Liberals and conservatives are different in ways that matter A LOT to liberals and conservatives. The differences don’t matter nearly as much to leftists, which pisses off liberals to no end.
Some leftists view the US as the last of the old empires, built on violent conquest, genocide, exploitation, and stolen land. They would say that the world cannot progress so long as the United States exists, and they might vote R precisely because they think if R is in power it will accelerate the collapse of the US empire.
It probably is, and what you describe is probably more representative of what most leftists think about liberal/conservative politics, but I don’t think that matters much to liberals. I don’t think liberals care whether you are an R voting accelorationist leftist or a leftist who doesn’t engage out of indifference. The liberals see both actions as essentially helping the Republicans, which is an unthinkable crime, in their minds. It’s just two different groups with two different ideologies; ideologies that each group believes are mutually exclusive.
I love how neoliberals were all about markets, free trade, and open borders until China became such a dominant force in the global economy. The 180 that China has made them do is incredible. They were globalists until they realized there were people around the globe who didn’t look like them, act like them, or believe like them, and now they’re not globalists anymore.
Because they make their own batteries. They were originally a battery manufacturer, it’s still a large part of their business. Their batteries are very good, even Tesla was using BYD batteries in their Model Ys in Europe, until recently. They also have access to China’s significant domestic manufacturing infrastructure and relatively cheap labor, and they receive subsidies from the Chinese government.
The human rights violations are not the primary reason. The idea that the US Federal government gives a rats ass about human rights violations is laughable.
I tried faking it once, but it was… tricky, for obvious reasons. Since then I don’t bother and I just quit when I know it’s a lost cause. Unfortunately, it’s gotten more and more common as I’ve gotten older (and more out of shape).
I think this whole bathroom thing is just stupid. While I don’t really care who is shitting in the stall next to me, apparently some people do, but I think there’s a pretty simple solution: replace stalls with water closets. I mean, nobody likes the stalls. No one prefers them, and the total lack of privacy they provide is why bathrooms are gendered in the first place. Replace stalls with water closets, everyone gets their privacy, bathrooms don’t have to be gendered anymore, problem solved.
Only 57 fossil fuels and cement producers have been responsible for most of the world’s CO2 emissions since 2016, according to the Carbon Majors report by InfluenceMap...
Most of the world’s carbon emissions come from burning fossil fuels, so, yes, it would be those fossil fuel producers who would be linked to those emissions. I suppose we could all come together and force those companies to shut down and cease operations immediately. Global greenhouse gas emissions would plummet, but the global economy would collapse and there would be mass starvation and death.
There aren’t enough Christian nationalists to swing the election for Trump. I think people forget it was independents in a relative handful of swing districts that swung the election for Trump in 2016, but many of those same independents swung to Biden in 2020, and I see no reason to think those independents will swing back to Trump in 2024.
The best hopes señor racismo has of winning is low voter turnout.
I think Trump needs independent votes more than Biden does. I think there are just more liberals than conservatives in America, so if independents stay home or vote third party, it hurts Trump much more than Biden.
The Electorial college is really gerrymandered in conservative favor.
That’s true, but the elections aren’t decided by conservatives, they’re decided by independents, by swing voters. The electoral college makes it so presidential elections are decided by a handful of swing districts in a handful of swing states. If independent voters choose to come out and vote for the Republican candidate in those few swing districts, it gives the Republicans a massive advantage. If those independents vote for the Democrat, obviously that gives the Democrats a huge advantage, too, but if those independents stay home or vote third party, I think that also advantages the Democrat because the Democrats can just rely on their natural plurality when independents aren’t in the mix. This is what happened in 1992. Bill Clinton was able to beat the Republican incumbent because a lot of independents voted third party.
It was a mistake to try and use natural gas as the “bridge fuel” in the energy transition. Sure, natural gas has half the carbon emissions of coal, but it releases methane. Plus, less coal burning means fewer sun reflecting aerosols in the atmosphere. That wouldn’t be a bad thing if we weren’t also pumping heating trapping gases into the atmosphere, but that’s exactly what we’re doing. Instead of replacing our coal power plants with natural gas plants, we should have replaced them with nuclear power plants.
Affordability is a really important part that is not talked about enough. Walkable cities are better for people and the environment but they need to be affordable for it to matter.
Absolutely, much more housing is definitely needed. Not-for-profit housing already exists in the US, but there’s very little of it. Not-for-profit housing units fill up very fast because they are usually less expensive, and once in the units, tenants tend to want to stay. This leads to long waiting lists for the limited Not-for-profit housing that already exists. Much, much more must be built. Changing restrictive zoning laws should help this, but I think federal and state governments are going to have to get involved as well, providing financing or subsidizing financing for Not-for-profit housing organizations to build or acquire properties.
Rival for what? Should we all just assume that every country is in a competition for global supremacy, that China must necessarily be trying to usurp the US as the dominant global superpower. I think it’s entirely possible that China’s ultimate goal isn’t world domination. I don’t claim to know what their ultimate goal is, but that’s my point: a lot of other Americans do claim to know.
China has a stated goal of global hegemony? What kind of hegemony? Cultural, ethnic, political? Is that also the stated goal of the US? Because, if so, I as an American do not support that, especially if hegemony is to be achieved through force.
Who said anything about altruism? I don’t think altruism or hegemony are the only two possibilities, as though every country must be either a master or a slave. A country can pursue its own interests, provide for its people, defend its borders and sovereignty without necessarily also pursuing global dominance.
Not if the majority of those leftists live in districts that are strongly liberal and thus would’ve gone for Biden regardless, which is likely the case. The number of leftist eligible voters in key swing districts is probably infinitesimal.
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