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>War of attrition does not mean casualty numbers War of attrition almost certainly requires high continual casualty numbers, it's literally in the first sentence of the Wikipedia a…

I live in the rust belt. No one is buying those 30k homes. Why? They're unmaintained, falling apart, need completely rewired, completely new plumbing. The housing stock in the rust…

Sure, you could buy a house in the extremely small cities of Ohio with little to no jobs or economic future. I doubt many are. Almost all the population growth in the US is in majo…

Pandemic restrictions are pretty much nonexistent in large swaths of the US that have similar problems. There is certainly a worker deficit. Our society has moved up the stack and …

It's still not enough to dispute the parent's comment. There isn't anyone poor getting rich off unemployment. It's not the reason for the housing boom.

Seeing these comparisons is frustrating and makes it easy to understand why Afghanistan continues to be an enigma to westerners who think they know and understand the realities the…

Because US is hegemon and can essentially do as it pleases without immediate consequence. This is why Russia and China have been focusing on destabilizing the US and minor geopolit…

It's interesting that the system working as intended is now viewed as a negative. Is this not capitalism at work? Company provides what society needs. Right now only 2 companies pr…

This is just it - most people criticize the media have a clear political agenda, it oozes out of them. In this case, it immediately goes to Trump and Russia, almost instantly, almo…

Is that not problematic? You make an extraordinary claim, but then "there is no time for me to back it up." But there was time to make the claim, and this is ultimately the problem…

That's because the problem isn't media literacy, it's culture war. Both sides believe that they are fighting a do or die battle for their ideology, and are likely to support someth…

Evidence that isn't cited, just assumed as fact. This post is an excellent example of information to not trust.

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Institutions have some level of accountability that Facebook memes don't. The NYT is not an arbiter of truth. However I am much more likely to pay attention to a piece of journalis…

It may not be a huge success story, but it hasn't been a failed state either.

I don't see how history can judge him harshly. Of course there is no way of knowing. But this is what everyone wants. No one wants to fight this war anymore, it's unwinnable, and s…

The Taliban is an organized militia. They would've rolled over the pockets of resistance just like they are now.

On top of that, the conquered nations were not failed states. The US had a vested interest in protecting western Europe from the soviets, and given the historical and philosophical…

The US never committed to total war in Vietnam, likely because of consequences from the USSR and China. Just because harsh agents were used doesn't mean the US couldn't have been h…

This was inevitable. Better to let it happen now than continue to waste resources on a hopeless conflict. A great example of the failure of modern war. The inability of the militar…

I have not seen this reported anywhere in the media, could you share some links?

That's already happening anyway.

It's bizarre but if you see the content they are watching and are fed it begins to make sense. They're never exposed to these places so they never have an opportunity to think for …

That's the narrative a lot of these people living in the flyover states are fed on repeat 24/7. You'd think NYC , SF, LA were third world countries according to them. You can tell …