Speaking of, the whole war on Iran is going to earn Trump even more ire from EU. EU is already having trouble to stomach all the refugees from North Africa amid chaos there. For Iranian citizens trying to take flight it is most likely that they will also try to take refuge in EU, further worsening the refugee problem there.
If a war happens. I don't understand why some people insist that Trump wants a war with Iran to boost his PR when his "America first" crowd hates him for it. What kind of voters in America even support further wars in the Middle East at this point?
Regarding EU I think it's wishful thinking on your side. North-west EU wants immigrants and actively invites them to travel thousands of kilometers to Europe, south-east blames the former rather than America for all problems related to immigrants.
Wow, that's a pretty skewed and self-centered view. I'm glad it is not common.
It surely is.
Communism was the original social structure when people had to share resource to live. It was dated back to prehistory.
Modern communism proposed by the German is a challenge to capitalism, but the original concept was way before capitalism.
Communism has nothing to do with prehistoric resource sharing, it's a whole ideology of class struggle and oppression together with supposed solutions. No one in prehistory seriously considered religion "an opium for the masses" and money "a social construct to enslave the workers". It's a toxic ideology of bitter Westerners. And it would likely go nowhere if not for support of some German and American enemies of Russia, where it took its first root.
I share your low opinion of Trump and I disagree that tariffs are a good idea but, in any case, even if you think tariffs are a good idea, there are ways and there are ways to implement them.
Business needs stability and the ability to make plans and investments for the future. If you want to change the rules it should be done with plenty of warning, giving all parties time to prepare and adapt and not like in this case where it is just chaos and instability. This is just bad for business everywhere.
Tariffs are probably less radical than an outright ban.
I disagree that there has been no warning. It should have been obvious to anybody that exploitation of third world countries full of desperately poor people uprooted from their traditional life by a commie revolution is a bad idea in the long run. I was saying it for years, couldn't be the only one.
But nobody cared, plebs were getting their shipments of cheap goods, corporations were getting their money, globalists were getting their campaign donations and votes, third world plebs were getting their jobs and had no time to question the shitty regime, everybody was happy.
Trump stirring shit at least forces people to stop pretending that everything is OK. A minor miracle.
Rich countries polluted their way to riches. Working conditions were terrible, pollution was terrible but people chose to do that rather than remain in misery. But now we get on our high horse and righteously proclaim those who pollute or have harsh working conditions are bad people and we should not buy from them. We do not give them the choice that we gave ourselves between pollution and starvation. No, better they starve than they pollute.
No one behind Trump advocates for tariffs for the sake of environment protection. In fact, it's fashionable to believe that most environmental issues are overblown.
The point is protectionism. Not forcing domestic labor to compete with foreigners who don't give a fuck about ecology as that obviously leads to increased pollution and increased domestic unemployment.
Tariffs also increase prices and reduce irresponsible consumption, so I suppose even the greens should be on board.
In the meanwhile, back in the great U.S. of A. the president is busy dismantling environmental protection regulations because they hamper American businesses.
Western environmentalism has gone way too far, to the point that industry moves to other places where they can pollute much more than a reasonable compromise in the West would permit. Also workforce in those places is cheaper so they produce more than is needed, leading to the very overconsumption and disposable culture you just complained about.
Another thing that has been obvious for years.
So, where is the right balance? Does it have to be for everybody where America says it is?
America doesn't say anything consistent and they just made a 180° turn and hell knows what will happen in 2020 and 2024.
I think lots of your grievances with America stem from lumping together different fractions pushing in different directions without quite seeing who is who.