I see how i could have been more explicit. Iran is evidence that the USA can’t defend Taiwan in a drawn out war if China decided to invade

They already have the capability, Iran is proof of that. The 2027 number is simply to justify the next military budget, which at this point has little influence on the future of Taiwan.

If China wanted to invade they could do it already and there would be fuck all the states could do about it. Iran is the writing on the wall.

All of the good decisions?

GOP: fuck them kids, and sometimes literally

Ehh, Tesla was building those things before Musk took over. It’s like the Nazis and the autobahn, these people are taking credit for previous good decisions when they take over.

Or you can start a land war in asia. Talked to a 44 year old on the train who’s basically living at a shelter. He would join the army if they would take him…

If a software project is built better but no one else ever bothers to maintain it, can it even be said to be better?

Well we all don’t have a government pursuing renewable that makes power costs predictably drop over time. Efficiency matters when I’m looking at my power bill thay went up because of a near by data center being built

My bet is these companies are doing layoffs but calling it AI

More like the opposite: paying telcos to stop rolling out broadband and promise to roll out copper instead

Bold to assume that ushering in God’s judgement isn’t their goal.

Ilhan Omar is chummy with Hasan as well, yall going to denounce her as well?

Okay, that made me laugh. Thx for that I guess

“If the west doesn’t build it then China will” is a claim to a timeline. And in the context of governments, most would assume you’re talking about less than 100 years.

Because asking AI to do humans is still uncanny. Pixar and Ghibli was already ruined by AI…

I watched enough MJR to know you were going to call Gaham Platner a Nazi… You should actually listen to that guy, I’ve heard more working class analysis from him then I have seen in this entire thread.

And you might as well accuse Hasan of being a white supremacist for his support of Platner.

Considering it was under Mao that Xi’s family was exiled it is a rather salient comparison.

Edit: and we can know how much power Mao had by how big of a power vacuum he left. The fact of the matter is it is a single party republic, and that’s why Mao was replaced with someone more sensible. If there was a sizable power vacuum things would not have turned out this way.

I mean at least 1/3 of Americans say it’s why we have the 2nd amendment. And 2/3 of the Supreme Court would likely agree, just they wouldn’t admit we are at that point where it is necessary. It’s ingrained in our culture down to the American revolution. But yeah, whenever leftist groups arm themselves they get wiped out, see the Black Panthers as an example.

Xi has no more absolute power over the government than Mao had (who was forced to step aside). And saying it is in no way democratic is patently false considering all their politicians need to be elected in at the local level. Lastly, Xi’s family was exiled from Beijing and they survived only to have Xi become the leader.