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Does the Budapest Memorandum ring any bells?
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#42Thus two messages for every other country: 1. Make nukes, never give up on those regardless of what assurances of safety you get 2. If you are bigger and stronger - you are right, do whatever you want, international laws and rules do not matter any more Lets see where all this will bring the world to in the next 10 years or a generation.
There will be a world war within the next 3 years, not 10.
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The current administration aren't really isolationists. Hell, they've threatened buying/invading Greenland and the Panama Canal.
They're opportunists, protectionists, and authoritarians. I mean, Trump himself has praised Xi for ruling with an iron fist, and extending tenure 'for life', remarking he'd like to do the same. Musk would pretend to support democratic views if they were the dominant view of the current administration, or somehow thought it would benefit him. But like I said, they're opportunists - people who exploit current circumstances to gain immediate advantage rather than being guided by consistent principles or plans. They're not really isolationists...
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#44It would be one thing if there was a clear policy and adherence to it. In that case, you could discuss and reason in good faith. However there is no such indication that this decision is based on a considered policy. Trump's supporters would say that this is a result of not wanting the US being involved in foreign conflicts. That is a laudable goal, however that is not what is happening here. From the article > On Fr…
It's one thing to stop all aid to Ukraine. That makes you an asshole in a world full of assholes. But it's another thing to do that while simultaneously working to restore relations with Russia. There is only one word for that: evil.
Back in the late 90s to late 2000s, people in Western Europe generally had pretty negative views of the US. It was the country that refused to fight against climate change, launched an invasion of another country based on obvious lies, and so on. People were genuinely debating whether Bush was a bigger villain than Putin. And it wasn't just about the young and the left. Our elites hated Bush so much that they gave the next guy a Nobel Peace Prize for not being him.
Since then, Putin has worked hard to raise the bar for being a bigger villain. But Trump seems to be genuinely trying to compete.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Supported by former Democratic intellectuals like Glenn Greenwald. What? Greenwald was never a Democrat. Anti-Bush isn't the same thing as Democrat.
> What? Greenwald was never a Democrat. Anti-Bush isn't the same thing as Democrat. Greenwald is a liberal, he was kicked out of liberal circles after the Hunter Biden's laptop story, the liberal elite wanted to suppress during the elections. Bary Weiss is also a liberal, now hated by the liberal press for blasphemy on a certain subject. Same with Matt Taibbi, he showed up on MSNBC regularly even on Maddow, now the l…
Greenwald was libertarian/right leaning. Went from supporting the Iraq War to being a Ron Paul fanboy to a useful Tankie idiot for the Silicon Valley right. Now a grievance grifter and an apologist for Putin and Assad.
Bari Weiss is not a liberal. She's a culture war grievance grifter.
Matt Taibbi got mad he got called out for his shitty sexist behavior in Russia in the 90s when MeToo happened and made a hard right turn. Now a grievance grifter.
See the pattern?
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#46It would be one thing if there was a clear policy and adherence to it. In that case, you could discuss and reason in good faith. However there is no such indication that this decision is based on a considered policy. Trump's supporters would say that this is a result of not wanting the US being involved in foreign conflicts. That is a laudable goal, however that is not what is happening here. From the article > On Fr…
> Our ability to have the world's de facto reserve currency and hence our ability to sustain debt loads way in excess of usual is largely dependent on the US being the world's cop and sole superpower.
Dollar status as reserve currency started unravelling quite some time ago. It started with China's started becoming world's factory, more so after they got in to WTO and started using it to their advantage. My belief is that wallstreet believed that they could influence or coerce Chinese leadership into opening up Chinese economy and profit from that, all that G2 talk. China after 2008 crisis with ascension of Xi, belt road, challenges to foreign companies etc. acted completely against wallstreet expectations. Now, America can either try splitting world economy and be sole power in their sphere or start working towards multi polar world.
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Supported by former Democratic intellectuals like Glenn Greenwald. What? Greenwald was never a Democrat. Anti-Bush isn't the same thing as Democrat.
> What? Greenwald was never a Democrat. Anti-Bush isn't the same thing as Democrat. Greenwald is a liberal, he was kicked out of liberal circles after the Hunter Biden's laptop story, the liberal elite wanted to suppress during the elections. Bary Weiss is also a liberal, now hated by the liberal press for blasphemy on a certain subject. Same with Matt Taibbi, he showed up on MSNBC regularly even on Maddow, now the l…
Not all Democrats are liberals; not all liberals are Democrats.
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Supported by former Democratic intellectuals like Glenn Greenwald. What? Greenwald was never a Democrat. Anti-Bush isn't the same thing as Democrat.
> What? Greenwald was never a Democrat. Anti-Bush isn't the same thing as Democrat. Greenwald is a liberal, he was kicked out of liberal circles after the Hunter Biden's laptop story, the liberal elite wanted to suppress during the elections. Bary Weiss is also a liberal, now hated by the liberal press for blasphemy on a certain subject. Same with Matt Taibbi, he showed up on MSNBC regularly even on Maddow, now the l…
> Greenwald is a liberal
Greenwald was never a liberal and never would have described himself as such.
Anyhow you haven't really even scratched the surface of all the lefty people who went right. And it's not even a new phenomenon. Heck even woodie guthrie swerved right during the red scare. One could say that the pastures are greener on the right side of the commentariat.
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It's really tiring seeing the HN enlightened conservatives talking as if there is a coherent policy here. Withdrawing military support for Ukraine alone might be reasonable, I disagree with it but I can see the sense in it. But Trump is absolutely wrecking every relationship we have in the world, trading or otherwise, except with Russia, where he wants to remove sanctions and increase trade. Even if you disregard all…
Also increasing military support for an even more entangled crisis - Israel.
Trump posting AI generated videos of himself and Netanyahu on the beach in a gilded Gaza resort suggests that he does not see it as entangled.
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How is this good news for America and the world?