SCOTUS is no longer ideologically originalist. They no longer concern themselves with constitutional rules such as “the house has the power of the purse”

That is more clear. I think I should have better defined “electoralism”. Social democracy sounds much better than raw unfettered capitalism.

Did the greeks suggest any replacement?

I see electoralism weaknesses, but what other systems are less prone to power capture and then raw authoritarianism?

If people don’t choose their representation, then who does? Or is representation the flaw?

The French call Germany “Allemande” as well.

Trump is transactional, not strategic. He is in constant, unconcscious need of narcissistic nourishment. Because of his constant failure, he will follow whatever instantaneous action supplies him so that he can maintain his inner self-image.

I listen a lot to Vlad Vexler. Vlad postulates that Putin has manipulated Trump’s narcissism so that Trump considers Putin an ideal source or narcissistic fullfilment. This leaves Trump in a positikn where internally he feels “wouldn’t it be nice if Vlad and I were not limited by this war, and then we could be these two tough guy friends.” Putin then uses this to get Trump to looks down on Zelensky (he’s not like us Donald), and then convinces Trump that Ukraine isn’t worth supporting.

This makes sense when tou see how Trump tries to show off to Putin, and insults Ukraine, especially for a few days after they talk.

Putin had convinced Trump that he is the kind of guy that Trump wishes he could be.

Add on top of that the idea that Trump doesn’t have the ability to play any long games, so he has no comprehensive strategy, and therefire is always acting in the moment.

Anyway - my point is that Tomahawks for Ukraine is not astrategic concept for Trump, it is a narcissistic attempt to support the winning team.

Which surface do you use? And what features are missing still?

Outside the US, my prices haven’t changed that much.

Annexing Russia is a bad idea both strategically and ethically.

The goal of Russia’s is destabilization of Western alliances, and political instability on which it can capitalize. Putins’s real goal is regime stability, which he thinks he can keep via the conflict.

This neither a good idea, nor a funny post.

You could also describe the significance of the word “troika”, both in its literally translation, but also in reference to its cultural significance.

The tech-oligarchs just follow whoever is in power. They’ll switch back if there is a power change, and the Dems will welcome their money. This is the way.

The Dems will fight to subsidize health insurance companies more, and some other minor efforts - but there is nothing to suggest that they will pursue justice anywhere for acts during Trump’s reign.

US Dems are as pro AI as the Republicans. Big tech doesn’t need to stay on one side.

The EU has more ppl, but more importantly, they have spare industrial capacity - DE in particular has Ulverston high quality industrial capacity to spare.

You can’t really talk about wealth on this topic, and have to instead talk about economy - and of course the US has a monster economy. What the EU lacks is political cohesion around support for Ulraine.

We are not talking about what EU can spend on Ukraine, we have to talk about what they will spend. Does buying tomahawks make more sense than investing in the domestic Ukr military industrial capacity? The value of the spend on US weapons lower than the value of the development of domestic capacity (EU and/or Ukr); not considering any political capital gained with the Americans.

If I were an American voters, it would be her shere lunacy that would scare me the most. "Jewish space layers etc.

That could be true. I understand that Ukrainians have been taking advantage of RU being spread too thin in AA, but stealth would be better.

Not sure if it worth the cost though. US spends money to win wars; UKR & EU don’t have the same luxury.

Tomahawks aren’t that much of an upgrade for the Ukrainians, but the volume could help.

From my u derstanding, za’ataar is basically just oregano.

N0t in the Baltics they ain’t