These are not protectionist tariffs. He's not trying to encourage US manufacturing.
He's trying to get other countries to bend the knee, and abandon their right to regulate their economy and their environment.
Kichae
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A company headquartered in Canada and "Canada" are very different things.
I can't believe I live in an era where we celebrate blocking ourselves off from space for the sake of private interests selling higher resolution porn to rural communities. Especially when we could just be investing in public, terrestrial infrastructure.
You don't need hundreds of millions of users, though. You only need a few dozen users active in each community to make them worth while. A couple of hundred makes them downright vibrant.
Reddit-like communities with hundreds of thousands of users are a waste, and become nearly impossible to moderate effectively.
Jesus F. Christ, that's a stunning victory.
You should understand the rules of the places you are posting to, yes.
This is why "let's pretend this is centralized social media and ignore the fact that we're all on different websites" is a bad idea, actually. You don't get to parachute into someone else's house and expect the rules of your own home apply.
Carney has a reputation for being a Keynesian, as far as I know, which means we should hope to see a new wave of federal investment in infrastructure and a topping up of social programs. The wave of painting him as "every CEO's best buddy" seems really weird in that context, because the CEO's mantra since Regan has been "austerity and tax cuts".
Like, yes, he's not going to overthrow the system, but maybe Loretto should spend more time talking smack about the NDP's choices in the last eight years rather than complaining that the party of the system isn't radical enough to upend it.
I'm so tired of the leftist obsession with the Liberals, and how our constant attempts to be "right" do more to empower the far right at the expense of the centre than they do to bolster the left in any meaningful way.
It's like the whole movement is built on being a wet blanket.
Hey b'y! How she goin'? Originally from Sydney Forks, currently living in Halifax. Welcome to Lemmy!
There are solutions for the far arctic that aren't high density mesh networks polluting low earth orbit.
It's very similar to RSS in concept, just two way!
We do not need a constellation. We do not need more space junk.
We need fibre everywhere.
Alright. Ford threatened to cut off the tap entirely. Let's see it happen.