Must have run out of arguments. Scurry off back to your echo chamber where you can lick imperial boots in peace

Oh boy, I love deconstructing these stupid propaganda pieces. Here we go!

These positions are often sought after

Discredited their whole argument right out of the gate

extremely restrictive agreements

The linked Time article also says that these doctors are paid very well by Cuban standards (a country that has been under financial blockade for over 70 years)

Consequently, in 2019, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights issued an official communication to the Cuban government requesting information on the working conditions of medical workers stationed abroad. According to the statement, UN special correspondents heard reports of what could amount to forced labor based on indicators recognized by the State Department

What a fucking word salad. Also note how they cite (alone) the US state department, known to be a very reliable source about communist governments LOL

That’s as far as I’m willing to go. All their big, scary claims are very weakly backed up (or contradicted!) as soon as you follow any of the links.

The notion that these doctors who are a national symbol of pride are somehow slaves is laughable.

Any one of these doctors could defect and they would be endlessly feted in the Western press. Interviews, book deals, speaking tours…

We can see clearly this has not happened because all they can do is repeat this lame talking point about how they don’t keep whatever percentage of their paycheck it is.

“Eureka! Now that I have an Evil Communist Army of slave doctors I will send them to do humanitarian work in other countries! There could not possibly be any flaws with this plan!”

Yes, state taxes need to be considered.

Also include healthcare expenses because the US doesn’t have socialized medicine (taxes, insurance premiums, and deductibles)

Also include social security deductions and retirement account contributions…

Even before considering the dysfunctional state of housing that’s easily 60-70%

USA tax rate maxes out at 37%

Oh my sweet summer child, only considering the federal income tax

How would you split the revenue between the doctors themselves and the program that trains, outfits and deploys them?

Yes, I think the line must have shut down at least 20 years ago based on the stock that we are seeing in rotation

Empire is stretched too thin. They are having to ruthlessly prioritize scarce military assets

IMO what’s new now is that they have shut all the competent realists out in the cold so we get to witness their screaming into the void in public instead of it getting buried in some classified report

New Type of Guy has been everywhere in this war:

Pro-imperialist giving the empire desperately needed sound military advice that they know will be completely ignored

I don’t think they would agree to a deal that could be defeated so easily, but they could be more desperate than we think

I think guarantor is generally assumed to mean “backing up with military force” - we could literally be seeing an unprecedented foreign PLA deployment which would be surprising

Does this soup kitchen sit on any land that could possibly be cultivated?

Both potatoes and “sunchokes” are famous for their relatively low maintenance and very high calories per acre

Impossible to say.

US/Israel have both backed down and escalated in response to Iranian deterrence. The rumor is the Israelis have complete control over what people and information reaches Trump. All three belligerents have reason to regard this conflict as existential.

It’s very complex and multi-layered, and it seems like they fired all the Cold Warriors who did all the deterrence game theory back in the day

Germans: whining about wanting their gold to be shipped back

French: quietly sell their US gold and buy in Europe directly

Once again direct action getting the goods

Their argument is that the big tech companies are allowing their AI to be used to help target Iran (which they obviously are). This would arguably make the data centers powering the AI a legitimate military target

Every time we think they have reached Peak Based they go higher

snek luv boot

I’m not much of a theorist but in usage, it seems like the former participates in building and upholding the system while the latter is bamboozled by and enamored with the system

No one can wrap (late but somehow still early) opportunism in a rousing speech like macron