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Fascists seek to return greatness via the invigorating effects of warfare.

I have been for a while now. I was born at the wrong time. And you sir are no leftist. Fight back how? Through the courts? Or standing in the middle o...

I remember when I first discovered that one of the things the 1% does with their money is control the public conversation to reinforce their position....

My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country. Go Joshs. Do that protest! Quote some Hegel to them. That'll leave them befuddled. ...

In this case I think the effectiveness would be in the legacy of the protests. Trump has already shown a penchant for using force against protestors. ...

The Constitution allows the president to become a temporary dictator during a war. For instance, Lincoln freed the slaves with war power. He suspended...

We have a very different conception of leftism. I think for you, it's more of an academic thing. I say this because you said the strength you see in i...

Would you say leftism is closer to Hegel than to labor unions?

Well, you may be right. We'll see.

Deleuze would agree with Nick Land regarding accelerationism. Land was a Marxist, and Land became anti-Enlightenment. Land influenced Vance, who will ...

Read Mark Blyth's comments. He agrees with me and the president of the UAW. @"ChatteringMonkey" mentioned some of this earlier in the thread.

The real cause of the Great Depression was probably concentration of wealth. The trade war and the panic precipitated the collapse. Wealth is pretty c...

Yea, I figured that out eventually. :lol:

The cause of the first fart? God likes beans.

Tariffs are going to make American government bonds less attractive. That's a long range factor. I'm a day trader and I'm watching the futures markets...

He's declaring war on Wall St. He's saying neoliberalism is over.

It's going to take a while for people to realize that Trump's tariffs actually have the potential to help Main St. But NOS, you know he wants to be a ...

In 2008 the entire financial sector appeared to be in a state of collapse, so the Chairman of the Fed and the Secretary of the Treasury went to Congre...

That was because $55 Trillion disappeared overnight. Trillion with a T. We're just experiencing uncertainty associated with a looming recession with p...

What's the purpose of farting?

The easiest thing to do would be to devalue their own currencies relative to the dollar. Trump has already issued a warning to them not to do that. Th...

Adam was often agitated because Eve wouldn't give him some space. She was always like, "I need some emotional connection here." And he was like, "I'm ...

Yes. One of the problems I see with fusion is that if it works, it will be available to nations that can afford to build fusion power plants. A lot of...

Well, at least we're enjoying ourselves. :grin:

Yea, but it didn't make any sense.

There's no way to turn China into the US's main trading partner even counting value-added transactions. BTW, moving parts in and out of the US was men...

16% of total imports into the US are from China. Total imports are about 16% of the GDP.

People aren't any stupider now than they've ever been. If we transition into a dictatorship, it will just be the latest of such events that history ha...

Reddit cracked down on violent speech a while back. They're overly strict about it now.

Shawn Fain, leader of the UAW supports the tarrifs "For Fain, tariffs address a historic wrong. "We've sat here for the last 30 plus years, with the i...

Every utopia is the end of the world

What about fusion power? You seem to see the downfall of any solution. What about this one? :grin:

People in psychological distress regularly show up at the climate change subreddit. There was a message directed at them pinned at the top, basically ...

Are you talking about extension if the 2017 tax cuts?

Per your link: "Agriculture is very sensitive to weather and climate.4 It also relies heavily on land, water, and other natural resources that climate...

He has, though. The tariffs aren't good for Wall St. because they need a trade deficit.

Yes. But I think the reason we're focusing on him is that without him we have an echo chamber. I guess that's what some people want. Peace out. :cool:

That's actually an anti-scientific approach. Worse than asking silly questions, really.

The comment had been made that there will be less arable land. Surely it's appropriate to talk about what the science behind that says? Or is that app...

Agriculture is a big part of the OP isn't it?

All true. The fact remains that the two American political parties have switched roles. The Democrats are now the party of the status quo. Republicans...

True. It will heat up in a big spike that will last a few thousand years, and a long tail will drag on for about 100,000 years. At that point the CO2 ...

The dinosaurs started dominating the planet during two million years of flooding. Most scientists think the flooding was a result of global warming se...

Yea.

The atmosphere will be more humid than it is now. Some areas will experience increased rainfall and probably flooding. Some areas will become dryer be...

I don't think Trump is an ideologue of any kind, but he has gathered people to him who actually do have a new political outlook involving authoritaria...

The main criticism from economists today is not about incoherence. It's that it was rolled out haphazardly so as to maximize uncertainty. I guess the ...

Not to you.

I did not ask you to read it.

Read Dark Enlightenment and reassess.