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[–] 229 points 3 months ago (6 children)

If only this guy was a member of the US government, he could have done something

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    To be fair, the vice president has no power, unless Iran follows through in their promise...

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  • [–] 17 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Then why the hell do we keep hearing from him every 2 minutes. I would be so happy never to see his face again

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  • [–] 104 points 3 months ago (12 children)

    If this war results in the divorce between the US and Israel, that'll be the second greatest thing to come out of it, the first thing being the decarbonization speedup

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago (9 children)

    There are a lot of dubious "gains", almost all pyrrhic and smelling vaguely of social darwinism.

    I'm looking forward to US customary units finally dying off because no one is going to put up with fahrenheit-pounds per square toenail anymore.

    In the coming Cold War, I wonder if Europe is ready to emulate the non-aligned movement of India? How long will it take the US to admit it has a failed economy(+) like the USSR?

    (+) Not as stupid as "capitalism bad, commies good" - but we need capitalism with real antitrust action, consumer protection, pro-union laws, and a fully funded social safety net. The healthiest option is a muddy gray, not black and white.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Not gonna lie: I have no idea what you're talking about.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    It was admittedly 3 half-thoughts tied into one post.

    When filling out a form, why is Taiwan a "region"? Because companies are catering to China. Why do we buy 3ft USB cables and not 1m USB cables? Because companies are catering to the US. But if the US makes itself irrelevant, those little courtesies are going to go away.

    And the US is treating its relationship with China like a Cold War. Except our economy is severely crippled right now while China's is going absolutely crazy. Making the US contemporary analogue to the old USSR, while China plays the part of the post WW2 US. Young people look at it through an oversimplified lens of "capitalism vs communism". I think the truth is that either system can fuck itself and the real key to success is moderation.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    When filling out a form, why is Taiwan a “region”? Because companies are catering to China.

    taiwan is a country

    This is not in the US. I have checked 2 global providers, they sidestep the problem by labeling the dropdown "Country or region".

    Why do we buy 3ft USB cables and not 1m USB cables? Because companies are catering to the US.

    Doesn't this suggest the opposite? 1m is more generic than 3ft. And I just measured my USB cables and most of them are exactly 1m or slightly more, and not 91cm.

    I do agree with most of your points though, but I think you should take a deep breath every now and then and think what your point actually is and whether it's coming across.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    US customary units aren't going anywhere.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Exactly. They will stay in the USA from now on, and leave the rest of us have our metric units.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    We also use metric in the US. It's taught in every science class from high school if not middle school. All of our medicine and sciences are done in metric, as well as military and aerospace.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    I'm well aware. I'm taking about the problem of having to convert when dealing with USA origin consumer products.

    You get to pick and choose but your manufacturers force us to deal with your ancient Roman units. I mean, whose foot was it anyway?

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  • [–] 65 points 3 months ago
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    "trump says" "vance says" "thiel says" "vought says"

    Treating the latest burble of lies from the pedo con-artist coalition regime as a headline is lazy ragebait, not news

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  • [–] 74 points 3 months ago

    “It’s not our fault that the tail is wagging the dog!!”

    That’s what happens when you let a child run a country

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  • [–] 23 points 3 months ago

    And the US is doing the same to bolster far right groups around the world. Black pots and kettles.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Discreet? Are they blind?

    What am I saying, of course they are.

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  • [–] 53 points 3 months ago

    Oh, so you do perceive it? Good. Now do Russia, the elephant that's been stomping around the room for at least 10 years.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 months ago

    Guessing Israel isnt funding a Vance presidential campaign

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  • [–] 30 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    I dont want to give him the credit of the 'worst person made a great point' meme, ugh.

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  • [–] 28 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

    Vance has to navigate a tricky path between the MAGA faction that wants more genocide of Arabs and Muslims, and the antisemites.

    There's also a good-faith position possible, opposing foreign interference in US politics, but I have serious doubts that Vance does anything based on honest motives. If it were foreign interference that's the real issue, he'd have said something about Russia too. Oh, but he can't do that, can he?

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    He's playing both sides so he can always come out on top.

    Especially since there's a growing Republican base that's against war and against funding going to Israel

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    He’s playing both sides so he can always come out on top.

    Yeah, I've seen him doing more of that lately, talking out both sides of his mouth. Trying to distance himself from the Trump shitsow without losing the bigot vote. He twists and turns more than a weasel.

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  • [–] 26 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Don't get fooled, they are blaming israel for something they are 100% ok with

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    are you claiming he's wrong about israel? I dont care if they are ok with it. The dems are ok with it too.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    USA bombed a school day 1 of the war and murdered 140 kids. Nothing happened, they don't care. War is a business for these people and they seek more of it. USA goverment is 100% fine with this war or they wouldn't have get involved.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 months ago

    "Wahhhhh, NetanYahoo made us do it. Wahhhhh!
    Wow, look at the curves on that couch. Hubba Hubba."

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago

    Good call to use a pic of him double-air-dicking

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago

    This is what is really dangerous about the right-wing right now. The savvier fascists have figured out that support for Israel is a bipartisan loser, so they're staking an anti-Israel position, and some of them (Tucker Carlson, for example) are starting to integrate their antisemitic dog whistles into it.

    The left-wing should counter with any anti-zionist, anti-colonial position that explicitly rejects antisemitism, but unfortunately, the defacto left-wing party is the Democrats, who have essentially staked out the same pro-Israel middle east policy as the neocons. Right now, Trump's support for Israel is keeping the right pro-Israel for now, but when he's gone (and his health makes that appear imminent), the right may outflank the Democrats on Israel, leaving us to choose between antisemitism and genocide. I would guess that's what Vance is doing here.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    Oh, he's going to be found dead soon.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    Oooof, AIPAC is going to get mad

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    Gotta prepare for the 2028 run I guess?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    its all projection. they influence you and the administration you work for especially the orange turd you idiot.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    He's just making excuses for why he failed in his negotiations.

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