Most wealth is in assets though

The whiplash when a dem wins president ad all the libs flip to “actually this this we all agreed was bad when <last republican> was doing it isn’t that bad and its really important we keep <funding ICE camps/bombing country/backing Israel/giving money to corporations/funding police attention the expense of literally everything>”

Our standards coincide with what a candidate needs to do to win. By pretending otherwise, you allow the DNC to maintain the delusion the can win without doing what their constituents want. This is basic politics. How thrilled would you be if the republican politicians behaved like the DNC and told their base “haha eat shit, what are you gonna do, vote Democrat?”

They lost to Donald fucking Trump, twice. Do you think Trump is a uniquely gifted politician? You have to have exceptional distain for your constituents if you can’t get them to come out when the alternative is the republicans.

I’m guessing Obama was before your politcal awakening. Is there anything specificly I said you don’t believe and want more information on?

Posting from a fiber connection in rural vietnam. Also have 6GB 5g/day for <7USD/mo

Its also a reaction to the Hope and Change candidate bailing out the banks who just stole millions of homes, bombed a dozen countries, sending the natl guard to shut down protests in furgison, both-sides a cop arresting a man in his own yard, deporting more people than W or Trump, giving us means-tested subsidies for health insurance.

Obama disillusioned a generation with politics, hence why so many people stayed home in 2016. Biden did the same shit, and Newsom will do it again if given a chance.

If they had the WH, Who would stop them?

I only recognize the true president of America, Juan Guiado

But they also want fewer legal immigrants. Remember the republican rep talking about how she loves watching videos of immigrants being dragged out of their immigration court cases by ICE? Those were people following the process.

Russia’s calculus to invade Ukraine was based off the assumption that they could win in a few days if they invaded, and if they didn’t invade, they would have a hostile, NATO-backed state on their border.

The first has proven hilariously wrong, and the second is only possible if Ukraine remains a buffer.

Given that Russia was selling 10y bonds at 17% and wages were skyrocketing due to the war industry tightening the labor market, I’m genuinely quite curious what the local political ramifications will be when Putin doesn’t have a war to distract everyone, his fellow billionaires want to cut wages, and loans start to come due.

OK, go to Ukraine and punish Russia. Maybe in another decade and another million dead, the two countries will be able to stop sending their sons to die for some billionaire or another. I’m sure it will all have been worth it.

Oh, I’m no longer there, just spent a few months there. Thinking about going back in a few months though.

It was nice, but much harder to make any kind of connection with the locals when you speak almost no Japanese. Lots of friendly foreigners though.

Agree to Russia’s offer that would have Ukraine take back a fraction of its lost territory while Russia keeps the Russian-speaking territory. Maybe even require each state hold a UN-monitored referendum on who to join.

Its awful if you care about states, but immediate peace is the best option for the people actually living there.

The first one is very disagreeable, DC has a nicer transit system than all except for like 2 cities in the US.

Regarding Ukraine, they’re one of 3 parties that can stop the war and could have done so at any point since the 2014 coup put them on track for this.

But have a talk with any republican about immigrants, 99% think immigrants are stealing SS, doing crime, taking all the jobs, causing poverty, and increasing healthcare costs.

Putting 3000 yen worth of change into the 711 self-checkout for a 100 yen item while pretending I don’t understand the cashier saying “its enough” in english and japanese because gives me back useful notes.

What are you gonna do, vote for the guy who wants to put 10 holes in the boat? No, you have to vote for me, I will only put 9 more holes in the boat.

Don’t try to take away my gun or tell me to stop putting holes in the boat. What do you want Trump to win?