Check out “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the 20th Century” by Prof. Timothy Snyder, he lists there what are the things that allows it to happen.
It’s a short book and anyone should read it for current times. He also reads it on his YouTube channel.
Antibiotics are very cheap, even without insurance. US doctors (unlike what I experienced in Europe) don’t prescribe antibiotics left and right and only when they diagnose bacterial infection.
In Europe many doctors frequently prescribe antibiotics when coming to the doctor with cold symptoms.
This was debate during trump’s first term. While originally I was for preserving Section 230, after thinking about it, I’m starting to have doubts if it serves is well though.
It originally was created when there were forums, Usenet etc run by hobbyists. And it was a non brainier. It was needed, but after 30 years corporations came and basically built their media empires (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok etc) on a law that removes any accountability from them unlike traditional media. They don’t produce content but they control algorithms that decide content that you see.
The section 230 at this point is obsolete and perhaps needs to go and maybe be replaced with a better law.
Sadly I don’t expect a good alternative coming from the upcoming administration.
Why are we accepting reporting on tweets as a journalism?
Yeah MAGA reacted to the 60 minutes, but so what? One can find similar reactions on any topic, there’s nothing new that we learn by reading this. It just manufacturers outrage on the other side.
They were actually threatening to do it.
You hope he is just being clever and indirectly talking about legalizing cannabis, but you know that in reality he is just so incompetent that he has no idea what he is talking about.
Aren’t criminals already being deported if they are caught? He was clear that he is after immigrants (in some speeches illegal, but in some even legal)
First, watched? I have several dozen questions…
Saw != Watched, could have been for example seeing them going into a bedroom at a party. You don’t see the act, but you kind of know b what is happening.
Second…you didn’t immediately call the police to report a child was being raped?
She was 17, not 7, if you were in that situation would you call, especially that you don’t know the age?
Also the witnesses is pointing that she saw those two having sex, not that she knew her bio at the time.
He does look like Frodo on meth, lol, but still props that his economical plan that was perceived by many as crazy seem to be working so far.
Speaking of inefficiency… https://youtube.com/shorts/l5woagC47NM
Does “Europe” include “UK” (I mean not geographically but in terms of candy sweetness)?
I had coworker bringing some sweets from visit in UK and those felt extremely sweet to me. I grew up in Europe but live in US, and it felt sweeter than US candies.
Assuming it is already a done deal is the worst thing we can do: https://youtu.be/QfQ9dwXFhbM
Thanks, that explains it.
I think the biggest issue was actually with messaging. Democrats were still pretty much relying on MSM which almost no young people watch.
I think that beyond what Sanders says what left needs are young people, true populists (as opposed to pseudopopulists ones like MAGA has) with progressive messages.
Author gave many reasons I saw on social media, especially the top ones she mentioned like economy concerns or that she is a communist which are the opposite of reality.
She concentrated on what people are saying instead of why.
We are living in a world where huge part of population abandoned traditional news such as TV, newspapers and is getting their vote about the world via social media through memes and influencers.
The biggest problem with it is that this unlike traditional media is open to foreign interference. We had report of American bloggers being paid by Kremlin ridiculous amount of money, we have evidence of bots being used to persuade public opinion, astroturfing groups on Facebook and other social media that were traced to Russia.
And we still did nothing to stop it.
Half of America lives in a different reality. And it isn’t just America but those efforts are happening also in Europe and other Western countries.
I’m Polish, I played it a while ago, and might be forgetting details, but I don’t remember those chants being in Polish.
What actually happened? I know nothing about it except the name. Why it is considered dead by others?
LOL I thought of Witcher too.
Ryan is good explaining how military operates, how weapon works, but this is really about predicting what trump will do, and frankly this is much harder to do.
We talk about common sense, it is a non brainier, as helping Ukraine stop Russia is the most beneficial thing for the US and the West. As he pointed out, Ukraine losing likely will bring war to the rest of the Europe and Taiwan, but trump might not care.
What worries me is that so far trump never stood up against putin, he insulted many world leaders, but never did that to putin.
The reason likely is that he was almost bankrupt and putin help him get on his feet, he has a huge debt to him.
I also link to Anders Puck Nielsen https://youtu.be/gOwjmKMmkV4 he is generally more familiar with strategy and so far was on point in his comments (I also believe Ryan is watching him too). Again, we are trying to predict what trump will do, which is not as easy and his decisions seem to be more about what gives him immediate benefit.
The absolute worst scenario that could happen is that the NATO collapses. I hope that won’t happen.
Of course, after media attention does down they will just silently drop it.
Anyone on that committee that cares about justice should leak it.