It’s a brutal message to westerners who are whining about Chinese dominance in electric cars, claiming it’s ‘‘unfair’’

That’s the Chinese quality insurance system.

That only applies of the quality of the product hurts Chinese people. Cheap mass market crap for westerners isn’t gonna be held to such standards.

We hope. Whoever actually pushes the buttons might not understand the proper order of things.

On this, I think we can agree.

The one does not flow directly from the other. A better world requires some protecting from each other, which means giving up some freedoms. A system of complete and total freedom would not be good for most people.

However, as Franken said, it is important not to give up essential freedoms. What freedoms, exactly, count as “essential” ones? Hard to say. We should have a thread to discuss it.

No, it isn’t.

What does that have to do with my claim?

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but a lot of the trouble in the US was caused by people using their freedom to do terrible things to people, and to set the stage for more of the same.

Provided they don’t touch freedom to not breed, and we don’t put racist ducks in charge, I think that works be the easiest for me to bear.

But I don’t want kids, so it’s not much of a sacrifice.

Win98SE was my favorite. Maximum just working, minimum trying to “help.”

Also wouldn’t work with the internet.

I remember being very frustrated by this particular implementation.

The 90’s kids who bypass the old rules are the same ones trying to implement new rules.

I have specific interests.

I’m just there for the porn, these days. Any sort of meaningful interaction with people happens elsewhere.

Contrary to the narrative, you don’t become a billionaire by taking risks.

They will balk at the cost of owning/operating even a single Arleigh-Burke destroyer.

They don’t need one. They need a sniper.

they have been too cheap thus far.

I’m pretty sure that Bezos had enough money to bribe moderate chunks of the army.

Primary them. Vote them out. Better a known evil turn an ally that betrays you.

Not for me. I hope those given the opportunity will take it.

That will be helpful, but for ducks sake. . .

Can we please get some sanity in the white house?

I don’t think something can rotate relevant to itself. If all of reality was the earth, and nothing else, how can you tell if it’s spinning or not?

Please use small words if you try to answer this. I know a decent bit of applied physics, but once it turns to pure math, my head starts to swim.