Yeah. Raising the bar on how profitable a company has to be is the middle step here that connects raising interest rates to shittier stuff for us.

Before, in the era of free money, you just had to be good at looking shiny to stay afloat, and companies that didn't look shiny got left behind. Now you have to be actually functional.

We've arrived at the future we were borrowing from for the last 15 years.

Iirc the main thing preventing Russian troops from pulling back to their border is the Russian commanders that won't let them

Sanctions are not collective punishment, and war crimes only exist in the context of war.

Also, the DPRK did invade the RoK, that's what started the Korean War.

Also also, China has reserved a spot on its equivalent of the National Mall for when it takes Taiwan back.

China definitely cares about how well Russia's invasion of Ukraine goes, because of the many geopolitical parallels it would have with it invading Taiwan.

Russia can unilaterally end the war by leaving Ukrainian territory. They choose to extend the war because they want land and resources.

Because we promised to help them, and Ukraine deserves independence.

We supply Saudi Arabia with missiles that hit school busses, we should at least also help protect a democracy from being re-colonized.

Putin's Russia is cruel and exploitative. The best thing we can do as a world leader is help a smaller country stand up for itself.

And the fight continues. The founders were so far down, because basic freedoms for everyone is 0, and we have to fight to get up to that point. The founders negotiated a freeer society, like you said able to modify itself, and the general arc of soiety seems to be the expansion of freedom for the average person.

One day, we may even be able to eat without justifying our food through labor!

That's what Lincoln said! America's enemies point to slavery and use it to call the ideals of liberty lies.

Did you know, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's only mandate is to ensure the safety of nuclear power, not to promote its implementation. Many regulatory bodies have a dual mandate to stop them from just shutting down what they're supposed to regulate.

Best-case scenario? The ACLU picks up your case