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by refurb 2y ago
> If by "resolving" a war you mean forcing the victim into a surrender and making the agressor a victor than sure. What other option is there? In all options, Ukraine loses territory in order to stop the fighting. NATO is not
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by refurb 2y ago
> I mean that ideology is, practically speaking, what "the West" is. This makes no sense. The current ideology is only 70 years old. The "West" has existed for centuries before that. Maybe you're young and you
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by refurb 2y ago
You really think the current conflict is the same as a world war? Sorry to burst your bubble, but the US (and Europe) are absolutely not willing to fight Russia to win this war. It's not worth it. So the war will end eventually in a s
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by refurb 2y ago
You can't cherry pick one example and ignore all the times choosing war was the wrong choice - Vietnam, Cambodia, Iran, Libya, Iraq 2, Somalia, Afghanistan, Panama, Grenada, Syria, Lebanon, Dominican Republic. But yeah, good point abou
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by refurb 2y ago
Europe hasn't been geopolitical relevant beyond it's own borders for a while now. I mean think about it - it had to rely on US transportation just to participate in the Iraq War. How much of a threat can a country be if it can&#x
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by refurb 2y ago
It's mind blowing to me to see the left being the war mongers now. That used to be the mantle of the right, but hey, here we are. The arguments I see for the US staying involved are the same hand wavy ones used in Vietnam - "bett
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by refurb 2y ago
Yes, I would bet highly against that. The US is not "aligned against the West". The US is simply breaking from the ideology it's had since WW2 that it's in the US' best interest to get involved in every internation
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by refurb 2y ago
> how quickly the US can turn from ally to bully. Every country in the world knows this already. I mean all you need to do is look at South Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, many South American countries, the list goes on and on. America is li
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by refurb 2y ago
I mean this is a quote from the person fired. I’d say the same thing about my job if I were fired but honestly nobody would probably notice after a bit.
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by refurb 2y ago
Yes, it happens all the time.
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by refurb 2y ago
In the US judicial system, which is adversarial in nature, the job of the prosecutor is to put forth the strongest case which involves casting even minor details in the most evil, twisted light possible. Every single high profile case invo
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by refurb 2y ago
Board members can’t just sell due to insider trading rules, they need to have predetermined plans to buy/sell put in place long ago. You guys just see what you want to see.
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by refurb 2y ago
You’re mistaking the internet world with the real world. Most people I know don’t know anything about a Musk salute. I’m going to predict that Tesla sales will see a small but insignificant dip in Q1.
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by refurb 2y ago
Sure, it’s 1 month of 2025. Maybe best to wait before we mourn or celebrate the death of Tesla?
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by refurb 2y ago
If you look at Tesla sales globally they’ve never been higher. I think Tesla will survive. https://www.statista.com/statistics/502208/tesla-quarterly-v...
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by refurb 2y ago
Would never happen. Shareholder votes to give Elon $50B in compensation. The courts threw it out, so they voted again. And gave it to him again. They know Tesla’s success hinges on having Musk run it.
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by refurb 2y ago
> You're taking that as a prior when in reality US FoPo prefers political stability after the Cold War. You need to get a grip here if you're seeing everything through the lens of dubious paranoia, if not just leftist resentmen
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by refurb 2y ago
No, "trickle down" is just what the opposition called it. "Political opponents of the Reagan administration soon seized on this language in an effort to brand the administration as caring only about the wealthy." http
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by refurb 2y ago
If you're arguing other countries will suffer with the end of USAID programs, that will be a hard argument to win. Providing HIV assistance while undermining political stability is a high price for other countries to pay and I'm s
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by refurb 2y ago
This seems like a odd conclusion. The Reagan tax cuts and Trump tax cuts lowered taxes for many in the middle class. I never heard anyone claim anything about tax cuts "trickling down", it was more "you'll pay less taxe
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by refurb 2y ago
> I wonder what happened in 1981, impossible to say. Total federal income was flat after the early 80's recession, then grew by 60%+ over the next decade, despite the Reagan tax cuts, increasing $400B. https://fred.stloui
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by refurb 2y ago
That isn't how elections work. You can't assume that all voters in non-swing states would never change their vote. You could say the same thing about a popular vote where a candidate wins by 10 votes - "oh, our entire system
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by refurb 2y ago
You'd need a in depth analysis to really see the impact. Companies always do something with their profit after tax. Most commonly it's paid out as a dividend (which would be taxed) or used in a stock buy-back (increasing share pr
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by refurb 2y ago
USAID is not "international aid". It's an arm of the CIA that uses "international development" as a cover for it's activities. Look at the role of USAID during the Vietnam War under CORDS. It funded the &quot
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by refurb 2y ago
If we look at one example of the errors the article calls out: "The contracting company, D&G Solutions, confirmed to CBS News that this was originally the result of an accounting error and that $3.8 million of the contract had alr
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by refurb 2y ago
Really? 10 years I would have assume the average liberal would have said "Yeah, what else is new? The US has been interfering with other countries since forever. It's a terrible stain on our history and something we should stop
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by refurb 2y ago
> 4. Corporate tax receipts have been steadily falling as a percentage of GDP. [3] Why shouldn't corporations (that benefit from a healthy and educated workforce, a safe and secure environment, a working transportation system, etc.)
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by refurb 2y ago
How doy ou know it kept your symptoms at bay? Plenty of people don't get long Covid, why were you sure you'd get it if you didn't take paxlovid? Same with brain fog?
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by refurb 2y ago
I copy-pasted your comment? How can I be "loading up your comment with things I did not say or reference"? If what you are saying is - "my comment did not accurately reflect what I was trying to say" then ok, but I can
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by refurb 2y ago
Considering every other attempt at cutting costs has failed, I'm ok with giving this a go.

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