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There's plenty of freedom though.
Stole this from somewhere else, remember the US is the richest nation in the world.
The highest inequality in the developed world, parlous levels of equality of opportunity for large sections of society. A health 'system' that abandons ill people to an early death or bankrupts them to pay for a medical procedure. Add to this, chronic levels of poverty and homelessness.
High levels of insecurity in work and minimal employment rights for very many, high levels of personal debt and all out assault on environmental regulations and quality of life by the administration that seems to despise anything even distantly related to the natural world.
An underfunded education system which is about the lowest ranked in the developed world and a racial divide which is more than an embarrassment; it's a disgrace.
The country's infrastructure is an international joke as much of it it hasn't been renewed in eighty plus years.
The reality for so many Americans is pretty bleak.
True in a lot of aspects. But what do people say about australia?Stole this from somewhere else, remember the US is the richest nation in the world.
The highest inequality in the developed world, parlous levels of equality of opportunity for large sections of society. A health 'system' that abandons ill people to an early death or bankrupts them to pay for a medical procedure. Add to this, chronic levels of poverty and homelessness.
High levels of insecurity in work and minimal employment rights for very many, high levels of personal debt and all out assault on environmental regulations and quality of life by the administration that seems to despise anything even distantly related to the natural world.
An underfunded education system which is about the lowest ranked in the developed world and a racial divide which is more than an embarrassment; it's a disgrace.
The country's infrastructure is an international joke as much of it it hasn't been renewed in eighty plus years.
The reality for so many Americans is pretty bleak.
You have to put emojis with satire.
Heard that the EU, Russia and China are ganging up against the US by setting up some sort of financial dome where their corporations can do business with Iran without being sanctioned by the US.
Old Europe used to just take orders. Now they're working with enemies to work with an enemy?
In other news, Russia is deploying their S300 [?] anti-aircraft missile defense system to Syria. Something Israel had asked them not to a few years back.
But since the downing of a Russian spy plan where, it is alledged, Israeli jets flew a sortie over Syria without much warning to the Russian, Assad's surface to air missile let go a few rounds... to which the Israeli hid behind a Russian spy plane, causing 15 Russian death.
Now, either Israel will have to limit their defense against Iran in Syria to a few unarmed Syrians... or keep up the weekly drop and potentially bringing in the US, the EU, Russia smack bang, no pssy footing, boots and all, into Syria... then Tehran.
If you're a crazy warmongering idiot, you'd be thinking that since Trump is a once in a lifetime chance for Armageddon (or regional hegemony, whichever comes first)... and since he might not have a second term... better sacrifice a few pawns quickly to mourn and avenge.
depends which machine I'm on and what glasses are available with the emoticons, but my avatar descriptor should be a constant reminder.
if you were a business man who saw a wider market opportunity to piggyback someone else's infrastructure spend would you try to stop them? Let China and Russia deplete their wealth on second rate weaponry and large armies, let them setup trading posts and when China does what it has always done (become a factional empire of feudal rulers) jump in and profit.
India will be the next big thing and they have no love loss for the Chinese.
The people is the sovereign in modern China. So it is currently a united fiefdom - like the US. Hence not much risk if it breaking out again that way.
After the GFC, a couple incident where the IMF and World Bank told Chinese debtor nations to forget about the debt... the comrades seem to have wised up and started their own Infrastructure Bank and other international tools of empire.
Such as trading in Yuan instead of all US dollars; like linking their empire with high speed rail while the other guy's collapsing, derailing, crumbling.
But I'm sure the US is betting on what you're saying though.
They did bet that China will be compliant like Mexico... didn't work out that way did it?
Now if you're China and a future colony you're investing in... say, Malaysia... got itself a new PM and "decided" to stop a $20B project you've spent a few good billions on. Would you just walk away or park a couple carriers off their coast to say hello?
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btw, reading about the Mitsui of Japan.
Apparently the Meiji Restoration took placed around 1867... in a couple decade it turn a feudal state with local lords into a more federated provincial system.
Encouraged western education, engineering... Modernise their industries.
I think the successor to Meji continue the trajectory and within a couple of decades a bunch of peasants sank a fleet of modern, top of the shelve Russian fleet.
Seems that a country could take as little as a generation or two to turn themselves into a "centre of civilisation", butchering barbarians all over.
Every time I go there I lament how the population accept the lack of social systems we have here, but they seem to accept it as the good life. I guess a large % of the citizens don't know any better and prefer to believe the patriotism hammered into them cradle to grave.
I still think India will be the force majeur of Asia:
e.g.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/now...est-naval-base-east-of-the-suez-canal-1215952
View attachment 89517 Pretty sure most Australians wouldn't accept this....
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For the record, i believe Trumps trade war is long over due. Perhaps it will get all countries thinking of trade that is more balanced. I don't think it is possible for a country the size of the US, a highly developed nation, to get to the point where there is balanced trade between the US and China. It just doesn't add up.
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