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The idea of bailouts for any large corp/bank in the US is bullshit full-stop. The US government's constant and ruthless attacks on AES and really any other nations that nationalize such large and crucial companies show why bailouts shouldn't happen. All the companies/banks that were massively bailed out in 2008 (or any other time) didn't have requirements that money had to be paid back (with or without interest).

We saw how the rich fucks and their bootlickers took that money and enriched themselves while purging real working people and no pay rises for workers that were kept. For a nation that cheerleads how fucking beautiful and superior capitalism and free markets are. The idea of rewarding huge corps for over promising and fucking it up while keeping the barriers up from smaller or new companies is also fucked. It shows that the true final form of capitalism is private for-profit companies removing all functionally meaningful competition and being monopolies.

Which is basically what all cyberpunk dystopian media depicts when showing huge mega-corps that wield the power of nation-states over even the actual nations they operate within. Shit like this is one of the most obvious examples as to why systems like the US can't actually fix issues and huge depressions caused by big corps. The moment that any private (both publicly and privately traded)/for-profit company is allowed to be labeled as "too big to fail," it is time for that company to be nationalized and placed under similar control as corps in places like China.

Should also require that the leadership and all board members/major share holders be given death sentences for requiring money that keeps being taken away from public services. And all that is before the crimes of purging workers and giving themselves huge bonuses while workers are paid shit.

The weapons need to go first without question. But I think that the power stuff might realistically be needed badly for us to put as much of a dent as possible into getting fossil fuels out of use on the grids. There are less problematic options that are around (Thorium is the one I have seen), and of course China is doing some major progress towards fusion which would be massively game changing. This isn't to say that we shouldn't use renewable options like geothermal, wind, tidal, etc..

But I think the threat of MAD is that main thing that needs to be stopped. The threat of MAD is not effective if a armed nation refuses to take an L if they fuck around and find themselves losing land fast. Israel is currently the big threat for actually using a nuke as they would rather take everyone out as they find out that their military isn't as good as they claim. They are starting wars on multiple fronts and are not a large (fake) nation. They are also ran by a very similar death cult of hawks that the US has had over various periods (so many mf-ers were wanting to use shit the moment a leftist party gained support anywhere).

Sadly I don't know how we could actually remove all weapons. As all of the current holders would most certainly keep some hidden. And they would say that it was "needed" because "what if the others don't actually do it???" headspace.

Aside from the BS of libs non-stop going hard to say that Trump winning will mean fascism and the end of all freedoms. Which makes it very stupid to then act like "voting harder" would be the only correct way to prevent said fascism (it also didn't stop the south from kicking off war). In addition to lame ass well wishes and showing the real colours of not really believing the threat to freedom.

I am starting to think that the dems and anti-gun republicans are trying to scare conservatives and pro-gun liberals into banning guns. As they would only push for bans if it directly impacts them and their leaders. But is more an idle conspiracy theory thought that I had after seeing the article. Wouldn't work well if they were doing so, as it would most certainly lead to lots of actual shootouts when state and federal agents attempt to take peoples' weapons.

They mentioned a woman also self immolated back in December? I didn't even know about her action! Bushnell being active service and live streaming made it very hard for the major outlets not talk about it (though we did see how much they tried). Nothing but the greatest respect to all martyrs and those currently fighting and surviving!

I hope they release a video of the return. That is something I wish the CNSA and gov would do with their launches/landings. I know a major reason is to keep the US/the West as in the dark as possible (and to keep any failures more hidden to avoid giving the West shit to make fun of). But seeing launches is always fun to see, and even only seeing the successful landings would be cool.

Though I will say that I was hoping that SpaceX being so wildly open about sharing the explosions/failures would lead to other space orgs (private and national) lean into showing similar. As they are able to show progress over time, and that can be inspiring to the public and more specifically younger folks. Shows that mistakes/errors (or even just really bad luck with weather) are not the end of things as long as something is learned and new things are tried. It is like the only thing that I have liked about Musk with regards to SpaceX.

Basically all other private for-profit companies and government agencies panic about it and don't attempt stuff as often. Which leads to shit like the Boeing Starliner being less real world testing (and even more embarrassing). At least gov orgs I can understand due to extra fear of tax payers freaking out about costs. But the costs wouldn't be as bad if so much more fucking money is put into the military industrial complex (in the US at least). Tax payers wouldn't be anywhere as upset about space failures if more of that mic money was also used for helping real people.

I just want to see as much footage from all nations and launch companies as possible. It would be awesome to see what they are all trying these days. With the SpaceX boosters showing that reusable options can very much work. The others are able to more easily push for making their own. The moment that the first Falcon landed successfully, it showed that the massive waste of so much money on SLS and how playing it "safe" via bloated companies like Boeing really was. If any nation is likely to really move fast, then China would be the one to close the gap (and hopefully get ahead as it would force the US to actually fund wild ideas).

Seems that if a nation has gotten to the point of needing to send people to a whole different nation due to prison overcrowding. Then it really should be a crucial time to change laws on shit that exist to feed the prison industrial complex. But I am not shocked that the nation that was shipping people to Australia originally for the same reasons is falling back on doing it. Though I am kind of shocked that they aren't just funding the US complex to build prisons here to send them to.

They are fascists not men or women. They have chosen to abandon humanity of their own free will and have shown that they will murder everyone and everything that isn't them. Dehumanization is and has been what they believe and forfeit any rights to be allowed to continue.

She does reporting on global politics and mostly focuses on China and/or false claims against China by the US/the West. I haven't watched anything recently, but she is worth checking out. Though I am sure others could give a better answer as folks subscribe to this community.

Would be nice if they also left NATO as part of joining BRICS.

Facts! Though the meme with her almost paints her nonsense as being true instead of the constant lying she does.

For sure. Would be a big motivator for getting actual shit together and would then mean the next push would be Mars. Though I am hoping that China (with maybe some follow-up missions that include some joint stuff with other socialist nation members) will make it Mars first. Would be a missed chance to have the history books record that "the reds take the red planet" otherwise.

That makes sense, and I do like how it is a two-way street. I can get a feel for them and they can do the same. Thanks!

Was talking with a co-worker the other day about Limbo and INSIDE and how he should play them. Nice to have something similar to try out!

Very sad state of things. But being fair, I think NASA might be able to get at least a small injection of money if they stick to getting people on the moon again. Actually seeing humans land on the moon again would get more people excited about space (no matter which nation(s) end up doing it).

The robots, non-earth orbiting satellites, telescopes, and probes are very great for science but aren't "exciting" to a lot of people. We always hear about cool ideas about future possible manned missions to moons and planets. But it is always super far off and no real plans that would be anytime soon. We really really need missions that show humans making steps on something.

A rover for future follow-up missions will be needed. But after so many years, just doing dumb human shit like jumping around in low gravity and picking up a few rocks would be effectively the same as if the old landings as far as excitement. Shit like that can be something that humans from all nations can feel some amount of pride.

I have been thinking of joining a party recently to at minimum add an extra member to help build numbers (which matters if a party wants to be seen by normies as "legitimate" and give options). And would hope to further meet more real leftists IRL and help out in whatever ways I can. Has been down to basically CPUSA and PSL. But seeing the CPUSA feeling the need to follow the Dems after the Trump shooting thing (they could have just posted nothing and it would have at least kept some face in the matter). And after the recent purging of a whole chapter for the crime of quietly and without any big show leaving the panel from the Israel party. Along with the added condemnation of that chapter for being out trying to help people and the moment.

It seems that the CPUSA has forgotten that there can't be a revolution if we just play by the rules made up (and always changed to benefit keeping out third parties) by the two "allowed" parties. Mutual aid and showing deep solidarity with real struggling working and poor people is how we both teach what we really are and about. It is how we learn what does and doesn't work and how to adapt our efforts in waking people up to the lies. And it is most importantly how we keep our humanity.

Currently it seems that PSL is likely where I will apply for membership. I just need to commit myself to reading their provided information first as I don't want to waste their or my time applying without knowing the party and programs. Just sad to see that the oldest communist party in the US fall into the same regressions that the USSR lost their way in by allowing the capitalists to dictate what is and isn't acceptable. And the CPUSA hasn't even had the benefit of being in power. At least the USSR actually had a revolution and made giant leaps for humanity and the people.

And somehow it is Huawei's 5G or other shit that is somehow going to "take down our infrastructure" or whatever. Though I guess it is a compliment in a way. Means that China has reached a point that is "too close" to being equal to whatever the US has (which is still being made in the Taiwan province).

The over-reliance on making so many weapons basically self-automated instead of actually needing humans further magnifies how little lives matter and how much more profits do. Yet we have seen historically many times over how these over-hyped systems/weapons sold at higher and higher costs are made pointless by real humans with "dumb" systems/weapons. Look at the NVA/Viet Cong, Iraqi resistance, Taliban, PKK, and so many other "less advanced" fighters were able to show how all the tech didn't matter. The "advanced" shit is all made to supposedly fight "modern battlefields" that we haven't really seen be reality. Even the actual military leaders over the years have admitted as much.

All the "modern" shit just makes it easier to remove the humanity of conflict. It is much easier to kill lots of people if done through the eyes of a computer. Not to mention the false sense of assumed victory by some default. If we did see these "modern" wars with all sides using the shit the Military Industrial Complex hypes up so much. Then we would just see just mass destruction and death caused by computers fighting computers. Pretty sure nukes would be used really quick too.

The obvious choice would be to stay of course. But the offer with the chance of wiping debit in the even they didn't want to stay gives a "safety net" vibe. Puts a nice outline with a goal of taking out two birds with one stone. And if a student doesn't want to stay even with having their original debts, it doesn't prevent them from still getting a degree without owing extra. Some people like to know they have options (even if the options are in most cases dumb)

Kind of not sure if this is actually just a really really weird pro-IOF propaganda thing. As it says that only 25% of US interceptors worked, while also that around 90% of IOF ones did. Given the site, seems like IOF government propaganda machine is doing the normal uber-nationalist thing. Downplaying the effectiveness of even diehard supporting nations as "cute but dumb" and the nationalist hawks as "the real fighters of true justice" or whatever.

Though I also would believe that even with it being Israel the weapons are being supplied to, would still not be the "full version" as to not allow enemies to know the real effectiveness of (in this case) the US tech. Pretty sure that most high-tech weapons that are sold outside the originating nations are very different than the ones said nation actually fields. Or at least gimped in such ways that allow the "full versions" to take out the gimped ones. Then again, I also imagine that Israel has many more spies inside the US military and all companies that make up the US's military industrial complex. Which means they also have the shit needed to make their own copies that have the extra benefit of constant data and testing to make a better version with real-world shit

I am not "pro-USA #1 ra ra ra!!!" and very much sure that the "effectiveness of our weapons are generally very inflated. Just like all massive private/for-profit weapons manufacturing nations do. Just finding the propaganda machines of two deeply involved allies painting the other as "lesser" to be both odd to actually see, and kind of hilarious at the same time.

The mainland should both find ways to make sure they get access to the shit being sent/sold to Taiwan to strip-down and obvious shit for better understanding the builds and tech. And make a big show about how the US breaks its own rules on selling arms to supposed adversaries. But also sending "thanks to the USA for the toys" bit of snark, as they are supplying China with weapons. Would be funny to see such an announcement and have all kinds of war vehicles and other high value weapons paraded around with the PLA markings added to them.

Would be hilarious to see both capitalist parties and the military industrial complex have to deal with the massive L in the media. Or at least the idea of such a massive multi-decade sale of arms, and thus arming of, such a big enemy of the US scandal sounds amazing to me. Hell make it even more a "fuck you" by the PLA transferring US made shit to the DPRK and really all other socialist nations that want them. lol