Additionally, Chinese coal power is what provides and enables all of the cheap goods Americans can’t get enough of.

Shit is worrying. I’m extremely ignorant to the science of infectious diseases, but at least from my layman’s point of view, it is extremely concerning how this virus went from exploding across the entire globe in wild animal populations, to now infecting cattle, to then infecting goats in such a short time span… It seems like it is progressively getting worse, and any one of these millions of new infections per day could be the one that mutates just right to be able to hop between humans.

I’m dubious of all the articles stressing the “risk is extremely low, so stay calm” sentiment. That sentiment seems less about giving good advice to make people feel comfortable, and more like a means to minimize panic - which there surely will be if this bug starts hopping between people, and that 50% lethality rate holds steady.

A bird flu pandemic would be less about social distancing, and more about huddling with a shotgun in your basement.

The end game of the lib’s “harm reduction” is to continue taking shots to the left 30 years from now when the presidential candidates are a choice between the dem who wants to do 5 genocides and the repub who wants to do 10 genocides. At that point, the metamorphosis from liberal to fascist will be complete. To the liberal mind, political analysis stops with the earth-shattering revelation that 5 < 10.

They’ve been anchor biased hard as fuck, and they will continue to prop up genocide across the third world and beyond such that they never have to question their precious governmental systems and bureaucracy. The ecocidal, genocidal, imperialist political project that is the United States (which was devised a blink ago by 30-year old white slavers) is far more precious to liberals than, you know, halting genocide.

When I reached your situation, I started rackmounting which has saved me a lot of time.

I got a 1u dell poweredge r210 and slapped in a 10Gb network card. Loaded up OPNsense onto it. OPN sense was not easy to learn how to use, for me at least. Struggled to get everything running smoothly. But I am very happy I went with rack mounting instead of adding to the rat’s nest.

Good luck trying to explain to working-class people that the struggle they’re feeling is only because they don’t understand economics well enough.

So what you’re saying is that under our system, fascists are entitled to run for president?

Trump broke every rule on the book - why can’t Joe? The democrat’s weird-ass obsession with precedent, civility, and the sanctity of American politics (that were devised by 30 year old white slave owners) has made them entirely toothless and ill equipped to deal with fascism. I’ll never understand the liberal position that fascists must, at all costs, be allowed to run in elections. Stomp that shit out.

If Trump is such an imminent threat to democracy, and his game plan is full on fascism, why doesn’t Joe Biden or the democrats simply ban him from running?

How many genocidal deaths per month (under a dem administration) would it take for you to withhold your vote for a dem? 1 thousand, 1 million, 10 million? I suspect there is no amount.

It’s becoming clear that this aid-by-port charade is really just a means of delaying, and subsequently withholding, food and aid.

Rather be edgy than let the sophist’s slick words draped in patriotism and liberalism distract me from a horrific monstrosity that has left over 30,000 people dead - mostly women and children.

I swear in 10 years, once the backside to fascism has seriously taken root, the libs in this comment section will still be hooting and hollering over these empty words in the State of The Union - all the while doing every mental gymnastic possible such that they don’t have to question capitalism. Enjoy the backside.

Free Palestine

It’s just words, and they mean nothing. The state of the union is the ruling class’ best take on kabuki theater. He’s a genocidal maniac.

Thats a good one OP. Are you now the guy bestowing golden deagles to folks in MW2 lobbies? I always thought those people were the coolest. What are you doing with it?

Who’s arguing about the viability of third-party candidates? Your comment is a non sequitur.

As the next few decades roll by, and the US continues to backslide into fascism, it’ll be interesting to see your line of thinking evolve into

“Well, look… John ‘blue-tie’ Smith isn’t the strongest candidate. Sure, he’s waging 4 genocides across multiple theaters, but compare him to Chris ‘red-tie’ Lee who wants to start 7 more genocides, and the answer of who’s the better candidate is very clear. Thank God for my liberal pragmatism. Vote blue no matter who!”

The country is ratcheting further and further into fascism, and liberal ‘pragmatism’ is keeping people from asking real questions about how overarching political systems can be conducive to genocide. It obfuscates the real reasons behind the emergence of fascism.

But sure, keep falling for the good cop bad cop routine - I’m sure after just 4 or 5 or 20 more democratic presidents, you’ll finally have the enlightened society you’ve been aiming for.

“I don’t hate (n-word), I just hate people who act like (n-word).”

Body shaming isn’t acceptable just because it’s someone you don’t like.

We gotta end small-dick hate, homedog.

the members of blue collar unions are still primarily conservative

This is false https://pro.morningconsult.com/analysis/labor-union-members-more-democratic-less-liberal

Yes, definitely all Kim’s fault. Never mind the 20% of its population that got slaughtered in the Korean War.

That pesky “one issue” happens to be an ongoing genocide.

“Sure, he’s all about sending 10,000 tons of military equipment across the world to add to the 20,000 killed Palestinians, but he’s VERY pragmatic about other issues.”