SpaceX will be the only rocket engine manufacturer left standing, this will stabilize their market position - as a monopoly.

Are they not some grass roots seeds of resistance?

Guantanamo torture chambers: Venezuela edition

… work at Wallmart? strike? idk

Whoopsie I just mined 300 trillion PYUSD.

And please stop questioning the global currency system that was built since Breton woods after WW2 and that global capitalism and trade depends on.

nowadays we also pay with our time and electricity for some BS … which is also an investment tbh

Such a space, managed by a foreign ally, could be used to hide some things.

Stupid question: Why do they park airplanes on the airstrips? Why not cars or trucks (I think that would be cheaper)?

Correct me if I am wrong: This kind of plane is only useful once air-power has been achieved with stealth fighters taking out Radar and air defense installations. Does this hint at a preparation for extended conflict, not just a targeted strike on Maduro/General Leadership?

AC-130J Ghostrider should be slow and have a huge radar cross section…

I consider Trumps statements on Panama, Canada and Greenland more important than anything he says on China. Statements on China are used to consolidate internal power for domestic policy … for now.

Actually I think it matches quite well with east vs West conflict. Consider:

• Trumps 50% tarriffs on India for buying Russian fossil fuels
• Trump meeting with Pakistani General
• Trump wants back airbase in Afghanistan to counter China
• Pakistans support for Ukraine in artillery shells (I do not know the scale of that support, but expect it to increase)
• Pakistan/US rare earth deal
• Russia being the first country to recognize the Talibans “Emirate”

Is there any info if Saudi Arabia will join because of its mutual defense treaty with Pakistan?

Related Quiz question: Which nation is the biggest grain exporter on planet earth?

So in short: You regret buying the slop game? Money unwell spent?

I have a similar feeling towards modern games. I decided against buying any new AAA game that is not indie.

But they also need new workers, since the old ones blew up. And educating them on the new jobsite is expensive.

Okay new word:

Oligarchy Oiligarchy: Nation that bets on fossil fuel technology instead of electric modernity.

Drill baby drill

fuck. Cold war is back, but more crazy than ever before. I can not imagine the US will not react to this. Will this develop into a Cuban missile crisis 2 and naval blockade?

Besides top left I am all other 3 combined. (Maybe bottom right matches just 25%)

I agree with your point on “Tierwohl”. Tierbefreiungskampf is better suited here.

One of the last big advantages the US has is Software to design (and prototype) integrated circuits (Think software to arrange parts on a chip, and optimally wire the components together for minimal area requirements and heat dissipation/ also known as floor planning). One key company: Xilinx.

China will have to invest heavily in such software, producing it domestically.