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Aren’t Doctors Without Borders active, and also losing doctors to IDF strikes in Gaza? What’s the complaint here?

If there was a suitable banquet hall, why are state receptions held on the South Lawn by every admin?

Not passing judgement, making an observation

That’s a reasonable way to think about it, but what “should” happen and what “does” happen are different.

It seems like historically, state visits happen at the White House, which to me makes a lot of sense given the logistics of hosting foreign entourage.

The US is a world power, part of being a world power is being able to project that power, including through aesthetics, compare the aesthetics of a state visit in the Kremlin and Great Hall of the People vs. hosting in a temporary tent on a lawn.

Why is defence of it insane? The article makes a good point re: state guests and needing to erect tents to accommodate them.

Genuinely curious

Yes, but the EU is currently a US vassal and surprisingly weak as a driver of any geopolitical decision.

I wish the EU would have closer relations with the PRC as a balance to being screwed over by the US

Unfortunately such a system doesn’t exist. Britain used to be hegemon before world war 2, then the US, and soon the PRC.

I’m not part of the imperial core (US), so I’d rather deal with Beijing than Washington in foreign affairs.

Unfortunately, my country already has all those discriminations, so the only thing that would change for me is dealing with a more cooperative rather than extractive “pole”

China is orders of magnitude more of a force for good than the US is.

China becoming hegemon would unironically be amazing for humanity

Depends on the country, of course there were politicians that disagreed on principle, but the voting on the issue wasn’t done by MEPs , if it’s MEPs you messaged

The rejection of the bill wasn’t on principle, but technicalities, if you look at most countries that opposed, the bill will be back with edits, Denmark is already aiming for December

The rejection of the bill wasn’t on principle, but technicalities, the bill will be back with edits, Denmark is already aiming for December

What Trump is doing makes a lot of sense. It’s just standard iconoclasm.

Authoritarian regimes routinely destroy historical monuments to erase a past they oppose, promote their own ideology, and control national identity.

I can see that, tbf, thanks for the explanation

Europe… the guys that want backdoors into all encrypted communication… the guys that want to give Google a big fat contract for app attestatio for their age verification apps…

Europe…? You guys thought of Europe? I feel like the entire EU policy right now is anathema to an Open Source Phone

Meta returning to their roots it seems

So… if you tax millionaires, they won’t simply leave?

Hmm…

I’m finally migrating from iCloud Photos to Immich next weekend. I finally have my NAS setup going

Laws are not immutable, they can change to adapt to technological advancements. Currently, we’re still at the mercy of declining mental faculties with age.

This doesn’t contradict the statement above. Also Mitch McConnell isn’t president, is he?

How have we as a society accepted policymakers that will probably not live to see the consequences of their policies

Another China win:

The age limit for a minister-level appointment is retirement at age 65, and a person older than 58 will not be viewed as an eligible candidate. Department directors have an age limit of 60. A vice premier must be under 68 when appointed and must retire by 72.

Genuinely wish it’s a Chinese OEM, I’d love to run Graphene on something like the Xiaomi 17 Pro