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Is that why Texas is gerrymandering their maps again? Is it to have "fair" elections?
Why doesn't China gerrymander their maps?
Because they have the most fair elections. Duh.
Danish pension fund divesting US Treasuries
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NATO came into being to deal with the USSR, which was the preeminent threat to all NATO members. The US wasn't expected just to come save Europe; European states had real military power and the will to bring it to bear against the US's main adversary. In a conflict with the USSR, the US could rely on Europe to fight with them. Very valuable. Today, US policymakers see China as the main adversary. But European states…
> Today, US policymakers see China as the main adversary. That is not evident at all in how any US policymaker acts these days. China is stronger than ever, precisely due to US actions. Every day, the US gives up power and throws it away, and China picks it up off the ground for free. The supposed "China Hawks" are all chicken hawks without anything to back them up.
The ODNI Threat Assesment is the only official stance and is apolitical. China has been top of the list for nation-state threats for more than a decade.
https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/reports-publications/...
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The EU can't mend ties with China without giving up on Ukraine as China's FM Wang Yi has stated [0] on multiple occasions [1]. Additionally, in the Chinese foreign policy space, the EU is viewed as weak [2], and largely through the lense of the US-China rivalry (which is how the US views the EU as well now). [0] - https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3316875/ch... [1] - https://www.reuters.com/world/chin…
> The EU can't mend ties with China without giving up on Ukraine as China's FM Wang Yi has stated [0] At the end of the day China cares more about Europe than Russia. Because that's where the real money is.
> China cares more about Europe than Russia. Because that's where the real money is.
“Real money” aka resources are very obviously in Russia, not Europe.
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> The EU and Canada is [sic] upset because of Trumps use of force [...] to acquire land via direct negotiations with Greenland natives A lie. Opinion polls suggest 85% of Greenlanders oppose the territory joining the US. > As Americans Would you bloody stop? Most of us here aren't Americans.
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> If you honestly believe that the EU wants the US to descend into civil war then you you have your parties grossly mixed up. I don't think it does, but I'm not responding to them. I'm responding to someone who made a bonkers comment up-thread.
I think they're seeing that against the alternative: a global war. Which is definitely one of the other options on the table right now.
> I think they're seeing that against the alternative: a global war. Which is definitely one of the other options on the table right now.
Except that's not an either-or alternative. Even if the US had a civil war and somehow disappeared, other belligerent actors would be free to start conflicts that had been held back by US pressure. You still have your "global" war. Like if the US disintegrates right now, Europe can kiss all of Ukraine goodbye, and probably the Baltics, too.
And even if somehow the US was the only problem (it's not), there's a decent chance that the end result of a civil war is a non-fragmented and even more belligerent US.
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Haven't you done enough to wreck your reputation by now? For reference: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46685072
Also, he seems unaware Danes lost 42 souls joining US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
So far, the relationship has been only of Danes giving.
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We don't live in the meth lab downstairs, we're in the apartment above it. It's been wild in the past couple of decades, but lately you guys have started taking pot shots at the ceiling, so yeah, we're watching.
I don't think an American civil war in the next 5 years is at all likely. The rest of your comment I understand - not much we can say beyond we're sorry and his support is a small (but influential) minority.
> I don't think an American civil war in the next 5 years is at all likely.
Minnesota might like a word with you
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The US is more stable than the powers of Europe (which have constant political upheavals, snap elections that completely remake the political landscape, etc). You're confusing Trump's mouth with how the US political system actually functions. Just because the US changes political direction, that doesn't equate to instability. Its aims are changing, like it or not, good or bad. The US deciding it wants Greenland is no…
> The US is more stable than the powers of Europe (which have constant political upheavals, snap elections that completely remake the political landscape, etc) How many European powers have had their incumbent head of state violently attempt to hold onto power after losing an election after January 6th, 2021?
A stable country would do what South Korea or Brazil did: imprison the criminal.
Instead, in the US, we have our supposed captains of industry wielding chain saws on stage to publicly support the wannabe tyrant, and donating billions behind the scenes to privately support the wannabe tyrant.
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> Canada needs cheaper cars than US manufacturers want to provide. So does the U.S.
That's an opinion. One I agree with in principal, but not reflected in sales figures. Also I'd be willing to bet that if interest rates dropped, car purchasing would skyrocket even at current prices.
> One I agree with in principal, but not reflected in sales figures.
In the absence of perfect competition and perfect information, one cannot infer from the absence of sales that there is no demand for item X.