From China’s geopolitical standpoint:

Taiwan lies between China and the Pacific Ocean.

Taiwan is part of the First Island Chain (which includes Japan, Taiwan, Philippines) — many of these are U.S.-aligned or host U.S. bases.

Control over Taiwan would:

Give China greater military and surveillance reach into the Pacific.

Potentially allow it to break out of U.S.-aligned containment.

Give it more control over critical sea lanes and access to deeper waters (vital for its navy).

It’s been 2 years already?!

Add to the list the US support of the Israeli war crimes currently going on in Gaza. Just yesterday they vetoed a ceasefire and delivery of aid proposition in the UN.

Trump has no authority over the Palestinian people and/or territories.

You might have some issues with one of your intervertebral discs. Go do a checkup just to make sure. Might catch it before it evolves into a bigger problem.

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It’s just a gimmick, a new “feature” to justify higher product prices.

The only country that can legally bomb schools in 2024 with no repercussions.

Also how much supposed leasure time is wasted sitting in all those cars, making the people frustrated, sick and unfulfilled?

Bolithia

And if anything, the whole talk about AIPAC these days has taught me that influencing the US political process from foreign countries is… not that bad.

Get off the news cycle.

Phase 1: It’s not happening at all

Phase 2: It’s happening, but it’s a natural process

Phase 3: Ok, it’s happening and it’s your fault

Phase 4: ???

In the Balkans, whenever people rise in peaceful protest against a corrupt goverment, that particular government sends 50 or so crack heads to join the protests and start demolishing stuff, so that an overwhelming police force can then disperse the legitimate protests. I’ve seen it play out times and times again.

I have recently come to the conclusion that there are cognitively functional people with a sound mind that believe that it is not possible to know anything for sure. Like, it’s not possible to know if the scientists are telling the truth. We just have to take their word for it. Why not stick to the thousand year old belief system then? It has better apologists, armed with an experience of hundreds of years of demagogy and dogma regarding fending of criticism of said belief system.

This is just morbid.

Do the people in Germany know this? Because I’ve heard that the media there only focus on Hamas in this conflict, and I think that this is an dishonest approach to reporting news. And why is it important what Germany thinks you say? Because, as the most populous and economiclaly active country in the EU, it is very influential in the policy making of EU.

It’s already happening.

Chrome: First-party spyware.

That wouldn’t stop China in their tracks. The USA is also not a signee of the International Criminal Court. Reason? So they can police the world with no repercusions. So it’s enough if just the perpetrator is not in the organization.