Americans finally knowing when to throw the gloves off and dEcOrUm. You guys had Teddy Roosevelt and he was unabashedly unafraid of the vested interests. And even if there was no Teddy, you guys also mobilised to end the first Gilded Age. You can do it again!

I am not American, but I would begrudgingly vote for him if I could. That is, unless, if the US progressives have gained momentum and takes over the party and

Oh I understand now.

I was confused by the post because it made it sound like men do this at home.

My jab at Americans is that they complained politics is boring, and now they regret it.

They straight up said it was all expenses paid so it’s not stealing.

I never heard of any man who will go away for hours or days? This is honestly messed up. But the way people talk about this sounds like it’s normal.

When I think of corporate corruption, I think of cooking the books, lobbying the government, bribing, or even straight up harassment and assassination. But in this case, I don’t think it’s corruption. If the company has enough cash for extra perks, why the hell not.

Depends how lucky you are. There is a guy who works in upper management and he has the privilege to order new equipment for his office, which is all expenses paid by the company. He built a gaming computer complete with neon lights and four monitors right in his office.

“Honey, I will be late from work! I will be back at 3am!”

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Europe could defend itself, sure, but it wouldn’t qualify as superpower in the military area. It doesn’t have the same power projection as it used to have and what the US has now. Europe’s military state has been abandoned since the end of cold war and production fell. That is why Europe is struggling to produce equipment for Ukraine. The continent has been reliant of US for much of its military munitions, vehicles and equipment.

I don’t see flat, I see full of rivers and bogs.

Assuming this is a jab on “empires only last 250 years”, I would like to point out that the number usually refers to the estimate on how long, on average, is the golden age/peace period of a nation last after becoming the hegemon.

Don’t worry, the US will survive long, but not as the superpower anymore. See Europe for example after their empires crumbled.

Add the “vote blue, no matter who” as thought terminating cliche. The Democrats are enabling the Republicans anyway!

When Left posts, they get flack from ALL right AND MOST of the left as well

Yeah, remember when the right was raging when Soros was funding left leaning causes, but they are mum when climate-change denying, racist, LGBT-phobe, rich oligarchs are funding anyone on the right?

They get funding, that much is obvious. It was the same story with the Nazis who got massive support from obvious sources.

Because billionaires fleeing or stop investing after taxing them is mostly a myth. Warren Buffet even argued this. And even if they are serious about fleeing, impose a capital flight tax like Norway did to deter the rich from fleeing with their wealth.

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Ah yes, listed in the most secure mode of data collection.

NIMBYs and corporations are results of both problem, excessive individualism.

We think changes happen overnight but rise and fall of a power is typically a slowburn.

It’s important to recognise exceptionally good imo.

And the good people never brag how charitable they are for doing so.