Yeah you misread what I meant at least. Springsteen, according to the quote, says the America he sings of has been a beacon of liberty for 250 years, which obviously isn’t an accurate depiction. The vision and ideal was liberty for all and a right to pursuit of happiness, but with some very troubling caveats that put a huge stain on those ideals.

”Beacon of liberty“ is a bit strong when you have a rich history of segregation and slavery for a big portion of the population.

It is now, and Shakespeare approves.

What’s with the log?

Oh, so you can make money if you make popular content?

How do you make $21,000 on twitter?

Not necessarily. It does prove that it legally should be optional.

The fact that there was a high profile case might indicate that it’s not as trivially optional as you make it seem.

My guess is they want clean and aligned data to train AI. They’ll save time and money by getting people in line early, or banning those that don’t follow their rules.

Doesn’t matter, your life will be ruined either way by everyone around you that wants a piece of the pie.

Life pro tip: don’t win the jack pot. And if you do, keep it as much a secret as possible.

Or doing their job.

Your point hasn’t been proven. OPs point was that Putin promises can’t be trusted. And without US putting force behind that promise, Ukraine is wise to be worried about such a deal.

Just because one alternative realized doesn’t mean there weren’t other options, better or worse.

Edit: plus, a peace deal is far from done, regardless which side you root for.

Can you really not imagine an alternative?

I suppose they count electorate in dollars, not people? Maybe they mean to say “broader capital interests”?

Nice to see some love for Tomba. Loved Tomba 2. Just heard it’s getting a remake released this year.

Brimstone?

The preferred term is “non-penised person at birth”, thank you!

I can’t say anything about the validity of the infographic but it says “increase up to” so it’s relative not absolute. So without knowing the current taxation it would be hard to say that tax is low, unless you think the increase is too low. Or am I missing something?

Not all of that money is spent on his businesses so that headline would be incorrect. Still is really pretty unethical.

Not much of an answer to my question, but I was more curious of bobr’s response anyway.