 🤔