Maybe he should ask what he would do in that situation and then he'd have a pretty good idea of what Trump would do.
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Yeah, I'm not going to pretend to know the daily reality of companies in China but we do have something similar in my country for companies with over 50 employees and I wouldn't say it is that significant in terms of workplace democracy. The least charitable reading would be that China is doing something similar but a bit broader.
Still all good things, but to pretend that this is basically China pressing the communism button is silly.
Mr. Bocelli it's time to say goodbye
China has gone woke, now they will go broke. The Chinese economy is going to collapse from this.
Everybody is sincere posting about people enjoying stuff. But nobody's talking about how you could possibly feel satisfied after eating a whole bag of candy, instead of feeling like dogshit.
Those small bags of crisps they have in Asia > disgusting Western 300 grams Lays.
Oops, wrong thread but close enough.
Generally I've been able to compartmentalise my insanity when reading mainstream sources pretty well. But with Gaza I just can't take it. Even though Isreal is openly run by genocidal far-right ghouls, the idea that maybe their intention is to do ethnic cleansing doesn't even get entertained. Eventhough they mostly agree that taking Hamas out militarily can't be done. Do they think the Isrealis are stupid and don't know this?
I'll here people go on about how dangerous and crazy the Iranians and their 'proxies' are because they are fundamentalists. Motherfucker, that's Isreal, that's the US too. Israelis are literally using genocidal bible quotes to justify their actions. Maybe, just fucking maybe they want to do ethnic cleansing.
People that used to go on about how horrible the Russians were for bombing civilians will now call Isreal's actions 'impressive'. Fucking imperialist pigs.
I swear to God, this place is the only one I can stomach to visit for updates without it cometely ruining my day.
A lot of these settlements have either contracters or the IDF directly providing security. So the idea that Hamas could have broken out of Gaza and just found all the soldiers neatly in their bases seems unbelievable. The IDF is an occupying force, not a European military where it's just some dudes with their thumbs up their asses in a barracks near some nature reserve.
Ultimately we can't know how Hamas leadership told their soldiers to behave. But they do have a clear incentives not to condone the killing of civilians: they want to capture hostages and use them as leverage. They need to create the expectation that these hostages are treated fairly and can be returned safely so that it is entirely up to Israel whether it wants those civilians to die.
Tragically, civilians always die in wars. Both sides always propagandise this to claim that it is the other side that is just killing civilians as policy. The facts however, are abundantly clear when it comes to the question of which side shows the greater disregard for civilian casualties.
When it's the US/West doing something there's all this room for 'nuance' but when it is Bad Country it's suddenly clear-cut good vs evil.
Tbh, I rarely even have to check someone's pronouns when commenting because using someone's hyperlinked username is clearer anyway (which is why there is no other explanation than transphobia to want to deny others the ability to display their preferred pronouns).
But now pronouns allow me to quickly tell whether someone is a hexbear comrade. 
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In that regard being close to having nukes already gives you much of the leverage of having them. Countries don't build nukes because they plan on actually using them. It's about the threat, which still exists to a large extent if you are close to getting the bomb. But without the cost of maintaining nukes.
Investing in missile and nuclear technology is worth it because that tech can be used for other applications. Actual nukes just sit in a warehouse until they have to be replaced.