AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
It should tell you how much Western democracy is a lie when the citizens of Western countries have so much disdain for Trump but their governments treat him as like he’s their god emperor.
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Is he trying to argue that he has made a mistake that will be too big to repair?
In his and his supporters' mind, magnets are mysterious impractical (since he believes they don't work if they get wet) things used only by nerds and which those Chinese nerds have tricked the world into using. Back in August he said: "You know, China intelligently went and they sort of took a monopoly of the world's magnets, and nobody needed magnets until they convinced everybody 20 years ago, 'Let's all do magnets.k"
He seems to have the crystallized idea probably from his early youth about not getting electrical appliances wet and somehow conflated that with magnets, maybe after hearing the words electromagnetism or electromagnetic, because he has gone on and on about how magnets and electric motors supposedly don't work if you get them wet with as little as pouring a glass of water on them.
It is all part of his culture war against education and intelligence. He and his supporters have associated magnets, electric motors, renewable energy, batteries, and higher education with being impractical, useless, and snobbish in contrast with the salt of the earth blue collar types with their solid reliable black smoke belching fossil fuel burning muscle car engines. It's not about facts, but about psychological "feel" to them. I am probably showing my age but I am reminded of that old TV sitcom Home Improvement. For those that don't know, the main character Tim (played by Tim Allen) was a home improvement show host and would grunt like an ape while extolling his idea of macho tools and tech, while mocking his assistant as being wimpy or overly refined. The joke was of course the host would fail and embarrass himself.
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JD Vance and his backers are schemeing. I predict they'll soft coup Trump next year. Not to the extent of replacing him, but push out Trump's loyalists and appointees with Thiel picks. Trump's power base will have crumbled from division (ex. Tucker has already split with him) and he will have no choice but to comply. They will implement an aggressive and focused anti-China agenda, bringing us to the edge of war over Taiwan that even Biden didn't dare to do.
broadsword
Brigadier
War over Taiwan will be painful on the short run, but in the long run, pretty much mean China gets the whole east Asia. People seriously underestimate china's military ability, and over estimates that of Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.
USA can't even win a proxiwar against Russia, now they want a hot war against China?
RUssia is pretty much eyeing those Baltic states and Poland right now, is uncle sam really that ignorant?
Or just look at the hot war against the Houthis...