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Oh are they having difficulty attracting Nazis now?

No game theory account for such scenarios too. The ones not playing by the rules are normally psychopaths and the like, so game theory is about handling that type of scenario when the normal rules no longer apply. It's not just about simple greed, people brake the rules for various reasons. Psychopaths like Trump and the White House, simply feel more entitled, and they need to be shown very clearly that it will not be accepted.We absolutely need to respond to Trump according to game theory, because you can't control him by throwing him a cookie from time to time, he will always come back for more until he is stopped. The exact same as with Putin, despite they are different psychologies.

Trump is a bully because he thinks he can get away with it. When he is shown he can't, he is most likely a coward if he think there are consequences. This is also how he gets the TACO nickname.

The EU still doesn’t convince me that we are not on the same trajectory

It's OK to be vigilant, but it shouldn't stop us from doing something that is necessary. And as I see it, it is necessary to put Hungary and Slovakia on pause.Because they are actively working against clear EU interests, and they are working against democracy. And that is decidedly against the ideals of EU, they are also working against human rights which is also contrary to the regulation of EU.If this was the USA, the Hungarian and Slovakian governments could probably be charged with treason!That member countries work withing EU regulation which include human rights is a requirement! Not an option!This is way way more than just political disagreement, Slovakia and Hungary are working openly for the enemy.

None of us want EU to become a totalitarian shithole, but failing to observe and uphold the rules, is EXACTLY what caused it for USA.So as I see it, you are viewing this whole scenario upside down. Failing to act against totalitarianism rising in EU like in Hungary, is what will increase the risk of EU becoming more totalitarian. We need to act against it, and your slippery slope argument, that upholding Hungary to what they agreed to when becoming members, has no basis in the political facts.

However warning against totalitarianism is a VERY valid warning. You just seem to confuse how to stop it, with making it worse.

That's like claiming he can't be a male chauvinist because he is married to a woman.Trump is both.

Europe is indeed the third largest economy in the world, but EU is the global leader in trade.

Seems like EU has no problem issuing fines to major American IT companies.

If they haven't, they don't count in Europe anyway.

All the countries mentioned in the article that have 10+ times bigger populations, like USA, Canada, Italy Germany, have about equal winter sport opportunities, economies and traditions to Norway.So it is absolutely an impressive feat by Norway to take home the most gold medals when they are vastly outnumbered by several other countries.Obviously countries that have no winter sport traditions, and have little or no opportunity for winter sport are not relevant to this comparison.

Norwegians put less emphasis on competition and specialisation in their youth sports – scores are not recorded in team sports matches featuring children under 12 – and more importance on fun.

What an absolutely amazing idea. 👍 😀

I agree, it's a game of minimizing the damage. But at some point, there may be a desire to teach Trump a lesson.According to game theory, you definitely need to shut the bully down thoroughly at some point. We have not done that yet. Even if we are the weaker party, we need to do this:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-game-theory-bullies.html

Losing patience IMO is the point where we take the lesson from game theory, and do something to retaliate that harm USA and Trump.In this case, what game theory dictates is also occurring as a natural human trait. But it takes courage.

Freedom of speech is now something Americans can only dream of.

I wonder what country that could be?

I am sure those researchers have great personalities. But they should stop being so negative about their research.People are tired of all the bad news and negative spin, they should be way more positive and optimistic about it.

-Don't look up!

AFAIK it has actually been suggested that EU could drop American patents, to create a competitive IT infrastructure without USA.I suppose copyright could be a logical follow up.

Unfortunately the EU has no say

Actually we do, when Trump last time threatened EU, EU suspended the ratification process of the trade deal, and Trump IMMEDIATELY pulled back.EU has lots of options to retaliate against USA, for instance tax on American IT services is a very high ranking one.Just Denmark alone supply 70% of insulin to USA. And handles 30% of container cargo to USA. This was revealed recently because of Trump threats against Greenland, which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark.USA is far from as independent as they like to pretend, they have dependencies even on a tiny country like Denmark of only 6 million citizens.EU has given many admissions to USA under Trump, but patience is running out.

By the logic of the old testament of the Bible, wouldn't the Jews have a right to the entire earth?

It's like the more popular social democracy is becoming in USA, the more Democrats pull away from it.They are trying to get some of the Republican vote, and by that they are failing as untrustworthy, and without real political goals and values.

That said, Democrats are still the lesser evil, and with only 2 options, that's where Americans have to go for now.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2017/01/23/obama-executive-orders/

Obama issued fewer executive orders on average than any president since Cleveland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland

Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, serving from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897.

Obama made the least number of executive orders of any president for more than a century. So I seriously doubt he normalized them in any regard.

Also a slippery slope argument is a logical fallacy.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope