NoneOfUrBusiness

Okay what? I’m not sure what exactly you want me to respect here. I’m calling out the “look what not voting caused” circlejerk in the comments.

Uh… Y’all do realize these “sanctions” meant basically nothing right? Cry about Gaza non-voters when he actually does something (which he will don’t get me wrong, but this is just weak).

You gotta take into account cost of living differences there or you’re not making much of a point. There are countries in the world where living off 10 dollars a day would make you solidly upper middle class. I’d know; I come from one of them. Either way your claim that living conditions for “most citizens” are horrific doesn’t hold much water when their middle class is still one of the fastest growing in the world.

I mean if Harris had won it’d be “President Harris and President Biden” so if there’s supposed to be a difference here you’re not highlighting it.

Living and working conditions in China for most citizens are horrific, far beyond even the worst problems we see in the US.

Okay I hate China as much as the next guy but this can’t be true. CCP treatment of a small subset of its citizens is horrible, but they can get by despite that because they’re able to competently run the country for the rest of the population. There’s an implied consent here of the sort you typically see in stable dictatorships.

I doubt it. These things are controlled by the CCP and the CCP is loving the way Israel just keeps exposing Western hypocrisy.

These things require government buy-in and Republicans are too busy hunting the homeless for sport.

I mean nothing stops you from creating a new cryptocurrency, so it was kinda inevitable.

Does Trump even have any use for donor money now that he’s president?

Good on him.

I mean yeah, which is why the president appoints judges and Congress writes laws. The judiciary branch is indirectly beholden to public opinion, but you have to remember that in terms of political representation half the US is Republican, so these things you consider unjust are simply what that other half considers just and they get to have more or less as much representation as you.

I mean it helps to have an elected official with veto power over the decidedly non-elected justice system. It’s part of the checks and balances thing.

I mean generally the central administration of a state getting weaker is not a good sign.

I mean of course. Iran and Russia are this close today specifically because Trump showed Iran that the American-led West can’t be trusted by unilaterally reinstating sanctions, and that same Trump will become president in three days.

Obligatory Iran and Russia aren’t good guys either disclaimer.

Russia supporting the RSF? Russia is supporting the Sudanese military; it’s Wagner that’s supporting the RSF. Definitely true about Assad though.

killing a man is deplorable

Killing a cold blooded murderer is… well, even if you don’t believe it’s justice it’s definitely not something to cry about.

They kind of are, at least in my country, but these things take time.

Well admittedly I don’t know much about this summit so I couldn’t tell you much about who is attending from where, but as far as I know in most of the Arab world (can’t speak for Southeast Asia or the Indian Peninsula) educational opportunities aren’t distinguished by gender. Now there are cultural issues that depending on household can cause girls to have fewer opportunities than boys, but it’s nowhere near what one would imagine seeing what the Taliban are doing in Afghanistan. The Taliban are, by all means, the weird ones for messing around with girls’ education.

Didn’t you hear? Trump is Khamas now.

No that’s global.