So two state solution?

The EU is arguably kinda like the Rome. The Brussels effect means following EU rules to keep trading with them or lose access to the market.

How is it racist? China throughout its history doesn’t really go on expansionism to the extent that Europe and the West does. China is huge and resource rich, and throughout its history up to the present, other countries have been dying to either trade with them or conquer them. That is why China isn’t obligated to do anything because they got 90% of everything they need. You are looking at China’s foreign policy through Western lens, which is mired with aggressive expansionism and “what’s in it for me” mindset.

Modern China is doing what its past ancestors have done with other countries, influence them through soft, cultural power. US could have remained doing the same; being as bountiful and big as China. But no, Americans have to keep flexing their insecurities despite having been spoiled for the last 70 years. China is also more far-sighted and think in decades, which Trump himself admitted.

We’re making fun of conservatives being hypocrites and idiots. Like, how it’s not racist to make fun of MAGA immigrants voting for Trump and then being deported.

You joke but Hexbear will believe it. I mean, China for the longest time has an isolationist foreign policy. What China only cares about with other countries is trade, and if China does not have a trade deficit. They have imposed a tributary system in the past, and in the present they are emulating it. China in Mandarin is “Middle Kingdom” after all. They believe they are the centre of trade, culture and civilisation, which is the case before the rise of the West. The West only rose because of the desperate end goal to reach to China and the Far East.

Corrupt billionaires lobbying isn’t the problem, it’s the bootlickers defending them. A person is only as powerful as the number of his/her supporter.

His jokes about Germany and being German gets repetitive, but i can’t deny that he still makes me laugh everytime!

AI written works are also so stupid. It feels soulless. Indeed, I think authors could command premium for royalty and copyright because human written literature will be priceless.

Nuclear is the lesser evil. Even my former boss who is an environmental scientist agree we should still maintain nuclear power plants, but only as stop gap before renewable energy becomes more ubiquitous.

Yup. They are the ones who led us to where we are now. Blue MAGA/neolibs are basically saying “we don’t have any good economic platforms to make ordinary Americans have a better life, we care more about enriching our billionaire donors, but at least we’re not bigoted unlike Trump.”

Kinda like they refuse to admit we all came from Africa and and thus our ancestors are black.

Most people don’t really even think about privacy.

My main complaint is the bad search system of Lemmy. You can only search for community but not specific topics using specific keywords.

Good thing I boycott Starbucks.

Before he became mainstream, he was asked if he believes in god, and he started with “what do you mean by god?” and went on jibber jabber without actually answering yes or no. I didn’t take him seriously since. Two years later, I was surprised he became popular. But anyway, his meandering and sophistry without addressing the main premise has always been his MO, especially with the trademark question “what do you mean…”

If you believe passive electoralism is going to work, there’s going to be a rude awakening. Brazil and South Korea had only been more active nipping fascism in the bud because they experienced it first hand and know fascism when they see one. The opposition actively ran on opposing authoritarians. Americans, on the other hand, is yet to experience it directly. I mean, Americans are still splitting hairs about Donald Trump. I believe he will try to undermine the upcoming midterms. If not, he will fight to prevent the presidential elections from happening in 2028.

Fascism doesn’t respond to “please” and “thank you”.

I never heard of Buccees before but YouTuber Joe Scott hyped it up. But he’s Texan so of course he’s proud.

Jordan Peterson enters the chat

Roald Dahl was an RAF pilot during the early days of World War II. He got injured and was discharged because of it. I’ve read his autobiography when I was a child, which was quite interesting. Shame that he was anti-semite.

Bad AI, I reckon.