Exactly, the fact that Cheney wants dems to win is an indictment of the whole party.

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I very much agree. Sustainability has to be the priority for socialist societies, and research into how sustainability can be achieved practically is valuable for that.

In my opinion, the main problem is that I don't see any actual path towards even attempting degrowth under capitalism. The whole economy is structured around consumption. Seems to me that's really the problem that needs to be focused on before any talk of degrowth or other approaches to sustainability can be entertained. Capitalism is fundamentally unsustainable and that is the problem that needs to be addressed as a prerequisite for any sustainable future being possible.

I think that's actually the key reason. China accounted for 40% of chip sales from US companies. Cutting that off is absolutely catastrophic. Meanwhile, this also spurred China's domestic industry which is already dominating legacy chip sales globally, and will likely soon start competing in bleeding edge chips as well. So, not only have these companies lost their biggest market, but now they also have stiff competition. The whole chips sanctions scheme achieved the exact opposite of the intended effect.

As always this highlights the contrast between Chinese and western development.

Yeah, I find his analysis tends to be sound and easily digestible. Completely agree that it's hilarious how he attributes China's success to Christianity as opposed to material development driven by the political system. Kind of illustrates how people come up with crazy ideas when they don't use material analysis of things.

Yeah, I think somebody linked to his weird take where he claims China's development is somehow a result of embracing Christianity. So, he's definitely deep into the whole religious thing. That said though, the analysis he has is generally sound and well sourced.

I think the word they're looking for is steals

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Getting rid of the occupiers is the first step towards sovereignty. Yankee occupiers can get fucked.

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