US 2024 Presidential Election

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I mean, that's the fascinating thing about that brand of the right wing. They love a certain amount of mutual support and joint purpose, but at the end of the day they are nationalists. Whilst its nice to have bonds of convenience between nationalists of different states when the main aim is winning elections against the hated liberal-left, once they gain power they're all about screwing over other countries, and next thing you know they're all at each other's throats.
In Canada, the provincial parties tend to be independent from the national ones. The Federal Conservatives like to portray the Canadian economy as weak so the Liberals look bad. Ford on the other hand is portraying the economy as good because it makes him loot better with Ontario voters. So now Ford is going into the election looking like someone who will fight for Ontario and will stand up to the new Axis of Evil.
 

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If a 10th of what people think is in there is actually in there, the US is fucked

So far, it's already way past 10% and we are two weeks in
No, it's not, please stop with the hyperbole...

So Trump- who criticized Biden for "playing favorites in the market"- is floating the idea of having the government outright buy a company. For what? What strategic purpose does this serve for the country? Is it going to do more for us than USAID did?

Oh yeah, by the way, actual President of the United States Elon Musk wants USAID shut down, calling it a "criminal organization".

Wouldn't it be a good idea for the government to buy a social media company since social media is the new "public square" and it should be a public good, and then the 1st amendment could apply to the platform so there's no censorship?
 

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If a company is crippled by the government, the company is all but valueless and the shareholders lose their money. Therefore, a threat to cripple the company may cause the shareholders to sell because it's the only way they're getting their money back.

Or, they could agree to lose the money and terminate the company as a great big "Fuck you" to the country that stole their business. But generally, investors want their money back.
Okay, but the majority of people using the company aren't under that government. Like porn sites not caving to certain states
 

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Israel right now
 

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Project 2025 in full swing

imagine being one of the dullards who believed/lied that Trump and project 2025 were completely separate and that Trump even disliked it.

of course no one really believed it. Everyone knew Trump would stick to that plan, and the US still deliberately voted for it.

I hope they’re proud of themselves
 

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imagine being one of the dullards who believed/lied that Trump and project 2025 were completely separate and that Trump even disliked it.

of course no one really believed it. Everyone knew Trump would stick to that plan, and the US still deliberately voted for it.

I hope they’re proud of themselves
Might be worth copying and pasting quotes of such to not allow them forget it.
 

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Okay, but the majority of people using the company aren't under that government. Like porn sites not caving to certain states
Sure, but getting locked out of a market would likely have an impact on company value roughly proportional to the share that country contributes to the company's revenue. The USA is an extremely large market, so its inaccessibility could massively damage the value of TikTok.
 

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imagine being one of the dullards who believed/lied that Trump and project 2025 were completely separate and that Trump even disliked it.

of course no one really believed it. Everyone knew Trump would stick to that plan, and the US still deliberately voted for it.

I hope they’re proud of themselves
OMG, nothing has happened to NOAA...
 

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