Trump is an asshole, and the US should absolutely be the leader in defending Ukraine given its stockpiles and technologies and the immediacy of the need.
At the same time, Europe was able to fund some pretty nice social programs by minimizing defense spending over the last few decades. They could only do that with aggressors on their borders by relying far too heavily on the US.
So not a great track record. Ideals to Trumpism much faster than two party US democracy.
How does it work in practice?
You say that, but it’s not “to each his own” under one party rule. It’s “even fewer means to express dissent and curb corruption.”
Alright, party pooper.
I don’t really know what this thing is about. I am guessing from context it relates to Zelenskyy not wearing a suit, which he started when Russia invaded. That became news again recently because some shitheel sycophant in the Whitehouse thought he could lecture the Ukrainian President about how disrespectful that was.
This whole post is incredibly opaque. It also references James Joyce. Joyce was a writer famous for being difficult to understand, and Ulysses is one of his novels.
James Joyce apparently wrote the post title and description underneath. If you can figure out Ulysses, this post should be decipherable.
This turns the debate about whether a person who converted to Judaism can start making Jewish jokes on its head. Can ex-lesbians make LGBTQ jokes?
I tried to push back against the “Democrats only lose” mantra a few months ago. It’s confirmation bias and “don’t look back more than 4 years” that drives this thinking.
I went back to 1992 and was accused of cherry-picking.
Edit: found it
Agreed. It’s too difficult to learn phrases like “Help, I’m trapped in an invisible box” and “There is an unexpected rope here” in a new language.
Instructions unclear. Got my ass kicked due to cultural body language differences.
Coming from a guy lucky enough to have access to technology to send this comment.
Thanks. I’ll be here all week.
That’s nice, but we really need to ship those batteries out to users for them to do any good.
Was “legal chaos” taken?
Epicurus has entered the chat.
He’s been threatening tariffs as a blunt weapon since 2016 (2015?). That’s how Mexico was going to pay for the wall.
They seem to be able to win elections just fine.
Oh, sorry. This isn’t about Republicans?
Yep. This one is trivially true once you realize that something almost happening means it didn’t happen.
I don’t think you’ll enjoy your new role of trying to defend what one of the parties is doing. It’s much easier to complain and criticize and pretend the people you support would be perfect while not naming them.
Lots of people are saying Trump is an asshole.