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by ericmay 2mo ago
> Iranian here, please give me the names of the 30,000 dead people so we can corroborate your claims with reality. I can't since I don't have access to the information. But the BBC started doing some reporting [1] back in Febru
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by ericmay 2mo ago
Well we hurt them much more. For Iran oil is by far their biggest economic activity, and it hurts the regime more. For the US it's higher prices. It actually screwed with the rest of the world quite a bit more, Asia in particular given
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by ericmay 2mo ago
Sure I should have been more specific when I said oil. Those pipelines will have to be redirected or Iran will just have to leave them be. Blowing them up would result in reciprocal action of blowing up Iranian oil and gas facilities. It go
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by ericmay 2mo ago
Definitely easier said than done but necessary nonetheless. > The straight wasn’t a problem before the President of Peace I don’t think this is true. Iran has already mined the Straight before when something or another didn’t go their wa
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by ericmay 2mo ago
We would just blockade it then as we are now. Iran gets no money and doesn’t get to sell oil. They’ve already demonstrated that they use the Straight in the same way Trump uses tariffs. As you know, businesses don’t like uncertainty and it’
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by ericmay 2mo ago
For now but they can build pipelines and such. Iraq is discussing sending one through Syria. I’m not sure what other products transit the Straight from memory but the only one that matters for America and the global economy too is oil and s
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by ericmay 2mo ago
The US controls it right now in the same way that Iran does. No ships are allowed through without permission. You’re aware we have blockaded the Straight, right?
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by ericmay 2mo ago
For Iran the long term result will be a playground without any children playing in it. Gulf oil exporters will move away from utilizing the Strait over the next few years due to this continued threat - what will it be next time? Give us mor
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by ericmay 2mo ago
> For the ships that are transiting are shipping companies paying Iran to allow shipments? Ships aren’t transiting without American approval and if I recall the US said ships paying Iran were not permitted to utilize the Strait. But we a
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The Next Global Economic Crisis Could Be Made in China(foreignaffairs.com)
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There Aren't Enough Ships to Handle China's Booming Car Exports(wsj.com)
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by ericmay 2mo ago
I find this seeming opposition (not from you or on this thread train) to installation of backup systems to be a bit befuddling. Battery backup systems, solar roofs/panels, &c. all effectively add excess capacity and resilience to o
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by ericmay 2mo ago
> Why have we suddenly decided to DIY our own redundant power sources? Because government is failing to address these issues? Back in Trumpistan we had some storms roll through my area the other day. Power has been out for some (not me,
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by ericmay 2mo ago
Just saying "that's a logical fallacy" doesn't make it so. Running away from challenges to your stated opinions or arguments doesn't make them correct either. If you really want to play this whole "logical fall
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by ericmay 2mo ago
> It does, in precisely the way I described. Your comment was not engaging with the point they brought up. Ok that's incorrect because I did engage with the point they brought up in that comment, and then even quoted it specifically
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by ericmay 2mo ago
Can you? Ok you're right. We've all agreed Canada should be the 51st State [1]. Or did you have a different menu in mind? [1] I don't like this talk, I'm just using it as an example.
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by ericmay 2mo ago
Use of non-sequitur doesn't apply to me here. The OP was responding to "government run Facebook?" and the premise is "we need Facebook-style technology to do XYZ things like plan events" but for-profit Facebook fill
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by ericmay 2mo ago
Well, in this case I will "leave it" as a clear refutation of all your previous points. :)
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Saying twice now “you didn’t engage with my premise” when someone points out a flaw in your premise or otherwise exposes the weakness in your premise.
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I just like to read articles and debate things. I use Claude but don’t have too strong of an opinion on any specific model provider.
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by ericmay 2mo ago
> So what is the service Facebook actually provides then? A way to manage communities and events. A way to find, connect, and communicate with others. I don’t have Facebook or use any social media (except LinkedIn) and yet I still plan e
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by ericmay 2mo ago
> I say China is not starting any wars, you gesture at some vague "not behaving nicely" as if this is equivalent to a war or some damning proof that they will start a war - these are nowhere near the same thing. Well I just poi
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by ericmay 2mo ago
Sure but that's all aligned with what I wrote here.
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This doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. First, maybe we can just eventually require Flock cameras to also record only to encrypted storage accessible by a judicial warrant. Presumably you are perfectly OK with that? Second, privacy advocate
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by ericmay 2mo ago
Well I certainly wouldn't, but it's a cultural symbol of America and so when you think anti-American I'd think things like tearing down the symbols that represent our nation would probably be in play. Maybe not, idk. That&#x2
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by ericmay 2mo ago
Yea but if they just oppose the current administration isn't that just being anti-Trump instead of anti-American? His administration is just some other administration that'll come and go like foul sewage gas. We've had 47 of
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by ericmay 2mo ago
> I am very pro the "dream" of America, in terms of liberty, democracy, etc. According to every "democracy index" I'm aware of we're not doing so hot in that regard, generally rating as a flawed/deficie
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by ericmay 2mo ago
> America is becoming increasingly oligarchic and corrupt with decades of experience of companies profiting off harming people and lying through their teeth and Meta is like one of the worst offenders. Isn't China a single-party st
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by ericmay 2mo ago
When you say you are anti-American, what do you mean by that? Are you, for example, wishing for the demise of the United States? Do you want to tear down the 1st Amendment and the Statue of Liberty? Are you against democracy? Do you want ou
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by ericmay 2mo ago
I don't think that's entirely true. As an example you can look at how the European Union is increasingly putting up trade barriers with China and identifying opportunities for new rules and regulations to prevent Chinese dumping a

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