President Elon Musk

Imagine how i feel when they talk about "europe".

But yes i agree

so now you're pro tariffs mb? i find it interesting few acknowledge in the "free trade is the only way" club that we had among the highest tariffs in the world up until we went full world hegemon post wwii - as i seem to recall, we did pretty well as a result of those tariffs letting our native production thrive

will read that one, i read chang's 23 things and found it interesting but wish he were better at prose as he's not a very gripping writer like greene who can write drivel but make it incredibly fascinating

It's impossible to talk about complicated things on this forum, and really you're pretty bad at jumping to conclusions and assuming people are saying something they aren't. And no one seems to ever get that positive statements are not always normative.

I have not read the 23 Things. I found the Kicking Away the Ladder book to be excellent, though not necessarily saying he's a great writer.

As for the nuance, tariffs are not always the same and it's very different between developed countries and other developed countries and between developed countries and developing countries.

Except politically and economically, Europe is kind of a thing.

I suppose that's why Meloni was at Trump inauguration and no "european political representative" was

Yeah but it's still a diverse continent consisting of many different nations and cultures, like Africa. I actually feel the same way as Luciom does whenever I hear that also, I gotta say.

This is another attempt to control information. They hate science so they will just shut it down.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/04/doge-noaa-headquarters

the Guardian

Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats

I guess musk would rather have a blithering idiot draw hurricane paths with a sharpie.