UnderpantsWeevil

@ UnderpantsWeevil @lemmy.world

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Victim of Communism

China do not wsnt to take Japan

Historically, it's been the other way around

2d ago

Australia to buy three second-hand United States submarines under AUKUS shake-up

Over the pandemic, Australian Government gross debt increased from $534.4 billion in March 2019 to $885.5 billion in April 2022 and is now at the highest level relative to GDP (gross domestic product) since the 1950s when debt accrued during the Second World War was still on the Australian Government balance sheet

Add to that, the economy is experiencing a prolonged "per capita recession" (where economic growth falls behind population growth, causing living standards to decline). A headline recession remains a rising risk as high interest rates, inflation, and a softening labor market squeeze households.

2d ago

Japan rejects 'new militarism', accuses China of rapidly arming

The Japanese PM campaigned on rearming the country.

2d ago

Is JD Vance the 2028 Front Runner? Trump is not so sure, adding a layer of tension to his relationship with Vance

Vance has the stage presence of a wet paper bag. But Rubio has honed his craft since the 2016 water sipping days. He's much better at flinging out the red meat in a way liberals blink past but reactionaries salivate over.

Rubio will be banging the "Liberate Cuba" drum for all he's worth. Just like with Iran/Israel and China/Japan, half the Dems will clap when he announces plans for the next war.

2d ago

Australia to buy three second-hand United States submarines under AUKUS shake-up

Love a second hand submarine.

I'm sure parts and maintenance won't drive an already struggling nation further into the red.

2d ago

Why have we as a society just accepted the increasingly blinding bright lights of cars?

I haven't accepted it. Speak for yourself

2d ago

Japan defence minister denies militarism, criticises China's 'huge arsenal'

Isn't Japan also hosting an enormous US Naval buildup right now?

This feels like a repeat of Ukraine/Russia.

2d ago

China film about woman whose killing of husband framed as result of domestic violence banned

It's more this bit

they obtained the approval from the prison to let Zhao play in the film by saying that they were preparing a “documentary” But what they produced turned out to be a commercial film

And then dressing it up as state censorship

2d ago

Dam that's sad

Unalived

2d ago

Dam that's sad

Two letters

2d ago

Road rage

the solution is not to give everyone the inalienable right to drive

It's not a question of "solution" writ large. It's a recognition of existing infrastructure and the consequences of denying a subset of the population its use.

redesign the city such that people who can’t drive

Sure. Love that idea.

But, in the meantime, if you've dropped 40 miles of concrete through my neighborhood, such that I need a vehicle to get across it...

"We should build more pedestrian friendly infrastructure" is very different than "ban a subset of bad drivers and let them pound sand about it"

2d ago

"Never Seen Anything Like It": Satellite Pics Show China Is Building Launch Pads Near Nuclear Missile Silos

Don’t both the US and China support the PH govt?

No.

2d ago

China film about woman whose killing of husband framed as result of domestic violence banned

What is it with Western Media constantly glazing Chinese scammers?

3d ago

Hawaii just entirely removed corporations' power to spend money in politics. This could be a game changer for US democracy.

why can’t Nick charge 10$ a person to cover food drinks and service?

You've just described how legal poker halls work.

3d ago

Road rage

A vehicle is 3000lb bullet

How fast do you think bullets move?

No one likes picking up body parts on a road or extracting what is basically meat from a vehicle.

You could make the same argument about train derailments or plane crashes.

That's not what is at issue. Virtually nobody is seriously suggesting we de-industrialize transit.

The problem at hand is profit motive. Personal vehicles force people into debt, both directly through purchase and through secondary demands - parking, gasoline, maintenance. That's what generates the economic pressure that keeps them in place.

If we were fixated on safety, we could make cars smaller and slower and we could shield pedestrians from them with infrastructure. You'd save far more lives by lowering the speed limit than raising the DMV licensing standards.

that doesn’t mean we hand drivers licenses to incompetent or irresponsible people

People aren't consistently competent or responsible. So you either install some kind of panopticon for drivers (the private insurance model) and try to price people you suspect are high risk out of your personal risk pool. Or you get people out of cars entirely, knowing anyone can have a day that makes them highly prone to driving mistakes.

3d ago

"Never Seen Anything Like It": Satellite Pics Show China Is Building Launch Pads Near Nuclear Missile Silos

We'll see if The US is dumb enough to get into an outright shooting war.

But we're already doing pissing contest proxy wars in the Philippines and Myanmar.

3d ago

Nato ready to defend ‘every inch’ of territory as Russian drone hits Romania

We've been hearing the "NATO is going to make Vladimir Putin rue the day!" since South Ossetia in 2008.

At this point, it's an emptier threat than Marco Rubio saying we're going to reopen The Straight of Hormuz by any means necessary.

3d ago

Road rage

bigots deserve to be houseless

Eliminating homelessness goes a long way towards curbing bigotry. It's far easier to exploit and abuse folks with no permanent place to live. And our propaganda machine loves to pin problems produced by structural failures on the victims.

Once you house the homeless, a lot of the low hanging fruit of fascist agitation fades away. And a significant pool of young, uneducated, easily exploitable people are no longer in easy reach to radicalize.

3d ago

Road rage