I'm really trying to reconcile how the Chinese manage a more equal society while having a fraction of the tools we do; they don't have property taxes, just a lease you renew every ~70 years, they can't do QE like we do.
It's like we have all the tools to delay the trajectory of capitalism, we just choose not to use it.
Yes, it makes a difference if Trump was saying anybody would "act like Russia", whatever that means vs anybody would continue attacks after Ukraine's main supporter pulls back.
President Donald Trump expressed understanding Friday for Russia’s stepped-up attacks on Ukraine after the White House halted military and intelligence aid
Sure, just like our intelligence from Ukraine told us 1 Ukrainian shot down 50 Russian jets. Until the jets are actually being shot down, we can't say that the stealth doesn't work with any level of confidence. The fact that they've sunk so many resources into it suggests that at least Russia believes it can do things their 4th gen fighters can't.
I don't know Russian fighter jets actual performance specs, and unless you work for the Russian military, you don't know that either.
What we can say is that Su-57s have been used in Ukraine to strike targets behind enemy lines and they haven't been shot down by F-16s or Patriots so it looks like it does the job it was designed to do.
If you do work for the Russian military, I hear Warthunder isn't correctly modeling your plane's performance, you should post the Su-57 flight manual on the forums.
Europe isn't using modern fighter jets, they're flying fourth generation fighters while America, China, and Russia are starting to fly sixth generation jets.
But yeah it would make more sense to buy from China if you're trying to put pressure on America. America does not see Russia as a near-peer adversary, and Europe is even less threatening.
That is why neither party would ever permit electoral reform. What next, are you going to suggest we get rid of gerrymandering? Lobbying? Insider Trading for congress members?
republican voters put the fear of the primary in their elected representatives
Not just that, they don't expect blind loyalty like the democrats. I have never seen a republican tell their base after the primary "Eat shit. You're gonna vote for me anyway, otherwise you're a democrat" and then get indignant when nobody shows up to vote for them.
We live under Trump, and our last vote was a choice between Trump and Trump's 2016 platform, what meaningful democracy?
You're on the same trajectory as us, with a choice between "progressive" neoliberals continuing to hollow out social programs while poisoning indigenous people's water at home and supporting wars of imperialism on the other side of the world, and conservative neoliberals doing the same, and you're probably going to end up with the greater evil this time.
Why do you think every time there's a school shooting, it's a weird right-winger, and the only leftist mass shooting in the last decade was directed at congress?
If mass shooters were randomized among <30s, we'd expect way more lib and left shooters, because most <30s are lib and left.
Pet the kitty.