tabarnaski

I fucking love NYC

the 30% who said they still consider the US an ally obviously don't read the news Or they do, and they like what they see. I'm sure there are a few Canadians who would be fine with being the 51st state.

Would you have your own country's military deploy in Ukraine? Would you, personally, go help Ukrainians fight the Russian invaders? This ain't age of empires. In the real world, nobody wants to go to war. This is why in a democracy, elected leaders might hesitate whereas dictators don't really mind spending a few thousand lives to make a point.

Whatever you think about Sanders, one must admire the fight still in him at 83...

More details about the reconciliation bill here, and why the vote is not secured for Republicans: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/02/18/congress/budget-reconciliation-trump-whip-00204735

Interesting read, thanks!

If 3 years ago someone told you that Trump would give Elon Musk the mandate to dismantle the US government and RFK would be secretary of health, you would have called him a lunatic.

The article you cite talks about military spending, not industrial capacity. Russia is running on a war economy, Europe isn't; this large difference in spending is to be expected. Surely Europe realises it cannot rely on the US for defense anymore, so there's a possibility they choose to dramatically increase its defense spending. If Ukraine loses the war, a lot of European countries won't have too much trouble convincing their citizens it needs to be done. The reason Europe has no "concrete solution", like you said, is because they won't accept the kind of compromise Putin would want. Now that the US decided not to be an ally anymore, I don't think they'll just stay there doing nothing.

Right now I can't find any reason to exclude this possibility honestly

So what happens if Zelensky sides with Europe on this one? How does the US apply its peace plan if it's been negotiated solely with Russia? The only way I see this working is the US sending troops to fight along with Russia...

Social media contributes to the polarization of public discourse and should absolutely be boycotted. However, this polarization manifests in various ways, and your comment is a good example of this. When everything becomes a purity test, we fall into extremism. To counter the rise of fascism, you must be willing to unite with those who do not share your opinions.

Not a lawyer, but court orders are ultimately enforced by the DOJ. So yeah...