A Deeply Fractured US

[Good2Golf]

Wouldn't be surprised if Tim Walz being governor doesn't have something to do with it, as Trump seems to be petty enough to invade Greenland because he's made that a private society in Norway didn't give him a Nobel prize, is bigly mad at the government of Norway, and probably can't tell the difference anymore with them and Denmark (if he ever knew it was different).

You mean Iceland?

 

[Brad Sallows]

Why are they in Minnesota anyway? There are other states with much larger illegal immigrants population, are they not there because they are mostly red?

Wouldn't be surprised if Tim Walz being governor doesn't have something to do with it, as Trump seems to be petty enough to invade Greenland because he's made that a private society in Norway didn't give him a Nobel prize, is bigly mad at the government of Norway, and probably can't tell the difference anymore with them and Denmark (if he ever knew it was different).

The administration is often petty and provocative. Unfortunately, authorities have a lot of laws to enforce and limited resources, and the right to make choices about who they're going to go after.

 

[ytz]

The signal I’m seeing is Trump blatantly pandering to the military at a ‘bread and circuses’ level. He’s never honoured service or sacrifice and certainly hasn’t started now. So why does he suddenly care about the army navy game?

Makes sense though. It's the ultimate destination of the "Thank you for your service" culture.

 

[ytz]

Wouldn't be surprised if Tim Walz being governor doesn't have something to do with it, as Trump seems to be petty enough to invade Greenland because he's made that a private society in Norway didn't give him a Nobel prize, is bigly mad at the government of Norway, and probably can't tell the difference anymore with them and Denmark (if he ever knew it was different).

It's actually a very Third World mindset. In a lot of corrupt third world countries institutions are seen as extensions of elites or powerful actors. They aren't seen as independent. Not a surprise the guy who spent his whole life doing a bunch of shady real estate deals has no capacity to understand institutional independence in high trust societies. He just can't imagine that the Norwegian government doesn't direct the Nobel Foundation.

 

[Czech_pivo]

“By tonnage, more commercial vessels were built by China’s state-owned Shipbuilding Corporation in 2024 than the United States has managed to construct in total in the 80 years since the end of World War II.“
@ytz
That is unreal to read.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Why are they in Minnesota anyway? There are other states with much larger illegal immigrants population, are they not there because they are mostly red?

Wouldn't be surprised if Tim Walz being governor doesn't have something to do with it, as Trump seems to be petty enough to invade Greenland because he's made that a private society in Norway didn't give him a Nobel prize, is bigly mad at the government of Norway, and probably can't tell the difference anymore with them and Denmark (if he ever knew it was different).

They are in plenty of red states also.

Texas and Florida have the highest arrest rates for all states.

You don’t hear about other places much because many are cooperating with ICE.

 

[ytz]

“By tonnage, more commercial vessels were built by China’s state-owned Shipbuilding Corporation in 2024 than the United States has managed to construct in total in the 80 years since the end of World War II.“
@ytz
That is unreal to read.

I figure the ramping up of their culture wars is because they've decided they can't fight China. Otherwise, they would unify against the external threat.

 

[Czech_pivo]

I figure the ramping up of their culture wars is because they've decided they can't fight China. Otherwise, they would unify against the external threat.

Who is ‘they’?

 

[Furniture]

“By tonnage, more commercial vessels were built by China’s state-owned Shipbuilding Corporation in 2024 than the United States has managed to construct in total in the 80 years since the end of World War II.“
@ytz
That is unreal to read.

While interesting, it's not really a useful data point.

The West hasn't been in the business of building or crewing freighters in a very long time. It's a lot cheaper to build off-shore, crew from off-shore, and register off-shore.

It's a lot easier to build ships cheap in a place where people who complain about work conditions can be brought into line by having their family imprisoned.

 

[RangerRay]

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For someone who talks about the Chinese threat, Trump seems to be doing everything he can to help China surpass America.

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