“If you were able to overlook a genocide and cast a vote for Harris, you already know how a conservative was able to overlook Trump’s extremism and vote for him.” – Historian Robin D.G. Kelley
It begins by realizing that economics is also politics. The US ran out of indigenous peoples and lands to exploit, so it is turning inwards.
There are many books one could recommend. But an easy one to understand is: Irregular Army: How the US Military Recruited Neo-Nazis, Gang Members, and Criminals to Fight the War on Terror, this book was published in 2012. Whatever an empire perfects to crush other people, always sooner or later is used internally.
The US constitution has amendments canceling amendments, more specifically the 21st repealing the 18th. Legally it is possible to repeal the 22nd, but the votes aren’t there… yet.
The New Deal was so popular that FDR was elected to four terms. The 22nd amendment was a reaction to that.
“Right to work”
If you thought GPUs were pricey now. At least the rest of the world can still buy from Taiwan.
How does this help with inflation? He is screwing the people he claims to help.
Tariffs (originally from Arabic: تعريفة) are a tax paid by the consumer. All inputs will be more expensive even for US produced goods.
Fewer strings also means China doesn’t care about democracy, human rights, and such.
Neither do Western powers. Their support for the genocide in Gaza proves as much. From sending weapons and ignoring the ICC and ICJ rulings, to crushing protests and arresting journalists. You really can’t come and talk about democracy, human rights, and such as if the West is the good guys after we all witnessed the genocide in Gaza, you can’t. It is hypocritical and racist. You are basically saying “only we are people”, or at a minimum “the Palestinians aren’t people”.
As for China building some artificial islands, who cares? As far as “crimes” go it is really down at the bottom of the crimelist. You could probably learn about the expulsion of the Chagossians to put things into perspective.
What’s wrong with building infrastructure? Nothing stopping the West from offering an alternative development plan. Countries go with China’s because it is a better deal with fewer strings attached.
Instead when the US invaded Iraq it destroyed its infrastructure and opposed any plan to rebuild Iraq. China now is helping rebuild Iraq. Just one example of plenty.
Then again given the crumbling state of US infrastructure, it should really focus on itself. It brought a lot destruction (see: Gaza) and very little building to the rest of the world even when they broke it (see: Iraq).
China is focusing on itself, maybe that’s what the US and Europe should do for a while.
an increase
People in the Middle East are really not seen as people.
Genocide is a liberal position? Now you tell me?
laws being ignored
In the government’s coffers
Twitter should have been regulated as a common carrier and one rich asshole shouldn’t have been allowed to buy it, regardless of their politics
Iron Age*
Get your ages straight
This is arguing syntax vs semantics.
They have been doing it with Arab countries for decades. Pay up or get sanctioned, bombed, invaded and couped. What some in the West wrongly perceive as bribes are actually tributes to avoid becoming the next Iraq, Syria or Libya, or worse: Palestine.
They is unqualified, I assume you mean all of the three: US, Israel and Russia. For those who forgot or weren’t paying attention to US war crimes:
Saturday, 6 November, 2004, US strikes raze Falluja hospital
Edit: guessing from the downvotes war crimes committed by the US and Israel, or committed against Arabs and Afghans don’t count. War crimes are only bad if Russia does it. Good to know.
They play the victim card so hard.
If you are in the US, the National Arab Orchestra is technically domestic. Maybe this will trick someone into listening to this Arabic song