I foresee a non-zero chance that this could backfire and their new ever-expanding military budget gets used on smaller weaker nations and then as an excuse to divert funding away from services that people actually rely on.

That guy was in 1895, which is a hundred years after Ben Franklin suggested it, but neither of them were responsible because it wasn’t adopted until the early 20th century in Canada, Germany, Austria, and the USA roughly in that order.

I think France should retaliate in this specific situation but if their standard procedure were to take 100 eyes for an eye then the world would be burning.

Sounds like Casus Belli to me, lets fucking go

Wasn’t DST invented in America? How did it even get adopted by the EU?

I’m also seeing that it was formerly used in Russia, India, South America, and some parts of Africa, and it is still used in 4/5ths of Canada and 1/3 of Australia.

Well good for Japan and SK, fuck China, and bad for the entire rest of the world.

Sucks to suck, this timeline is in the find out phase.

If I had a spare $2 Million I’d build one of those fancy Lorentz Tesla Cannons and see which dystopian scifi tech wins. Gonna be loud af either way.

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How it works is that a coil is charged with high enough voltage that it generates an electromagnetic field which keeps it from disintegrating until the voltage drops below the threshold such as coming into contact with an object. The required voltage depends on the max range and the gauge of wire which connects the rod and the quick discharge capacitor banks, but in the range of over a hundred thousand volts is expected. It’s basically a rechargeable short range EMP: it will literally melt electronics near the contact point even behind other objects. Electronics such as an expensive sonic weapon.

I suppose a much cheaper solution would be a jar of flammable liquid and a burning rag.

For me there is a videoplayer on this post that contains the full clip.

The idiots are very clearly in charge tho. Being a Tech Billionaire doesn’t make Trump your friend, bending the knee does. To a fascist dictator, every companionship is purely transactional.

Meh, if that were true then Tim Cook and Bill Gates would be in charge, and the White House wouldn’t be pressing down on Sundar Pichai.

No, it’s just idiocracy. US Voters voted for the idiot candidate because they themselves are idiots and a bunch of racist rich idiots lied their pants off to convince them. This all as a result of gutting or underdeveloping US education for decades and monopolies buying up local broadcasts, and a very strong anti-intellectual movement.

Idiocracy

I like Bitcoin but even I think this is a terrible idea.

You can’t build anything out of bitcoin.

My guess is to rile up his base into supporting his shenanigans while he makes himself forever-godking.

He won’t actually fight China, or if he does he won’t do it seriously. Trump constantly swoons over Xi Jinping and works closely with Vladimir Putin which China has close ties with like threads in a tapestry. I simply do not believe Trump’s words.

Complete Bluff.

Unless the plan is to literally give away US Territory to China this will never happen.

Xi Jinping, Putin, and Trump are all on the same wavelength, cut from the same cloth, birds of a feather.

For those looking to emigrate away, just remember that you’re not expected to pay US Taxes as a resident of another nation under several very specific circumstances such as spending 330 full days during any period of 12 consecutive months in a foreign country, but you may otherwise be expected to.

One method to avoid the attention of the IRS which might seem enticing is to renounce US Citizenship, which is intentionally not an easy task, but there are plenty of foreign earned income exemptions you could claim instead.

Lol, come on now, Turkey was declared a dictatorship almost a decade ago.

Any opposition surely is a step up for them, but inconsequential without a force capable of challenging the entire Turkish government.

FR thats so true I also hate Tankies

Meh, most anybody with a moral compass left when the API changes occurred.

This is not a capitalist-specific issue. This is an anti-competitive-specific issue.

Rather than an uptick of far-right, more like a downtick of genuine sensible people in contrast to them.