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Mr Hootington posted:USA gives late roman economy vibes, but comparisons are cliche and not 1:1
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:i am spartacus I mean once people realize they are basically slaves to debt we could have some servile wars.
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Thorn Wishes Talon posted:The US won't collapse, it will slowly fade in power and influence like the British Empire did. uh, the british empire totally collapsed. this was the empire in 1940:  then some stuff happened     all this happened within the lifetime of my grandmother. if this is whats going to happen to america we are in for a hell of a show!
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Rutibex posted:uh, the british empire totally collapsed. this was the empire in 1940: sorry, i was thinking of collapse like, total breakdown of social order, collapse of government, etc.
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Jul 19, 2021 01:28
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Freedom for Saipan now!!!
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Rutibex posted:uh, the british empire totally collapsed. this was the empire in 1940: got some bad news for you about the british empire and where it stands in the world today in relation to exploitation
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Jul 19, 2021 01:46
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anime was right posted:got some bad news for you about the british empire and where it stands in the world today in relation to exploitation the IMF isnt the british empire its totally different. for example it has a different name
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Jul 19, 2021 01:49
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Sometimes you get pregnant thinking you want to do it or can do it, and then when it happens you realize, "Holy gently caress this is actually goddamn miserable!" And so you have a routine medical procedure to fix the problem.
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Jul 19, 2021 01:51
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Rutibex posted:the IMF isnt the british empire its totally different. for example it has a different name Sure but it's foolish to think Britain, France, and other old empires don't exert colonial influence. Here's a recent article I read about France and it's use of currency to bind Africa: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/03/africa-colonies-france-cfa-franc-currency
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Jul 19, 2021 01:53
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yeah the French empire in Africa never ended lol, guess who supplied arms and money for the Rwanda genocide
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Grand Theft Autobot posted:Sure but it's foolish to think Britain, France, and other old empires don't exert colonial influence. Here's a recent article I read about France and it's use of currency to bind Africa: you can also read kwame nkrumah if you want hundreds of pages of how companies are all related to each other, like some kind of biblical family tree
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im on the net me boys posted:hey don’t know if you know this but birth control isn’t always easy to get, especially if you’re poor! like it’s not as simple as going to the health department for some birth control pills! for example, where I used to live in Arkansas, your best bet for getting birth control if you were uninsured would be Planned Parenthood and there’s a grand total of two in the state. that’s assuming you can make it there and get an appointment. and you may think “well if you’re poor just get on Medicaid so you can go to the doctor” but if you’re an adult in Arkansas they make it functionally impossible to do so. look i get all of this and agree it's hosed up how hard it is to get birth control in some areas of the country, but i am absolutely certain that a lack of access to birth control is not the reason my cousin has 6 kids now. we're in washington state and i'm guessing he has health insurance from his job for his family.
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Jul 19, 2021 03:51
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Plenty of non-poor people get abortions. It's a totally normal procedure that gets entirely too much attention because of church ladies and other massive dipshits with dumb books for idiots. "Oh, you broke your leg playing hockey? And you weren't wearing properly sharpened skates??? Well, I think you'll understand why I can't treat you!" - a very smart doctor edit: Anyone should be able to get an abortion, in a timely manner, covered completely by health insurance private or public, and they should not be impeded for any reason. Grand Theft Autobot has issued a correction as of 04:45 on Jul 19, 2021 |
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Jul 19, 2021 04:41
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Mr. Lobe posted:Why did they do this straights are dumb
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Grand Theft Autobot posted:"Oh, you broke your leg playing hockey? And you weren't wearing properly sharpened skates??? Well, I think you'll understand why I can't treat you!" - a very smart doctor that’s funny that you used that analogy. an ex of mine was a hockey player. she once went to the dentist to get a tooth injury looked at, and the dentist threw her out of his office when she said she wasn’t wearing a mouth guard at the time then again, ADAB
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Jul 19, 2021 09:11
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yeah dentists are just assholes
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Jul 19, 2021 09:20
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dentists are assholes that do a quarter of med school then go to be dentist so they can rake in the $$$$$$€€€€€€€
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I see youre an expert at reading facial expressions.
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Jul 19, 2021 10:08
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comedyblissoption posted:antinatalists are antinumber and have no home in these hallowed halls but short term it's better that people don't have kids so they have more money for buying plastics
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Jul 19, 2021 10:19
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today is looking like another blessed day for number, much like every day for number does what number wills
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Jul 19, 2021 10:34
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Rutibex posted:uh, the british empire totally collapsed. this was the empire in 1940: Look up the Commonwealth and prepare to be shocked at how many of those nominally independent countries answer to the crown in one way or another. The Queen fired Australia's PM in 1975 and she could have the same done to Canada tomorrow.
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Jul 19, 2021 12:18
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Relevant Tangent posted:Look up the Commonwealth and prepare to be shocked at how many of those nominally independent countries answer to the crown in one way or another. The Queen fired Australia's PM in 1975 and she could have the same done to Canada tomorrow. I don't know how Australia works, but for it to happen in Canada, Canada would have to ask the Suzerain to do it, which the Suzerain would then be obliged to do. They're a rubber stamp that does what they're told.
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Jul 19, 2021 12:27
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The Queen's representative has to agree to confirm Canada's PM, there's no method to force them to, and they can wake up and decide Canada's PM shouldn't be and there's no appeal. Power that isn't used is power still. Rubber stamps aren't real. We're allegedly leftists, being aware of how power works is important.
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Jul 19, 2021 12:33
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SKULL.GIF posted:Guys don't worry the USD is a sane, stable currency that didn't see a recent influx of trillions upon trillions printed out of nowhere. This is actually why people actually have confidence in USD and the US Market, they know the government won't let it fail.
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Relevant Tangent posted:The Queen's representative has to agree to confirm Canada's PM, there's no method to force them to, and they can wake up and decide Canada's PM shouldn't be and there's no appeal. Power that isn't used is power still. Rubber stamps aren't real. We're allegedly leftists, being aware of how power works is important. if canada just put the PM in anyway how would britain enforce that
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Well this is interesting https://twitter.com/LizAnnSonders/status/1417083958311804929?s=19 I wonder what caused it. And there it is. I loving knew it. Lmao ~WaGeS aRe GrOwInG~ get the gently caress out of here https://twitter.com/LizAnnSonders/status/1417082975771144195?s=19 It arises to plague us once more! It is the DEBT CEILING https://twitter.com/LizAnnSonders/status/1417082820338626562?s=19 Mr Hootington has issued a correction as of 13:10 on Jul 19, 2021 |
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Jul 19, 2021 13:07
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An 8' 2x4 has become my yardstick (gently caress puns) for how hosed America's economy is. $6.89
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Gorson posted:An 8' 2x4 has become my yardstick (gently caress puns) for how hosed America's economy is. News was that lumber had PLUMETED in price. Reality is it's 3 times what it was beginning of 2020 Food in general is up. Even in my area with accessible meats it's becoming rare they're on sale.
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is pepsi ok posted:If we actually do reach a point where USD hegemony is threatened we will shift from soft power to hard power. The US will essentially pull the pin from a grenade and tell the rest of the world that we do things our way or no way at all, and everyone will know we are crazy enough to do it. And it'll turn out the grenade is a dud and the US is bluffing like a motherfucker. If and when the rest of the world decides that USD hegemony is finished, it would have likely found ways to blunt any hard power retribution the US could come up with short of nukes. And no, we aren't gonna lob our nukes just to hold everyone hostage to our desiccated currency.
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Jul 19, 2021 13:38
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Index futures shows the Dow is down more than 500 points. Not bad, not great. I was wondering if maybe there was a change of 4 digit red numbers but I'll never get that lucky again
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Jul 19, 2021 14:13
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What hard power? I'm trying to think of a military conflict that the US won in the past 40 years and I can't come up with one.
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NeonPunk posted:What hard power? I'm trying to think of a military conflict that the US won in the past 40 years and I can't come up with one. We beat the poo poo out of the Somali """pirates""".
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Jul 19, 2021 14:14
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Monday_(1987) The Dow dropped -508 points that day. We are currently at -519 points.
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Jul 19, 2021 14:16
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The 50s and 200s are looking terrible across the board.
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NeonPunk posted:What hard power? I'm trying to think of a military conflict that the US won in the past 40 years and I can't come up with one. does Grenada and Panama count?
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Jul 19, 2021 14:20
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Number spent all weekend drinking and is waking up with a nasty hangover
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Relevant Tangent posted:The Queen's representative has to agree to confirm Canada's PM, there's no method to force them to, and they can wake up and decide Canada's PM shouldn't be and there's no appeal. Power that isn't used is power still. Rubber stamps aren't real. We're allegedly leftists, being aware of how power works is important. The Queen does that and she gets removed as head of state.
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