Sorry, misunderstood you

I guess if CCP stands for Chinese Central Planning?

The CCP is the world’s biggest venture capitalists

It seems like the US is prepared to cede foreign policy in that region to who ever has the biggest stick. Trump is already losing influence and it doesn’t look like any one else on the right has the ability to hold the MAGA movement together? Maybe MGT?

Anyway, way back in the Obama years, the US was already pivoting to the Asia pacific as its primary focus. Trump just ripped the band aid off Europe in his usual “diplomatic” fashion.

Just had a look, unfortunately google maps doesn’t look like it has been updated with the more recent photos. The only indication that something is amiss is how pretty much everything is “temporarily closed.”

In the cold war it made sense. West Germany was a shattered shell of what it had been and what it would become. There was a concern that the USSR might invade, which Bonn had no hope of repelling by itself, probably the only effective method they might have would be to develop nuclear weapons. Nobody wanted more nuclear weapons, so alliances were developed and to get US skin in the game, troops were put in the firing line as an insurance policy

South Australia is going okay, this time of year, we can go days with out using fossil fuels for electrify. We’re let down by the transportation sector though…

https://reneweconomy.com.au/south-australia-averages-100-pct-wind-and-solar-over-week-90-pct-over-last-28-days/amp/

But it’s all profit baby! Let something else figure out cousin, put 0% effort in and collect the rewards!

We don’t even deserve that much credit. We’re still mostly wearing the same clothes that we wore in the 70s…

Well, hydro is just spinning water again, wind is spinning air. Solar is stealing electrons from the sun (i think?) So that’s cool

Cool, you’re taking life lessons from a 21 year old…

I’m scared to ask, but

Is that where the eggs are kept?

PS - I’m home schooled

PPS - this is a joke

Putin and restraint, name a more iconic duo

I haven’t, but the humour seems very Pratchett-esque, which is right up my alert. The Ford Prefect comment is chefs kiss of subtle jokes

But what if I want funny, but I’ve watched futurama a million times

Okay the argument is that the lack of social safety nets and childcare causes a decline in birth rates. Right?

Your argument is that the transition from socialism to capitalism is directly linked to a drop in birth rates? I assume in this particular case you mean the loss of free childcare and social safety nets leads women to avoid having children?

So, in capitalist countries where there is subsidised/ free childcare and more developed safety nets should correspond to an increase in birth rates?

And to expand on that, socialist countries such as China and Cuba should show an increase in birth rates. An i getting this right or am I missing your point

What about China and Cuba?

You also haven’t drawn a link to how those drops were directly caused by capitalist policies

And you’ve shown that how?

I think you accidentally fell face first into my point

Maybe if the whole world became equally stratified, at this point is makes far more sense to import workers at the start of their working lives who have already been taught to read and write. Simply provide high enough living standards to compensate for the loss of friends and family and you can get a healthy individual where the capital has already been spent and put them to work