It is already established that if you are born to US citizens then you are a US citizen. The stuff introduced by the 14th amendment is a separate issue.
It makes sense when you accept that these leaders don't see their constituents as people. Or even constituents for that matter. You are a "consumer" or a "unit of production" or my favorite a "FTE" (full time employee). It's much easier to do the things they do to you if they can remove all humanity from their thought processes.
We could get Alanis Morsette to record a new offical canadian version of the stars spangled banner for them to enjoy. By enjoy I mean we blast it for them 24/7 no matter what.
The best comparison between made in China shit versus normal shit is to walk into a harbor freight store.
chinese shit is awful. technology has gotten so much more shitty since we decided to outsource everything to a country that treats their country like a nuclear waste dumping zone. I go out of my way to buy US, as hard as that is. I'll by Japan too. Unfortunately theres some shit i absolutely have no choice other than to buy chinese garbage. If i could buy american made computer parts, i would.
It's not that simple. Let's say I agree to give you $100 and you give me $10, leaving me at a deficit of $90, but in exchange I get to fuck you in the ass. (We are discussing Canadian and European geopolitics after all.) You keep this up for decades because ultimately you are taking my money, but all of this prostitution has left you with a biologically-defunct ass and have to wear diapers. You can't engage in any serious trade that would let you spend those accruing "profits" of $90 per anal sex, because everyone who interacts with you goes "Isn't that the guy who has to get fucked in the ass just to stay alive? And what's that smell? Is that a dirty diaper? I won't do any trade with him." Then finally after years of this, a buff guy with an alcohol problem and AIDS sees you and goes "That's the guy who gets fucked in the ass. He can't do anything else, it's how he gets his money. I bet I could fuck him in the ass too if I just forced myself onto him." Unfortunately the buff guy is right, because you've been spending all of this money on genuine elderberries in your MREs and Arabic roommates.
They do, but if the pay is right, nobody really cares. Factory work can be harder than fucking around at McDs, but usually also has better benefits. One thing that's really hurt the "factory towns" is fucking around with pensions and replacing them with 401(k)s; as factory workers are much more likely to not really understand the need to save in the 401(k) consistently and never touch it. Pensions make more sense to them. This is one place the government could do some good, setup something that's a cross between a 401(k) and a pension; defined contribution but also set in some standard bogleheads-like 3 fund portfolio, etc, etc.
The machinery isn't a hurdle if you're moving manufacturing from somewhere else, and some factories can setup quickly as they use pretty generic machinery (e.g., a hydraulic press is easy to get, a customized hydraulic press for a particular purpose may not be). The permits, etc go with the next:
It's really up to the local town. Some towns are hungry as hell and if you roll up with a proposal for a factory, they'll bend heaven and earth to get you going; others have their heads so far up their assessments that they are unsaveable.
Nah, Norm needs a statue. Fuck it, lets rename April to Normpril
Gamers are dead.
Some do, but they only work on expensive shoes. If you show up with sneakers or something like that, they tell you to buy a new pair.
Political theater. Castro's son's political party was looking to be wiped out in their next election but now they can advertise that they're pro leaf nationalism and won't bow to the orange fascist to shore up support.
in some US-Can border states you can get a driver's license that has all your passport details on it (think of it as a passport card that's also a driver's license). Thus allowing you to drive back and forth across the US can (and US mexico) border. I think every state and territory should have this as it would be more secure and easier for road, rail and train transit (it would also mean that having a fake would make it a federal crime). Have an option to have TSA precheck / Nexus (and whatever the mexico equivalent is) on it and I think we are golden
Not to give reddit tier one liners but look into the chocolate/coco trade. The Coco is harvested by child slaves and people still buy it. Hell cocaine literally is a blood drug and despite knowing all this people still use it recreationally. I fear you might be a bit too optimistic.
Hard to do when he and Musk are so gun-ho about every any agency. I agree the American government should use it's power and resources to break up monopolies, fund under funded industries that would have a hard time getting started in the current landscape, protecting American workers and consumer from corporate greed and misconduct making sure no corporation is "too big to fail" (again breaking up monopolies). But that would require the Republican party to stop sucking off corporate interests and actually support regulations. Sadly this is what made the dems so popular (that and they didn't police your sex life). But Trump is no TR Republican he's at most a Hoover Republican or God help us a Grant Republican.
The Chinese wouldn't have a market if people didn't buy it. Think average. Why would I buy a $25 lightbulb when a $5 lightbulb will do the same thing? All I care is that I need a lightbulb now and need to buy other things too. It's simple capitalism.
More likely, what you would need would be a die for your hydraulic press.
It’s not that we’re stupid, we’re poor. I’ve had to cash out 401(k)s because the alternative was living on the street, losing my car, etc
Lots of Western European countries have shitloads of pensions, welfare and other things like free housing to lay out forever.
