He was talking about the Soviet Union. Don't they teach this very basic history in school?

Who do you think was conducting the 'Cold War' in the last sentence?

The correct answer. The perfect duology.

Love watching the oligarchs take over...it's nowhere near as subtle as I thought it was going to be.

Democracy manifest!

Hulk Hogan is almost the single reason why wrestlers don't have a union and aren't offered the same protections as other entertainers. He's truly human garbage.

In most places under the American empire's control to varying degrees.*

I don't see them as any different to cigarettes personally. Just one more way for giant corporations to get people hooked on addictive shit with no upside. Fuck Jool. Fuck Philip Morris.

These companies spend millions knowingly breaking the law over and over and then get to keep operating regardless? Their executives should be in prison.

Why does the executive branch have any say over the judicial branch? Shouldn't they operate independently of each other?

Disgusting

I agree. But the problem comes when the investors want to start to see a return. Just look at the state of the tech industry now. Consider the failure of second sight and how it's left people with brain implants that no longer function.

I agree the tech looks promising and we are going to need a lot of adaptation solutions but right now theyre being funded in order to take advantage of the serious cost to society and with the need for returns those costs will only spiral upward. This will be especially obvious when we consider that it is the poorest communities who are most affected by climate disasters. The richest people will get adaptation. The poorest will get refugee status.

By relying so heavily on private solutions governments abdicate responsibility and communities get left to pick up the pieces.

Remember the good old days when Australia's closest thing to pizza was a quiche with tomato sauce on top.

The massive amount of work that goes into a modern AAA title is truly mind blowing. It's gross that so little money goes to the people who actually make the games but certainly the effort is astounding even in titles that fall short of expectations.