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if I had a friend's OCs hall of fame, she would be in it

did a wplace lammy in toronto c:

now what the hell are braids supposed to look like

new stereolab single has the neu motorik beat,,, let's go... we're so back

That being said, I agree that China is the only potential one. For example, The UK, has a much smaller global economic influence and cannot serve as an anchor /shrug

Being the de facto global power is about more than just trade; the US did not get there solely through trade. It is about financial, military, and cultural integration, which explains why I mentioned the West. China will never earn that trust, and it appears that they do not trust others either

China could potentially broaden its economic reach and strengthen global trade networks by forming alliances with countries like Canada rather than dominating in the same hegemonic way. Not to mention, China is not the west. So, it'd be neither

Your statement is quite hyperbolic, man. Why imply that China is the only country capable of taking US' post-WW2 role? In reality, global influence will become increasingly fragmented.

2024: Vote Trump he will cut your taxes and lower prices and make us all rich

2025: When you really think about it is money even real?

One thing we need for better coalition integrity is a recognition of when people are pretending to be stupid for engagement

there's a large, dominant userbase on Twitter lately that floods literally *any* tweet that is against America being a white ethnostate (in light of the Jubilee vid) with the most vilely racist stuff put on text, without an ounce of irony, and we're supposed to make compromise with these people.

Beyond the absurd use of "moderate" to describe a cut in the tens of billions, it's crazy how this also means cutting healthcare (Medicaid, SNAP, social security, VA) and other aid for those who rely on it. They love to obscure what it's about—a great example of the devil is in the details.

guys is being normal fascist (painting a swedish flag and starting a family)

YouTube video by Erin In The Morning Rep Zephyr’s speech flips 13 Republicans, trans bills die in Montana

It’s a distraction. I can’t fathom why anyone would want to focus on this rather than LGBTQ+ rights actively being taken away every week.

In any case, shout out to these two brave souls:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxZg...

Anyone who indulges in this sentiment deserves to be fucked. Newsom, Maher, and the rest of them. This bill was one of many, including sending trans women to male prisons, subjecting them to sexual abuse and rape, separating trans children from their parents, banning pride events, etc.

I'll admit the lack of urgency and weak "protests" at Donald's speech to Congress was disappointing to see, but for now, Dems need to *constitutionally* look towards messaging neoconservative judges like John Roberts and Amy Barrett. You can do that and calling out the grave injustices in due time

It’s striking how effectively republicans tied mainstream dems with random internet communists, despite the two groups hating each other, while the vice president and shadow president are clearly in a million group chats with literal nazis and people hardly notice

that's basically cost-push inflation. and the car, steel example is just one of many industries that'll be affected until further notice ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

u realize that many car companies in the US purchase steel cheaply from CN cause they are mass producers, which leads to far higher development costs and, as a result, far higher car prices as demand falls, the prices stay high due to the rising production costs from inflation on domestic goods

on the flat surface, it seems like tariffs can protect US companies from low-cost competition. i.e., American contracting companies purchase steel rather than China, right? domestic gud, murican jerbs gud. however...

this entire trade war saga leads me to believe that a lot of people do not understand a basic level of economics

disregarding the asinine take of Canada participating in "drug trafficking" across the border and negotiation tactics to make Canada benefit the US without any incentive to (or pay)...

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Playing Pretend STOMACH BOOK · SOPHOMORE SLUMP CALLITHUMP · Song · 2024

open.spotify.com/track/4bnVZQ...

anyway, this is the best kind of theatre kid-core music

you also have the senseless and casual snarky post for the internet points when the fearmongering point no longer works.

there's one mod on the site, and he only bans people that disagrees with the crowd in question.

the crowd that mocks liberals for their pretentiousness and criticism of their unfounded belittlement of the working class also participate in framing users as complicit or wanting thousands Palestinians dead, while also wishing death on these same "liberals."

Someone was kind enough to bump my reply during the Kanye shitshow, but it reminded me of my tentative failures and the need to appease the infallible, moral commie crowd. I was saying things like "I'm not exactly for neoliberalism," while they mocked me for fearmongering. I was a total fool.