RedWizard

I support Platner like a rope supports a hanged man. I hope he wins, and you get to see him in action.

We cannot abandon our rich tradition of leaking military secrets on the Warthunder forums to win arguments.

blaming US and Nato for the russian invasion of ukraine.

So in your mind, there is no way that the actions of the US and NATO in the decades leading up to this conflict played any role in causing this outcome? That Russia's red line, of no further NATO expansion, a historical red line that stretches all the way back to post-World War II, and talks of Ukraine becoming a NATO member, were in no way a factor in the emergence of this conflict?

Yes, the US is a imperialistic hegemon - but here the red line is from china

What is your understanding of imperialism based on exactly? Why would an imperialist respect another country's red lines? Wouldn't this be a great opportunity, one where you can exploit the people of Tiwan to draw them into conflict with China and use the vast network of money and weapons supply chains to extend the conflict? While reaping the profits off the sales and the debt you'll collect?

Regardless, the people of Taiwan are interested in maintaining things as they are. Reunification would most likely lead to war; independence would absolutely lead to war, so they would rather things stay as they are. Why is Japan speaking for the Taiwanese people? What could Japan's ulterior motive be?

World War II never ended. The Nazis just fled to the rest of Europe and America, taking their historical grudges with them.

When a country defies US policy, they are enemies of the US and its allies. When the US and its allies defy a country's policies, that country is now the enemy of the US and its allies. It's really strange how that seems to always happen.

"Don't cross my red line!" says the US.

"And you won't cross ours, right?" says the world, "...right??"

He did make attempts to run for office, maybe he'll try again, since PSL is more and more getting into running candidates. They're running a candidate for Senate in MA for example.

Lol incredible.

If we cannot draw the line at Nazis I'm not sure we're worth saving. There is zero chance he wasn't aware of the origins of that tattoo. He's defended marines with SS tattoos in the past as simply the "culture". Its not about if he is or isn't a Nazi, its about the obvious indifference to Nazi's and their symbols. His populist rhetoric is masking his ties to the military industrial complex and his history of American chauvinism.

You don't have to look hard to find better working class veteran representatives, Michael Prysner is right here.

You know, one question I have is this: Let's say they release all the Epstein Files tomorrow. What exactly would change? Is it some kind of switch that causes a group of armed men to drag Trump out of the White House into a paddy wagon? Do we really expect the Democrats to actually do anything with that information? From what I've seen, they have just as many darlings to protect as the Republicans do.

They're not socialist constructs because we do not have a socialist government. They are capitalist instruments. Oil and farm subsidies, as well as all other forms of corporate subsidies, are used to enrich the businesses they are subsidizing, not the people who work for the businesses. Like when the chip firms got their kickbacks and used it for stock buybacks. Carbon credits are another example of a government subsidy that is used to prop up and enrich corporations while simultaneously not encouraging decarbonization efforts. The agriculture industry isn't using those subsidies to pay workers a living wage. Most of those subsidies are in the form of crop insurance, and crop insurance isn't even means tested. That's how you end up with people like Bill Gates potentially getting crop insurance payouts from the government.

We live in a capitalist society; everything is for the capitalist; the government serves capital. That's why these subsidies are not going away any time soon, and why it's not "socialism", It's just capitalism.

Someone should tell ol' Donny about the CIA's side hustle.

Company housing? Sounds a lot more like capitalism to me. Something capitalism has historically done across all capitalist countries. Some real gilded-age 1880's shit.