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Dire Wolf said:

Are you fucking dense? Don't bother answering that, I think the proof is there in your posts. You do know that when opposing something you're fighting against it? That when people opposed apartheid for instance, demonstrations against it were part of the 'fight against apartheid'. The violence I referenced was, valid on current evidence, the supposition that any opposition through mass protest was highly likely to met with a violent response from the Trump regime. And the question I posed was whether that would quell the protests or lead to more protests as a response.

If you can't understand that point, but want instead to spin it to fit your pre-determined opinion, knock yourself out genius.

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prawnking said:

I didn't say you did? I said you're talking about bypassing normal political/legal channels (which includes peaceful protest) and going straight for confrontation on the streets to overthrow a government the people voted in late last year.

Your post was two sentences long and contained the word 'fight' twice and 'violent' once. You're not talking about standing on corners with a few placards.

If we're all horrified that Trump is desperate to undo so much of the US's reputation, alliances and democratic system, and if we would rather a decent version of democracy in the US (and the rest of the world) rather than dictatorship, oligarchy, theocracy or worse, shouldn't the move be to defend and legitimise democracy, voting, political discourse, the power of community action, and show that it has value, rather than give up after 3 months and sink to the level of insurrection?

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leedswolf said:

TRUMP CIRCUS LATEST: Huge concerns for allies of the US continue to pile up as it is revealed that former Fox News host and current actual Defense Secretary Pete ‘accidentally sending classified information to a journalist in a Signal group’ Hegseth has been bringing his wife (another former Fox host) to sensitive military meetings despite her having zero official role or clearance. He has also promoted his brother, a right-wing podcaster, to a senior position inside the Pentagon.

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Wellen Wolf said:

FFS.

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Sniffer said:

So you are happy for foreign states to subsidise industries, selling their goods into international markets at below market rates jeopardising the same industries in those countries? What happens if those manufacturers go bust and allow a monopoly from what was once state subsidised goods? They have the world by the bollocks and can charge what they like.

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Alan said:

Economically speaking, they’ve gotten the balance pretty close to ideal. How inextricable that is from their, er, “other policies” is difficult to say from the outside but always worth caveating. But in vacuum from that, more countries should be studying how China manages its resources and directs them toward its goals.

If there is a way to marry Command and Capital economies with a less socially repressive regime, it could offer some ways forward.

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Walshes Wolves said:

So when the EU had 10% tarriffs on US cars and the US had 2.5% on EU cars, most people thought it was OK. For me it just demonstrates how easily manipulated by the media, to follow party lines and not think for themselves, people are.
It is true Trump is a cunt and I think cutting foreign aid and deporting immigrants without a trial is wrong, but on tarriffs many of those complaining now, were OK with tarriffs when they were in our favour.

Statement by President von der Leyen on announced US tariffs

I deeply regret the US decision to impose tariffs on European steel and aluminum exports. Tariffs are taxes - bad for business, worse for consumers. Unjustified tariffs on the EU will not go unanswer

ec.europa.eu

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