It’s honestly a way quieter sub than it used to be because what you’re describing has been happening IMO

It’s been gone since we invaded Iraq

Even /r/conservative (I couldn’t resist looking) is not cool with this. I’m not saying that Trump is suddenly done for, but this is clearly a major fracture and he needs to do something about it before people start feeling emboldened and challenge him.

Let me be clear: I hope he doesn’t do shit and doubles down.

What are you talking about? Every other comment is “the Democrats will do nothing because they are spineless.”

I don’t really know what there is to doubt here. It’s in the video - the video that you posted. But you’re also focusing on this one little thing and not consideringthe broader point I am making: he is far too sympathetic to Russia. They are an aggressor nation, Putin invaded a sovereign nation with a nonsensical premise. Russia is solely responsible for countless deaths and unimaginable suffering for both nations. We cannot tolerate this in the modern era. Russia invaded Ukraine for imperialist ambitions just as they have done multiple times to other sovereign territories in the last 20 years - why should we condone this behavior? They do it over and over again.

They are the ones who have to back down. They are the ones who have to be told by the world that enough is enough. They are going to keep doing this over and over again because the government sees people as a resource to be spent for their personal glory and the consolidation of power. That is it. There is no nuance to be gleaned here. If you are sympathetic to Russia, you are part of the problem and you are wrong.

He specifically talks about how 25% of the country is Russian and builds a case off it. It was in your video.

Honestly it still helps with the message.

Legitimately asking this: how do you expect his family to stop him? He’s a grown ass man. He’s a piece of shit and has a body count due to his anti-vaccine efforts, but he’s not their dependent lol. What do you expect them to do? They’ve already distanced themselves concretely from him and made it clear they don’t endorse his bullshit.

If he cared what people thought we wouldn’t be here.

He’s got some points but he’s wrong.

Sachs means well but frankly after 3 years of this shit with Russia the apologist in him needs to shut up. I’m serious. He’s an earnest, honest dude, but he is wrong to be so charitable to the Russian government. Russia is a rogue state akin to a new North Korea. The Russian government is an agent of chaos, it is self-serving, and it will never stop gobbling up sovereign territories unless the world makes them or they finally bite off more than they can chew and the defending nation makes them pay for it. Period.

The ethnic pleas he makes like with Estonia are the exact arguments Russia uses. It’s like watching a sloppy game of EU IV where a leader just does flagrant bullshit to earn “cassus belli.”

Russia invaded Ukraine claiming it was for “de-nazification.” Have we seriously forgotten this? How can Sachs say all this with a straight face? The “they feel hemmed in by NATO” argument is not sufficient, especially when they cite the aforementioned “we need to remove the Nazis!” bs.

Again I respect him. He means well and is a smart dude. But he is wrong.

Ffffffff that’s pretty cool I don’t need a new hobby 😅

Whoah

Oh damn so…what? It transmits the contents into a format that actually registers as email? Some sort of analog to digital conversion?

What’s winlink?

Yeah I have loved all the horizon games. Even 1 is really fun still. Love the vibes

Now you’re trying too hard

Cue the pearl clutching and jaqassery.

You open with a sarcastic comment, ask me what the meaning of the word “implemented” is, and then act like you’ve just been sweet and asking innocent questions? You’ll have to excuse me if I’m a little incredulous.

This is amazing

Dude my point is simple. The concept of a living wage is well established and defined. Including how it can be calculated. There are countless studies and reports and estimates to the point where we could easily establish it as a minimum wage at the very least at the municipal and state levels depending on income needs to “live.”

This is not complicated. It’s a decades old, well established concept. Unfortunately it has not been implemented in to law in the US in any meaningful way beyond a handful of cities and states. I don’t Know if you were just playing dense or truly do not understand the concept, but there you go. Use fucking Google I don’t care. I don’t need to defend the existence of this concept and how thoroughly researched and thought out it already is.

Are you going to actually respond substantively or are you going to keep up your lame song and dance? Make your fucking point. What are you trying to say?

If you’re going to waste my time with bullshit bait I’ll waste your time with lazy answers.

If you have a point to make just make it. Stop this ridiculous song and dance.