I of course agree with this, like I mentioned before.
But minerals do play a role. There’s a potential. When the globe warms up, they might be able to dig that stuff up.
About the state of Europe. I’m around the same lines with you. I’ve seen pretty black and white/exaggerated takes about Europe here. I don’t see situation as bleak either. Culture wars play much smaller role in daily politics/debates, freedom of speech problems are not huge in most places (there is some stupid stuff in Germany like you mentioned, but it’s far from shutting peoples mouth). Only European country where democracy is seriously under threat currently is Hungary (not sure you can call it a democracy even).
Immigration and economy are the the biggest problems in most countries, and those two divide people a lot. But I don’t know single european country that has not tightened their immigration policy in the past few years.
I guess if they would have started with this argument there would not have been any problems. But thst ship has kinda sailed now. Greenlanders/Danes trust towards US is not very high currently.
I’ve always thought that you should acquire wide set of skills and not be tied to any stereotypical box.
Like you mentioned, being a scholar or scientist does not need to mean you’re a pencil neck that can’t do anything practical. Neither being a blue collar worker should mean that one is illiterate and not capable of understanding complex issues.
I remember when in uni. I met these kind of people. ”I’m an student of history, therefore excersising is an unknown subject to me” - or something else in these lines.
Fucking take some pride of being human. I hate when people make these artificial self constraints to themselves.
I’m a house owner, and not a spectacular builder/renovator, but if I can grasp metaphysics, I can learn how to fix a broken radiator et cetera.
That has been a subject of discussion between me & my son lately- the dynamic range and abilities of a human, more specifically- his. He has become a lot more interested in physical stuff after about 5 years of disinterest, now at age 13.
Germany isn’t as bad as the UK but seems to be going in that direction, using “hate speech” laws (which can be quite subjective) to shut down criticism of the government. They are actually jailing people for Facebook comments.
For example, the UK just removed the cap on benefits for families who have more than 2 children. We all know who has traditionally more than 2 kids, and which demographic will be incentivized to grow. But writing that on social media might get you arrested these days in the UK.
‘tis bollocks, innit, mate? I sure wouldn’t wanna live in such conditions.
Leftists in Maine are actually furious that we don’t have UK hate speech laws here. It’s pretty bizarre but not surprising.
Here’s a locally prominent politician and “community organizer” whining about the one organized outlet in Maine doing real journalism.
We’re basically watching an epic narrative collapse as some of the organizations and people getting busted for fraud have had glowing stories published by the likes of NPR and Maine’s legacy media for the last 10 years. Our mayor gave a challenge coin and a place on the Lewiston Leads list to Mama Shukri, who has also been featured in NPR and other media outlets. Busted for SNAP fraud a few days ago.
Which brings us to here. Journalists are literally Nazis.
After seeing radical leftists doing pro khamenei protests just on account of him being anti Israel, I think some of these people would support Hitler if he rose from the dead, for the very same reason. Cause he wouldn’t be “literalleee” a nazi, unlike those phobes who don’t wanna keep supporting leeches and criminals with their taxes.
If only American leftists had the English language comprehension of the Europeans in this thread, we might have an easier time reaching an understanding.
As far as supporting Hitler himself, I doubt many would get on the ethnic German supremacist bandwagon in the USA, which is why we have Democratic Socialism instead of National Socialism. It has nearly all of Nazi Germany’s most important domestic policies, just with different in-groups and out-groups. It is still a wealth extraction scam based on the idea of race-based social justice, now with the transgender option also installed. You need to have some way for the white people to become marginalized.
Heck, we’ve got a prominent Democratic Socialist candidate for US Senate who rocked a Nazi SS tattoo for his whole adult life stirring these retards up as we speak.
Yeah I went a bit too far on the hyperbole but he could always change his name to Hitlerina along with his (their) pronouns and become one of The Opressed. Problem solved.
Maybe even claim some cherokee heritage for good measure It doesn’t need to make sense anymore.
I mean, this happened over the weekend. I have no idea how Hitler would even begin to process these guys or Kanye West making a song called “Heil Hitler”.
Yeah, he’s the dude in the x clip I linked above. Graham Platner. He covered his Totenkopf up with a pagan dog a few months ago after word got out about his tattoo.
He’s absolutely the leading candidate among Maine’s progressive left right now. Best buddies with Bernie Sanders and Mamdani, too.
I could only see the covered up version but the fact that he lip synched to Miley Cyrus’ “wrecking ball” should prevent him from working anywhere, nazi or not.
Does your internet somehow automatically blur the Nazi images or something? The photo above is the Totenkopf tattoo.
He was also featured on one of Maine’s “Are we dating the same douchebag” social media sites. It’s a really bizarre story overall, including his whole “I’m a working-class oyster farmer” schtick. His mom’s restaurant is his biggest customer and his business does not seem to actually be profitable.
No, I wrote before seeing your post. I meant that when I searched there was a bunch of the newly updated version. The original must have been buried under all the noise so I couldn’t find it.
White women love the guy. One of the gals who I trained BJJ with is a devoted follower of Platner’s. It turns out toxic masculinity is actually great when a guy with a combat record runs for senate out of nowhere with a gravely voice and a Nazi tattoo. The ironic part about that is he calls anyone who disagrees with him a “fascist” while also claiming he had no idea his Nazi SS tattoo had any relationship to fascism.
You can’t make any of this stuff up. Luckily federal pressure continues to mount, more scams are being exposed, and the whole leftist narrative seems to be collapsing under the weight of its own contradictions here in Maine. That won’t faze the white women, though. Not one bit.
It is imperative that the Nuuk Village Council fund more youth programs for New Greenlanders. An indoor shooting range is needed for us to practice our sacred traditions, and the village must immediately lift its ban on backyard burn pits and homemade explosive devices, which are both crimes against inclusion. Nuuk was dying on the vine before we brought our diversity to the village. Next you will hear from Colt Longhorn, our expert in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion who is here to talk about the implicit bias that Greenlanders struggle with everyday that manifests racist microaggressions that traumatize People of American Heritage.
A quick read of that study shows that it is hardly conclusive. They are relying on customs data alone, which doesn’t actually reflect all information that’s found on a purchase agreement. It is also short-term pass-through data, meaning it won’t reflect changing supply agreements, strategic re-sourcing or manufacturing relocation, or the next long-term contract.
In other words, it’s just a guess based on the very limited amount of publicly-available information. To not guess, you’d need a PO level examination, specifically looking at changes in INCOTERMS and having knowledge of how tariffs can still be captured elsewhere on a purchase order or the final invoice, even if the INCOTERMS indicate the buyer is responsible for import duty payment. In even more simple terms, a lot of phone calls between buyer and seller aren’t captured by that study at all.
I’m not a researcher, but my name has been on quite a few import PO’s, some multi-million dollar import supply agreements and even some export shipments when I filled in for the shipping manager at various jobs.
The dramatic conclusion it reaches was the first sign that something was suspect. It isn’t a trash study by any means, but it is a dramatic oversimplification of the totality of the situation, and it is looking at a very short window in time.
The big picture is a lot harder to measure and can’t be measured for a few years at least.
