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This is rich considering that (other than Trump himself) Merz is the sole individual on earth with the most power to end this war.
Close Ramstein, Amis raus.
Germany's Chancellor Merz on Iran War:
We now have costs exceeding €100 billion for Europe alone over the last eight months, solely because of the increase in energy prices caused by this conflict.
More than €100 billion extra has been paid by businesses and consumers in Europe because energy has become more expensive as a result of this conflict.
We have an economic interest in bringing this conflict to an end as quickly as possible.
The worst part about SMC's self-adulatory attitude toward NYC electoral victories is that they primarily rationalize them as consequences of their own campaign strategy and not of NYC's unique role in America's political economy
I do give them (and NYC-DSA generally) credit for simply running candidates at all, but we must acknowledge that socialist voters are concentrated in dense urban cores with very few exceptions
This is true across societies and speaks to a political reality deeper than pragmatism
POV: October 2019, Santiago Centro. You and a million other people are on the verge of toppling the Chilean government. The dictatorship constitution is on its death bed. Absolutely nothing can stop you. The world might be good, after all.
Obv slim chances here, but imho there is still a real, underestimated possibility that both...
- Dems win big on persuasion
- GOP E-day turnout evaporates
...and the dam breaks across gerrymanders in TX/FL/NC
NC is most likely, but SC/TN are also possible in extreme scenarios
Ah, yes, the classic “Left-wing nationalist” electoral victors.
No, not Radev. No, not Sheinbaum. No, not Fico. And no, not even PSPP.
Péter Magyar and Mark Carney, naturally.
The discourse is so tired.
Neither supporters nor opponents of such decisions ever address the necessity of land use reform in the anglosphere from single-use discretionary (re)zoning toward broad, binding land use plans (~Bebauungsplan)…
…which leaves both sides arguing over the merits of adding another discount grocer to this town, rather than forming arguments on the issue at hand: the lot’s suitability for urban development.
Every last boomer homeowner in America is both furious about their rising property tax and prepared to sacrifice their first born child to ensure their property value rises ad infinitum
Suggest this logic is incongruent and they immediately activate the NextDoor hunting squads
Hot take: not a fan of rural, liberal SW England NIMBYism, but this is perfectly fine. There is no reason for greenfield development on the outskirts of our oversized cities. It’s literally in a floodplain. It’s auto-oriented highway exit chain slop. There’s no housing involved.
