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Perhaps. The Soviet Union lasted a good 70 years though. They do seem to be killing it in renewable energy and AI though which is interesting.

Not that I disagree with a lot of America’s stupid preoccupations with rugged individualism etc, however this China romanticisation reminds me how a lot of the western intelligentsia fell for communism and had a soft spot for the Soviet Union.

How do you account for the fact that Green has been around since the 1960s with The Beatles etc that has infiltrated so much culture but never really took over the masses? Perhaps America needs a national divorce, it just seems unsustainable where you have a good ~30% of the population that basically wants a third world style autocrat in Trump, yet the coastal city folk are so much further evolved than that. I feel like something has gotta give.

At this point would that be surprising??? 😂 😢

I’m not even American 😂 United States politics infects Australia and everywhere else in the West lmao.

The funny thing is he doesn’t drink 😂 Maybe I’d have more chance if we could shoot the shit over a pint

@Leo Gura How do you deal with parents, specially my dad who aggressively spouts MAGA talking points. if I’m empathetic and go spiral wizard, I feel weak and let him get away with the insane framing of the conversation. If I go hard I’m a “Trump Derangement Syndrome” out of touch leftie who just doesn’t understand the “common sense” of regular folk

I’d lean yellow but hard to say. He seemed full blown green during his Vox days, so maybe he’s evolved upwards. His recent interview on Lex was pretty good

Dunno if you’ve been following Ezra Klein lately but I get a lot of yellow vibes from him. Progressive but has matured into a more meta and analytical progressive

Don’t forget innocent green card holders may have been deported to a prison in El Salvador

My hope is their overreach is so bad that MAGA is completely discredited and indefensible. Then things will become more normal in 4 years time. If not it seems the US Republic may fundamentally become a semi autocracy

@Leo Gura Trump episode? If Tate got one surely Trump is worthy

To be fair to him, he’s basically sworn off gaming and immature drama since he’s been medicated for his ADHD. The allegations are prior to him being medicated

He might be impeached if Dems take the house. He’ll have to do something really fucked up for the GOP Senate to convict him though. I reckon his approval ratings will start to plummet once the honeymoon is over

Odds of Impeachment by the end of it?

It’s akin to the upheaval that the printing press caused in Europe, leading to the 30 years war etc

Hmmm depends on your timeframe. If you’re investing for 10+ years S&P500 will be fine. Always goes up ~10% in the long run. If you need it in 4 years then maybe not

Lol that helps 😂 The question is, will America learn its lesson that mindless populist rot isn’t actually superior in the end?

@Leo Gura I’m in a cynical doom spiral right now after this Trump stuff. Astonishing that after everything he’s done (coup attempt), he got re-elected. The worst part is family members who you previously saw as reasonable go along with him and make excuses. Genuinely baffling. Is there gonna be a reckoning?

Why all this talk of “Russia’s backyard” without regard for what Ukraine actually desire. They desperately want to join the western sphere, via economic arrangements. And Putin wouldn’t let them, so his puppet in 2014 got overthrown by the people and he invaded.

@Leo Gura Valid point, I can’t imagine how hard it’d be to leave that success on the table. I think you could have an awesome conversation with him. You disagree more on metaphysics than politics do I reckon set up a conversation based on that

@Leo Gura In one of Destiny’s streams, he mentioned he had a nightmare that all his counterparts were all part of the YouTube game and it was all a joke, and he felt like such a loser for being sincere lmao.

Indeed he does. Disagree with him on certain issues, but he has 0 tolerance for “centrist” bs. In a similar camp as Sam Harris, who could’ve easily become an anti woke Trumper, but alienated the left and the right wing of his audience.

It seems so hard for people to recognise excesses of the far left without going apologia for Trump bs. It’s baffling to think the the mainstream Dems are worse than the “anti establishment” MAGA crowd

@Leo Gura I’ve become more cynical as the years have gone on. To see someone like Anna mock a “centrist” like Rubin endlessly only to be come the same. Is it pure grift maybe I’m missing something?