I meant what I said. Capitalism is a mode of production that is relient on the endless expansion of profit. The company must increase its profits every year in order to deliver them to its shareholders. This endless expansion of profit entails an endless expansion of production which also means increased energy usage. There was hope for the “green growth” strategy but realistically speaking that solution is impermanent. In order to decrease our consumption we must also decrease our production but this is not possible under capitalism.

Oligarchy is just capitalism expressing the control of profit over governance in a more naked way. The superstructure of government is beholden to the material base of capitalism, not the other way around unfortunately.

I am almost certain he believes in it or atleast the many other capitalists he is beholden to do. They pretend it does not exist because it poses an existential threat that is unsolvable through capitalism. They cannot admit to the workers that it is real because fixing it would require deconstructing the system that empowers them.

Yeah, then turn it into mead

Aesthetic mainly. The are both manifestations of the same decay of capitalism.

Horrible.

We’d be very kind to eachother but nothing of value would be done

It could also be the US recognizing that it needs to decrease its sphere of influence in order to strengthen it. Perhaps focusing its imperialism on the Americas as global hegemony becomes unsustainable. These are the only conclusions I can come to without giving in to conspiracy.

The long term goal is rebuilding US industry. We have been a finance/usury economy for a very long time and it is starting to become unsustainable. By forcing American consumers to buy American products Trump creates a greater incentive for manufacture with the goal of building a more self-sufficient economy. Think vertical integration but on a nationwide scale. Trump and the capitalists he represents don’t care about drug smuggling or hurting the Canadian economy, they intend to re-industrialize and that means protectionism.

I will note that it isn’t unlikely that they do want to hurt the Canadian economy specifically so that it is easier to invade at a later point (because global warming will limit American resources) but this is secondary to re-industrialization.

You can’t even brew beer? No distillation needed there

IQ is a stupid pattern recognition measurement made by a eugenicist and has been used to justify racism ever since. Don’t take it too seriously, it does not measure intelligence.

Here is a video

Seems a lot of us are making this tough decisions recently. Truly no one can tell you what is best but I think if you feel you can still be a good influence on them then you should try. If not then don’t risk them being a bad influence on you.

My partner is chronically ill and disabled. I am not, we have been together for 5 years. Don’t get me wrong it can absolutely be difficult and it was at first but its routine now and I’m genuinely unbothered. Being inconvenienced sometimes is nothing if it means spending my life with them. I am also in my twenties

I brew alcohol and grow mushrooms(gourmet and non-gourmet)

I would not trust my government to tackle fraud/corruption no matter what they said

Yes, he will only get more anti-China with time I imagine. The ideological opponent to fascism is always communism. On a more material basis China is stepping on United States profits. The main target will be the prevention of BRICS membership in Latin America imo

I don’t genuinely think anyone here can honestly answer that question. Geopolitical futures are very uncertain right now

It seems like it is an image aimed towards women, for which the opinion of men has historically been over emphasized, making it relevant. I don’t see it as sexist

The sig rune (or Siegrune) symbolised victory (Sieg). The names of the ᛋ-rune (on which the Siegrune was based) translate as “sun”, however, von List reinterpreted it as a victory sign when he compiled his list of “Armanen runes”.

It was adapted into the emblem of the SS in 1933 by Walter Heck, an SS-Sturmhauptführer who worked as a graphic designer for Ferdinand Hoffstatter, a producer of emblems and insignia in Bonn. Heck’s device consisted of two sig runes drawn side by side like lightning bolts, and was soon adopted by all branches of the SS – though Heck himself received only a token payment of 2.5 Reichsmarks for his work. The device had a double meaning; as well as standing for the initials of the SS, it could be read as a rallying cry of “Victory, Victory!”. The symbol became so ubiquitous that it was frequently typeset using runes rather than letters; during the Nazi period, an extra key was added to German typewriters to enable them to type the double-sig logo with a single keystroke

Blatantly ripped from wikipedia

This propaganda poster was made by a nazi sympathizer

Here is an article about it

How is this sexist?

You probably need sleep. IDK about fictional characters but when my insomnia is really bad I sometimes do not feel alone in my room when I know that I am. This may be something similar.

Definitely research schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder as well though