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Re:The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide on Thursday March 06, 2025 @02:23AM (#43277399)

And yet in many cases, his orders have been struck down by the courts. Where's the dictatorship?

Biden pardoned his entire family. Is he a dictator?

Re:The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide on Thursday March 06, 2025 @02:21AM (#43277384)

You are pretty special indeed if you can't see that Russia and Ukraine are currently in a stalemate that could drag on for years.

Re:The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide on Thursday March 06, 2025 @02:18AM (#43277365)

Trump administration most likely has calculated and knows that shrinking $200 billion in trade deficit with Canada outweighs the downside of lost trade and tourism from Canada.

You speak of favor to US and trust and relationship, but that's really inconsequential in the face of $200 billion in trade deficit.

Re:The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide on Thursday March 06, 2025 @01:31AM (#43277078)

This is a concrete list, thanks.

> invading greenland

Trump says a lot of things, as we've seen from his first term. You should judge him on what he's done, not what he's said.

> posts AI videos of gold statues of himself in "Trump Gaza"

Again, judge him on what he does, not what he's joking about

> he wrecks every international relationship we have

And yet, Canada and Mexico is actively working with US government on repealing the tariffs and increasing border security. France, UK, and Ukraine just acquiesced and want to come to the negotiating table.

> turns the economy into chaos

what chaos?

Re:Best Buy and Target CEOs say prices are about to go up because of t... on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @10:19PM (#43262252)

the $100 billion investment in 2025 is new. the first investment in 2020 is also from trump first term.

doge has only been at work for 45 days, give it time. it's starting to look into military and medicare already.

Re:Best Buy and Target CEOs say prices are about to go up because of t... on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @10:09PM (#43262174)

The headlines in the last 45 days is a lot better than the headlines in the previous 4 years in my opinions

- Zelensky vows to 'make things right' with Trump and negotiate peace https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cge1qq4jdxdo

- Illegal crossings at U.S.-Mexico border down 94% from last year, Border Patrol chief says https://www.cbsnews.com/news/illegal-crossings-u-s-mexico-bo...

- Taiwan chip company announce $100 billion U.S. investment https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/03/trump-tai...

- Tech Giants Have Pledged Over $1 Trillion in US Investment, So Far https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tech-giants-pledged-over-1-22...

- DOGE says it's saved $105 billion https://abcnews.go.com/US/doge-website-now-saved-105-billion...

Re:America faces a Trumpian economic slowdown on Sunday March 02, 2025 @07:32PM (#43236940)

We currently have a showdown between the bureaucracy, and the forces that seeks to reduce it or take it down. The narrative is not between the rich and the poor that the bureaucracy is trying to push desperately.

The bureaucracy is all encompassing; it's in the military industry, healthcare industry, education industry, the consulting industry, and of course, the government. But it's also entangled in all the other industries as well.

we're witnessing a once in American history fight between bureaucracy, the media it controls, and the auditors. Remember the worst of bureaucracy unchecked is basically dictatorships. And dictatorships can only be toppled by its citizens.

Re:Her job is to remove homeless from SF's parks. Her methods are extr... on Sunday February 16, 2025 @10:21PM (#43074721)

Park rangers make $30k-40k in small cities/towns. Not to mention big cities can help pay for some of the transition costs for these homeless, with their 15 billion budget. Also, it would be way cheaper to house these homeless once they choose to transition from park to an apartment.

Re:Her job is to remove homeless from SF's parks. Her methods are extr... on Sunday February 16, 2025 @08:57PM (#43074094)

you might have misunderstood; if the homeless is now in a cheaper COL park, then more park custodians can be hired to take care of the homeless. And why should we assume that SF metro agencies are more apt to take care of these downtrodden than small town Nevada City? They haven't exactly done a stellar job so far for decades.

Re:Her job is to remove homeless from SF's parks. Her methods are extr... on Sunday February 16, 2025 @08:44PM (#43073978)

In that case, why not move all the homeless from a park in a metropolis to a park in a cheaper/remote area? Then you can actually employ cheaper custodians in those areas to look after these homeless.

Re:Her job is to remove homeless from SF's parks. Her methods are extr... on Sunday February 16, 2025 @08:30PM (#43073864)

In australia, they put the people with mental illness or addiction in their own apartment and give them pills, and check in with them regularly. Definitely costs less than 50k/year. Most of them do end up getting better after several years.

It seems US has a system that extracts maximumly from their tax payers and just keeps things in (bad) status quo as long as they can. A babying system if you well.

Re:How Nissan and Honda's $60B merger talks collapsed on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @07:26PM (#43031385)

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/Electric-vehicl...

Sales of EVs in Japan fell 33% y/y to 59,736 cars in 2024, the first decline in 4 years.

EV's share of all vehicle sales fell below 2% in Japan