I’m just stating facts. China is a geopolitical rival that cannot be trusted by the EU. Less militarily dangerous than Russia, but economically dangerous in every way.

You seem very emotional about it though.

China is off doing naval drills with Russia in South Africa right now. They’re actively working against Europe in Ukraine. Not really a trustworthy partner for anything.

Toronto is more bound to US economics than Chinese economics. You could make the same map for every major city and probably tell which they were more influenced by.

Ahhh! High school flash backs, NOOOO

I said nothing about being disarmed, or losing.

Pretty sure I pull up with a semi full of fertilizer and I’d be their bestest friend.

I didn’t say armed resistance doesn’t work. I said your gun isn’t going to work.

If the government comes for me, they’re bringing more people than I can shoot. The first answer to that, is to prevent that from happening through political action. The second is that you don’t respond to that with a gun.

Everyone on Ruby ridge was armed, everyone in Waco was armed. They’re all dead for their troubles. A gun won’t fix that problem.

Diesel, bear spray, propane, and gasoline don’t care if you’re wearing a bulletproof vest.

Just pointing that out in case it becomes relevant.

I see one of the right wing “Men’s Rights” advocates has escaped their programming center.

It’s all well and good to be offended by this trash, but consider that it’s being intentionally targeted to young men as a way to create loyal followers for political violence. The fascists these days aren’t going to wear brown shirts, they’re going to have a whole range of color choices.

If he’s using AI scraping, we should set up bots that invent other Trump family members as orangutans. Also label all cat and dog photos as the opposite. All insect pictures labeled as republican or conservative.

Past tense, you’ve already been judged, he’s deciding the consequences.

The green party only exists because the GOP keeps giving them money. The only time anyone ever hears a damn word out of them, is when they’re showing up to split the Dem vote for the GOP.

Just in time, Trump needs a new water boy

I mean, i haven’t actually been to Japan myself, but I’ve heard some things…

Well yeah I’m gonna let him out hustle me. That bastards on crack.

The best restaurants in the world are in London. Of course they don’t serve English food. The Brits just knew to bring the best stuff home.

It turns out the specialized medical needs are kind of special, and they fly people to where there are facilities when they’re needed. And only affects a special portion of the population. For everyone else it doesn’t matter.

For fuck sake people crossed the entire US in a god damn wagon while risking being shot at by random tribes and eaten by bears. What’s stopping people now is that they can’t afford food or a place to park the damn wagon without getting harassed by the cops.

Moving to more rural areas is what causes rural areas to build hospitals, and doctors to open clinics and offices. There are plenty of jobs everywhere that just involve sitting on your ass in front of a screen, or standing behind a counter. Even in rural areas.

Growth doesn’t just happen. People have to go places and build. UBI would make that process a shit ton easier.

They’re playing on the latent puritanism in US culture. The only reason it’s done is because it pushes peoples buttons and draws interest. The other options are what you see over seas, where either free speech is harshly curtailed, or people get over it, and advertisers stop because it doesn’t cause concerned citizens to lose their shit any more.