Six months ago staunch allies like Canada and Australia would have loved to help, although they couldn’t replace China overnight. But the same tariffs that led to China’s new licenses for critical minerals are hitting the former allies Trump is treating like enemies.
Nobody shoots himself in the foot like I do! Many people say so.
A man came up to him crying. Big guy crying. He had never seen someone shoot both their own feet. But he did it, bone spurs and all.
I can’t really blame them.
A great example of how rugged individualism / nationalism are a myth and a fallacy. We need each other.
Autarky sounds fine to first order thinkers, who don’t ask themselves things like “where is a nation supposed to get resources it doesn’t have naturally”
Can’t wait for my in-laws to go on about how we NEED to invade them “for national security”
Every time. They’re well aware of my stance on war.
To go to war, every adult must vote yes or no. The yes vote is immediately signed up for military service, no exceptions given outside of life-threatening conditions. Everyone can do something even if it’s just logistics.
No votes go about their business as usual.
And of course, there will be people who for one reason or another, legitimate or not, can’t leave the general areas they live in. They can be national guard and show up to work the fields every day, ensuring wartime food supplies.
It may sound harsh, but unless you’re willing to get down in the shit yourself, you have no business demanding someone else do it for you.
Make all the politicians in favor actually fight in the war, I’d like to see that.
America is the cyclist that sticks a branch into the wheel. No fucking way you’re being fucked after burning all bridges.