Actually is true

not committing now = keeping your options open. it's smart. usually who has more different available moves is in a better situation. money are not going anywhere and if EU doesn't urgently need them it's a nice bonus in future.

When it was stable and didn't do bad things blatantly like it's the norm.

That was a very narrow window of time, mostly the time between the fall of the USSR ending the Cold War up to 9/11, so about a 10 years period since the end of WW2.

Before that the USA was aiding and fostering violent dictatorships, helping them to perform coups all around if they were amenable to the US's interests (aka: they were anti-commies) like in Latin America, Iran itself, etc.; bombing countries where their right-wing coups failed like in Vietnam during its independence period after French rule, for example.

There were fuckups too but the declared goals were usually not bad. Now declared goals seem bad. The language is the language of hate. It's a big change. and this is not north korea. it's one of the most powerful country and definitely most influential in the world

See for yourself compared to the past https://youtu.be/X6GRMdn8ZD4?t=6

And now tell me it's all the same as before and I'm burying my head in the sand.

Naw, sorry, reading through this thread you're burying your head in the sand; sorry, just calling balls and strikes.

I say that as a person who is out in the streets in the US doing what we can against the current government. But to be honest, we were out in the streets before. The difference is that you were at brunch and didn't notice.

I wasn't asking you.

> But to be honest, we were out in the streets before.

Who is "we"? Do you remember your past lives? If you are fighting against every government when you will realize you should maybe just move to another country?

I'm not american or from US but this reads like mental illness

> didn't do bad things blatantly like it's the norm.

Sorry to break it to you, but heads in sand doesn't make history not happen...

I totally agree. Just remember that current events also happen and become history. maybe you picked your side, that's your choice.

Sorry to break it to you but vague empty remarks don't make arguments happen. One of us has head in the sand but you're wrong who it is.

Crazy how you replied twice, two hours apart.

Vietnam is still suffering from agent orange.

Just thought of a better one and couldn't edit.

I'm in vietnam sometimes and have friends there. How is it suffering? because it's news to me.

You don't have to review them just ask your llm to make the same thing if you really want it;)

I literally just tell claude, here is the deekwiki please use this tool for the next task lol

dupe https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47564245

I was also so sure I'd seen this earlier.

Clicking on 'past' also didn't show any results. Neither did Algolia help. I guess that's because both the title and the site are different.

Have been seen this happening many times lately on HN.

I thought I saw it like every other day but search didn't show it. Kind of weird behavior I think some accounts take advantage of it

off topic. all risks you mention are in developing countries without good medicine. that's not Japan.

no worries, when things go hard and stock goes down they can count on Trump for a convenient war and oil crisis.

This war is going to push oil prices up, which means more EV sales. On top of that, make sure to sprinkle a bit of tariffs in order to block BYD.

Mhhh, makes sense.

The oil prices is a short term thing, and Trump is all about "Drill baby drill" so no, it doesn't make sense.

The tariffs though is a great point. Definitely a boon for Tesla from good old Papa Trump. It's grotesque.

Well, I didn't say it's intentional... just that they can count on it... but yeah it was sarcasm.

If you think they only took one shot, you're not a digital photographer)

In this special situation you get as many as you can a few dozen at least. Then only publish the one that looks the best. If it's f4 then f4 worked best.

> Weakening your own domain to get powerful sounds clearly contradictory

No because it's relative. If people around you get weak then you get more powerful automatically. If you get more powerful and people around you also get more powerful then you are in the same situation.

So if power is what you want you destroy others at the same time as building your power. What trump is doing is logical. He isn't living in china or russia. he doesn't care if they get stronger. he cares if people around get weaker relative to him and cronies who are in on it. and that works