Which is how Mafia families work. Loyalty to Trump is more important than anything else. The new thing is that they are starting to realise it.

Its so foolish. Its understandable why they are angry but they are shooting themselves in the foot and taking everyone else down with them.

I say gesundheit as I’m not religious and don’t like to propagate religious sentiment, but I like the idea, too. I’m not German.

Chomsky would disagree with manufacturing consent.

Not at all. Do you think a brain surgeon wouldn’t be stressed before brain surgery?

Does the dara from the EU countries include exports to the EU, which is a single market?

Looks like radius from Belfast and Dublin, the big cities, which had more immigration from the uk. However, that doesn’t explain north versus south which should skew differently if that was the case.

It’s a uk/ireland 3 pin plug that has screws holding it in the wall.

Not if their money is redistributed. It’s not like it disappears.

People have been accusing China of fabricating the data for years. I am sure there is inaccurate information, but no more so than anywhere else. If they were doing it to the level they are accused, their real economy and the phantom economy they created would be so disparate after 40 years of staggering growth that it would be obvious without unfounded accusation.

China seems to be doing very well at managing supply and moving their economy in strategically advantageous ways, while lifting hundreds of millions out of poverty and raising the living standards of hundreds of millions more. They also seem to be good at holding billionaires accountable. Unfortunately, their human right record and respect of minority cultures within China and outside China is awful. I wouldn’t want to live in China. I also wouldn’t want to live in the USA. If I was to be born poor or middle class, I’d prefer to be born in China, there would be more oppurtunity.

I lost faith in people’s goodness around Covid times. I think it’s purely self interest, just like Covid. If they can’t eat and are angry, violence ensues. We’ve seen it throughout history. It’s why bread and circuses exists as a meme. The circus part is meant to satisfy blood lust or redirect anger.

Unfortunately for trump, the only circus is him and his cronies. Food prices are going to rise around the same time jobs are lost. Usually job losses leads to lower inflation, but in this case, it’s going to be caused by the reduced oil and thus reduced fertiliser. That’s the slow burn that will take a year to play out.

Keepin ai open and away from gate keeping is a good thing. I’m not a fan of ai. I expect a crash. I also expect the technology to stay after the crash and be useful in select areas. I worry that corporations are doing what they can to create walled gardens.

Many people are beaten down, physically, financially and metaphorically. However, at a certain point, they fight back.

When everyone else seems OK but you’re not, you dkbt fight back as you’ll get arrested. When everyone else is fighting too, you join in! There becomes a tipping point.

That’s cloae enough to green and policies for the people, not the powerful for me. Only issue I have isbthatbforba party that wanted independence, thrybseemed to have no actual plan after the referendum. What would happen to pensions, government services, national insurance contributions etc. Now they won’t get a vote for years again and that’s after brecit, which was a reason to stay. There’s idealism and there’s competency!

Both. In use it on android and iOS.

Firefox focus clears cookies on exit. I’ve set it as my default browser, for system, so any links go to it.

It works only while alternative options of employment remain available. Even if they are lower paid. In fact that’s better for them. However, when the employment rate drops, that’s when people get desperate. Desperate people do desperate things.

I understand they charge for the information. So, they profit off it, too. As do the data brokers. Of course, the lettered agencies are paying with our money.

That’s fair but when tories are awful for generations, Labor are centre right at this point and lib Dems are useless and trust evaporates instantly, it limits your options.

We’ll, to many people it was very clear he couldn’t run the second time, given the insurrection attempt. But here we are.