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The U.S. system as it has always been.

I don’t think anyone in Taiwan expects any of their “allies” to come to their aid in the event of war - certainly not the U.S.

The Chinese, however, know how important semiconductor production in Taiwan (TSMC, etc.) is for their own economy. Someone like that orange moron is also currently demonstrating just how unwise it is to try to enforce one’s interests through brute force. I don’t think the Chinese are unaware of this and will likely stick to their usual posturing.

If it were possible, the most greedy would still pounce on it: This was already the case in the 16th and 17th centuries, when the Spanish, in particular, imported so much silver from “the New World” that prices in Europe plummeted, leading to massive inflation due to higher prices for goods. Throughout history, there are many, many more examples

But hey, with gold in vast quantities, many goods would become significantly cheaper, because unlike cryptocurrencies, the material has many, very important uses.

Sand dan Glokta from the First Law series of gritty fantasy novels by Joe Abercrombie.

He is a crippled, razor-tongued former war hero turned inquisitor: physically ruined by torture but mentally sharp, cynical, and ruthlessly pragmatic.

Look who is here - a deluded nationalist…

The thing is, he didn’t rape aliens - he raped children. He just wants you to go along with the story about imaginary aliens so he can get off scot-free - which he does.

Who still believes the U.S. is a democracy? Seriously, you’d have to be a deluded nationalist not to see that this system has as little to do with democracy as elections in Russia do.

Why pay any attention to the ramblings of a pedophile and violent criminal?

If you don’t do that, all that remains are his actions - and that is what we should be talking about.

Have you ever seen the presentations by Boston Dynamics and the like? The biggest contracts for just about every robotics company probably come from the military. It probably won’t be long before war looks like it does in Terminator 2 - let’s just hope Skynet takes a while to show up, given all the AI stuff governments are already using for their military campaigns…

Yes, indeed. It cannot be emphasized enough that the term “fundamentalism” historically referred specifically to a movement within American Protestantism that held the view that the Bible is the direct word of God, free from error and flaw.

However, at the latest after September 11, the term came to be applied primarily to Muslim religious fanatics, thereby unfortunately pushing the danger posed by fanatics from other religious communities into the background.

Now that U.S. fundamentalists are so openly spreading their inhuman terror throughout the world, it is once again becoming clear what unscrupulous monsters they are.

I can’t understand how any U.S. citizen can still have faith in the legal system.

Here’s just one example of how hopeless that is: the incumbent president is still in office.

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Yep, unfortunately: A shocking number of people that I meet seem to think that jumping on every trend - no matter how ridiculous - is what sets them apart. But of course, that only applies to those who don’t have a clue about anything. It seems especially important to them to appear “modern,” and unfortunately, they don’t even realize how ridiculous that is. You probably know the type: the kind of people who post the most superficial nonsense on LinkedIn day in and day out.

I unfortunately have to deal with people like that a lot; it’s especially widespread among executives and so-called decision-makers. They see some tech trend and get so excited about it that they think they’re the most innovative geniuses of all, just because they can type a prompt into an LLM.

It’s a real shame that so many are so unreflective. At any rate, that’s often my impression when interacting with my clients.

Unfortunately, the German federal government also wants to implement this nationwide - those wretched traitors to the people.

I very much doubt that the spines are even legible (even if they were, there would be nothing to hide).

It’s just that people in the field I work in mostly think books are outdated, which is of course complete nonsense, but somehow that’s how they define themselves.

It’s good to be able to quantify what everyone already knows, because it’s proof. Unfortunately, it won’t change much, because this isn’t about objectivity - it’s about power.

Through skillful intelligence work, Israel has managed to corrupt the people in positions of power.

This is why Israel, a country of utterly insignificant importance on the world stage, is not held accountable for its inhumane crimes.

The Epstein documents provide insight into how this works. It is intelligence work, pretty much the only thing Israel has ever been very good at - for people hungry for power, that’s worth enough.

You only have to look at the history of Israel to understand why this country is the way it is.

I really wonder when people will realize that the best way to deal with this orange monster is to never ever repeat whatever nonsense he spouts.

He thrives on nothing but the attention he generates with his idiotic remarks.

If that stops, all that’s left is the reality of his actions - and that’s what people should be talking about, not his lies, not his distractions, or his empty promises.

It’s really simple: Don’t feed the troll!

I have bookshelves behind my desk. When I’m on video calls from my home office, I’ve gotten into the habit of using Blur or some other background filter, because people always give me that weird look when they see books in the background. And I’m not even that old…

Exactly. That’s precisely why this corrupt regime attracts the most unscrupulous people. There’s simply no other way to describe it than as organized crime, because that’s exactly what it is. It has absolutely nothing to do with a democratic government - not even by U.S. standards.