Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)
RadioDemon 
So many orphans~Alastor
@Commune
You don’t get it. The world is a chess board. The players are the superpowers, and the pieces? The pieces are our allies and enemies. That is the great game of realpolitik. We cant interfere because it could cause a great war in the region.
You don’t get it. The world is a chess board. The players are the superpowers, and the pieces? The pieces are our allies and enemies. That is the great game of realpolitik. We cant interfere because it could cause a great war in the region.
RadioDemon
So many orphans~Alastor
@Commune
Use of Napalm wasnt considered a war crime during the time of the Vietnam War. Also China wouldnt get involved because they were historical enemies with Vietnam. In fact today Vietnam and the U.S. are becoming growing allies with each other because of China. That is what realpolitik is.
Use of Napalm wasnt considered a war crime during the time of the Vietnam War. Also China wouldnt get involved because they were historical enemies with Vietnam. In fact today Vietnam and the U.S. are becoming growing allies with each other because of China. That is what realpolitik is.
Don't 
Get up and Jump
if Afrin fell this easily despite being the most mountainous region the SDF holds then they should stop deluding themselves and make a deal with the government
Commune 
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Realpolitik majority of the time is an excuse for atrocities and crimes against humanity
@Broken Adam
Or maybe it’s because they are facing against a strong NATO army with an trained airforce
Either way, a deal with government may work
@Broken Adam
Or maybe it’s because they are facing against a strong NATO army with an trained airforce
Either way, a deal with government may work
Commune
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The UK also help develop majority of the military vehicles used in Turkey’s ongoing genocide
Valerie Shimmerwing
I doubt these assertions, because almost everyone has power; almost everyone can kill, steal, rape, and many other immoral actions if they wished to do so, but don’t because of their acknowledgement of authority, although the opposite occurs when authorities demand such acts. The external authority held over subordinates is upheld if the subordinates don’t pay mind to the mortality of their external authorities. However, in the case of internal authorities, self-preserving and procreant instincts and empathy, these hold the most sway over one’s self because they constitute the self. Since self-preservation, procreation, and empathy are vital to the preservation of humanity, or of genes if one believes in gene selection, it is to infer that, in most humans, the trio of instincts are very strong compared to other instincts. Therefore, most people will tend to not kill many humans nor abuse their power in ways which harm their self, because their instincts will stop them to preserve humanity.
Once someone would taste that power, they’d undoubtedly kill anyone that in their mind is evil, but may have lead to the best outcome.
Power corrupts.Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
I doubt these assertions, because almost everyone has power; almost everyone can kill, steal, rape, and many other immoral actions if they wished to do so, but don’t because of their acknowledgement of authority, although the opposite occurs when authorities demand such acts. The external authority held over subordinates is upheld if the subordinates don’t pay mind to the mortality of their external authorities. However, in the case of internal authorities, self-preserving and procreant instincts and empathy, these hold the most sway over one’s self because they constitute the self. Since self-preservation, procreation, and empathy are vital to the preservation of humanity, or of genes if one believes in gene selection, it is to infer that, in most humans, the trio of instincts are very strong compared to other instincts. Therefore, most people will tend to not kill many humans nor abuse their power in ways which harm their self, because their instincts will stop them to preserve humanity.
Commune
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US gov debt has hit 21 trillion dollars
Take that what you will, whether you think that debt is justified or not
Take that what you will, whether you think that debt is justified or not
Scrabbleman 
[screams in German]
@Dustcan
Does federal debt even matter? Like, the economy is still growing regardless and they still have money to spare. So what if the government doesn’t pay its debt? What are they going to do about it?
Does federal debt even matter? Like, the economy is still growing regardless and they still have money to spare. So what if the government doesn’t pay its debt? What are they going to do about it?
Don't
Get up and Jump
debt isn’t bad
it’s only bad when you are like Greece other European countries and can’t pay it off
it’s only bad when you are like Greece other European countries and can’t pay it off
Violet Rose in The Rain
I realised I haven’t posted an article in a while.
District: Post saying Hilliard student was suspended for not participating in Walkout Day is fake
District: Post saying Hilliard student was suspended for not participating in Walkout Day is fake
Jake Shoemaker, the student in question, tells NBC4 he did not want to participate in the walkout, and he did not want to go to the area where non-participants were.“I told them I would have to be dragged out of my seat,” Jake told NBC4.He explained his reasoning for not participating and what really happened for him to receive a suspension.Jake’s dad’s phone number is listed on the suspension letter.“Some of the phone calls I got people thought I was the principal,” said Scott Shoemaker. “I even got several death threats.”NBC4 Reporter Rick Reitzel will have that and reaction from Shoemaker and his father during a live report tonight on NBC4 at 6pm.
igotnopicks
8 years are you kidding me? How about 4 years.
Monado User
Eliminate the debt in his 8 years Trump said.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
8 years are you kidding me? How about 4 years.
Violet Rose in The Rain
>impying he’ll even win a second term
Eliminate the debt in his 8 years Trump said.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>impying he’ll even win a second term
BadgingBadger 
💪😎🤜 S🔥W🔥A🔥G 🤛😂👍
@Violet Rose in The Rain
Conservatives tend to be experts at taking stuff at face value.
Conservatives tend to be experts at taking stuff at face value.
Lord Hypno 
@igotnopicks
Don’t be too quick to say that, this is the same country that elected George Bush twice we’re talking about.
But still a good chance he’ll loose. I hope Trump looses the 2020 election, it’ll be fun seeing seeing him and his die-hard supporters have a total meltdown and call for recounts.
Don’t be too quick to say that, this is the same country that elected George Bush twice we’re talking about.
But still a good chance he’ll loose. I hope Trump looses the 2020 election, it’ll be fun seeing seeing him and his die-hard supporters have a total meltdown and call for recounts.
Ereiam 
Monde de merde
@HJSDGCE, God’s Wrath
Exactly. Dizzying as it seems, the total amount of the national debt doesn’t matter because countries last virtually forever, so the country’s creditors aren’t about to demand for the debt to be repaid all at once (what matters is debt service, i.e. the amount that’s budgeted each year to repay the existing loans and their interest).
If Trump genuinely believes that he can repay the debt (which he couldn’t do in eight years unless he slashed everything else to do it, including the military budget) or that repaying the whole debt is a sensible thing to do, then it’s just yet another proof that he’s a complete dumbass.
Exactly. Dizzying as it seems, the total amount of the national debt doesn’t matter because countries last virtually forever, so the country’s creditors aren’t about to demand for the debt to be repaid all at once (what matters is debt service, i.e. the amount that’s budgeted each year to repay the existing loans and their interest).
If Trump genuinely believes that he can repay the debt (which he couldn’t do in eight years unless he slashed everything else to do it, including the military budget) or that repaying the whole debt is a sensible thing to do, then it’s just yet another proof that he’s a complete dumbass.
Background Pony #6378
@Dustcan
Does federal debt even matter? Like, the economy is still growing regardless and they still have money to spare. So what if the government doesn’t pay its debt? What are they going to do about it?
Well it does matter quite a bit, actually, but it’s also true that a country’s debt is not something you can really consider in the same way as personal debt, which I think is a mistake a lot of people make. It’s actually a much more nuanced and complicated subject than that.
@Mikey
@Mikey
Eliminate the debt in his 8 years Trump said.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Well he never said how he was going to eliminate it. I’m sure that once those trade wars he seems determined to start collapse the global economy, and the repeals of all those pesky safety, environmental, and health regulations leave the world a nightmarish burning wasteland of the variety Mad Max frequently roams around in, no one will care about our debt.
Alternatively, maybe he’s just fulfilling his promise to run the US like one of his businesses. Expect the bankruptcy filing any day now.
Alternatively, maybe he’s just fulfilling his promise to run the US like one of his businesses. Expect the bankruptcy filing any day now.
Commune
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@HJSDGCE, God’s Wrath
I don’t even know how it works
Like the British still has federal debt going back centuries
It’s fucking ridiculous
@Mikey
That is literally impossible
Reducing the debt is but Governments effectively run on loans and shit like that
At least for Big Governments
@Archonix
Not according to Marketwatch
I don’t even know how it works
Like the British still has federal debt going back centuries
It’s fucking ridiculous
@Mikey
That is literally impossible
Reducing the debt is but Governments effectively run on loans and shit like that
At least for Big Governments
@Archonix
Not according to Marketwatch
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