That’s a pretty weak argument, but his only strong argument has to go against the system itself, lose, then fight it up to the supreme court and try to argue somehow that it was justified. He’s pretty much screwed because i don’t see that happening.

It started while Biden was in office due to instability in the region of central America that functioned as a wall to the rest of North America, so there is some truth to it. Trump cutting funding was the wrong thing to do at the wrong time, but the problem was already well under way when he took office.

Elon Musk’s value jumped by 188 billion overnight with the space x ipo. But that isn’t real money. It can’t simply be redistributed, and he could lose it just as easily.

Because he can beat the republican

There are different failure modes, yeah. My preference would be a mechanical combination lock, or just have a key stashed.

My aunt got locked out of her house because the battery powered smart lock died in the cold. So she couldn’t get in when it was late at night and freezing cold. Had to get a locksmith out, which probably cost her a couple hundred dollars.

That’s what the paradox of intolerance is for; justifying violence while maintaining the moral high ground.

Maybe they should do more research into what to do about it, since they know that it’s going to be a bigger issue.

Climate change is turning into a scapegoat for everything. We’ve been talking about it for my whole life now, so how are people still using it as an excuse?

Is AI a theat or not? If yes, then Chinese AI is no exception.

How badly do you want that to be true versus how much the evidence actually suggests it to be true

This is true of any news source that consistently hits certain narratives. Regular viewers will inevitably begin thinking those narratives are a bigger issue than they thought previously. How many foreigners are afraid to visit the United states because they fear getting shot or abducted by ICE, despite extremely low risk of either happening? It’s because of where they get their news. The only way to mitigate this is to get news from diverse sources and to talk with lots of different people.

California. It goes with high cost of living.

I’m seeing Australia as rank 13 on spending per student for oecd countries. I had to check because I was pretty sure the united states spends way more than most (#3) just behind Norway, and well behind Luxembourg. That’s basically middle of the pack for you guys. I have no idea if that matters in the context of your post.

Well you say MAGA, but then lump in all Republicans and conservatives as well. Prosecutions should be based on actions, not on labels that can be misunderstood or misapplied. If you make it illegal to be MAGA, then it turns into a game of defining people you don’t like as MAGA. It always happens that way.

I mean, that’s just a good old fashioned purge of the opposition.

How do you identify MAGA, and what exactly do you do to “crush” them? Without being very specific, it’s the type of thing that would very quickly turn into a witch hunt and blatant persecution of political opposition. As far as I can tell, it’s not much different from antifa in that it’s not really a group, but a movement.

She definitely tried (successfully) to use her aura.

That’s just people in general.

Yes, and literally nobody voted for kamala in the Primaries. And yet she was the candidate.