I used to think aliens visiting us was a possibility, but then all those Congress hearings happened and now I don’t think it is real. Some of the records that recently came out contain testimonies from the 40s and some of the people giving testimonies sound like psyop subjects lol.

The problem is that US manufacturing is dependent on China so that instead of building domestic factories to supply them, companies will just pay the tariffs and pass the costs onto the consumer.

I think they’re hoping that people won’t buy the products, forcing companies to shut down or find new suppliers. This would cause a dip and ideally a rebound. The problem is that the people in the US and their infrastructure cannot survive a dip. The US is overspending, something’s got to give, and I’m guessing they’ll continue cutting aid to everyone but Israel.

And people are so fat because they actually eat the F-150s and the F-150s are fat because they ate the cyclists.

True. And it’s not like there aren’t mass shootings already…

But they’re not currently at war with China, they’re at war with Russia. According to some experts, US doesn’t have the ammo for an all-out war with China. China also outproduces the US in ship tonnage 100:1, since a war with China would also be waged at sea, China has an advantage both of being close to home and being able to produce more ships.

I think the anti-China crowd wants a trade war: tariffs, pushing them out of the market like with EVs, then outright bans for Huawei, Tiktok, etc., hindring China’s diplomacy, in Africa for example).

An all-out US-China was is unlikely cause China is a peer to the US (in every way) plus China has an AI/drone advantage, they’re making a tank with a built-in UAV now. US may have a chance of “winning”, but it would be so destructive to the US that it just doesn’t make sense. That kind of war would be hugely unpopular too.

An economic/trade war is more likely, which BRICS countries already recognise as happening so they’re selling US bonds, moving away from the dollar, trading in their own currency and so on.

Trump, EU, NATO… but something tells me Western media isn’t going to amplify those blames, they’ll probably accuse Russia for it.

Yes. but it is most likely part of Trump’s daily news briefing.

Nooooooooooooooooooooo

It was so predictable:

• Ukraine victory condition in 2022: retake everything, Crimea beach party, siege of Moscow, Putin dead, balkanisation of Russia
• Ukraine victory condition in 2024: be a nuisance

How the mighty have fallen…

It’s funny how there’s a power struggle between the anti-China and anti-Russia bourgeoisie in the US. Anti-China actually makes material sense, if I was a “captain of industry” in the US I too would be afraid of China’s rise and economic power. Anti-Russia and pro-UA doesn’t make any sense at all, it’s just vibes.

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They never had them. They were just storing Soviet nukes they couldn’t use themselves.

It seems to be a part of an effort to influence Trump to not to turn off the tap. Another one: Boris Johnson says British troops may have to go to Ukraine if Trump cuts support

I expect we are going to see more doomer predictions regarding the US stopping the funding. All of these articles are literally aimed at Trump. I’m pretty sure he started getting briefings as the president-elect, and that includes media/news briefing. If you want an example of how important the media/news is to Trump, his declared Secretary of Defense pick is Peter Hegseth, a “political commentator for Fox News since 2014 and co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend from 2017 to 2024,” Trump watched Fox & Friends religiously while he was president. to the point that the hosts addressed him personally several times.

“Nuclear bomb”, “British troops in Ukraine”, these are all escalations, and against Trump’s stated goals of ending the war quickly.

Liberals are freaking out cause Trump is filling his cabinet with “pro-RU” (but really, anti-UA and anti-war and NATO-skeptic).

Zizek is a professor of philosophy at University of Ljubljana. He has a large collection of academic works. I’d say his “pop” philosphy had its start in the first elections in post-Yugoslav Slovenia where he ran as a liberal. I think that got people’s attention because he was/is a Marxist (or Lacanian, or whatever he says he is at the moment). I think his ability to talk with anyone on the political spectrum (in the Jordan Peterson debate Zizek quoted conservative thinkers at him, for example) is what prompted Sophie Fiennes to make The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema with him in 2006, and that made him world-famous.

they wrestled with the fear that the United States and its allies had traded hopes of a total Ukrainian victory and for the more practical goal of weakening Russia.

lol

It was written by a Ukrainian think tank that stated that kyiv could build a bomb if it wanted using its remaining nuclear reactors. The report was then given to the Ukrainian government.

And then published in one of the most respectable and globally-circulated newspapers. It’s like when “sources” leak info to the press, it’s normally done on purpose to get that info out there. To me, this article reads like a threat; if the US stops the aid, Ukraine will be forced to make a nuclear weapon.

My thoughts exactly. I think the article is a way to pressure Trump, because it’s a well-known fact Trump gets a lot of his info and opinions from the media.

Who seriously listens to Zizek and bases their view of the world on him?

Many people do. But nobody “bases” their worldview on Zizek. He has made some important contributions to psychoanalysis and critique of ideology. One has to separate Zizek the philosopher, Zizek the politician and Zizek the pop culture philosopher.

One could argue that being gay in the West specifically is curiously associated with a particular identity,

One shouldn’t though, apparently. I was called homophobic for pointing it out.

Nobody mentioned it yet, but Framasoft makes organisation software like shared calendars, collab documents, events, and so on.

List of radical servers/services (free, if they’re still up)

Here’s a list of services one can self-host.

I’d also like to recommend Riseup, Disroot and Autistici/Inventati. They offer email/newsletter/blog/collab, etc.