Trump has friends?

I understood your statement, but the underlying connotation was “elections are bad”. Elections can be fair. Unfair elections can be restored, but not easily.

Eliminating elections would not harm dictators. Elections, like all democratic institutions need to be maintained and supported to maintain a democracy.

Upvoted… But I am stuck at 36/miryoku and can’t go less.

He said “fully throated” on purpose

You are assumng that an educated population is a goal.

All of the people there are now classified as Indigenous

Americans are fucked. Political disagreement to be classified as a mental disorder? Y’all skipped the Hungary and Russia steps, and went straight to NK.

This. The narcissistic crisis of a man his age is all consuming. He doesn’t care about the external as long as he can play a game with it that he can use to maintain his internal. Anybody who knows this game can play him.

Approval ratings only impact elections

And be subject to the same issue from the Russians!?! The European initiatives (and Sweden) are a much better idea, even if they are still a generation behind.

I guess his auto-industry cheques all cleared

It was a good idea to give Russia a seat to balance power. There probably should not be any vetos.

What does it mean “got a line”?

To be fair, he humiliated both.

Poor Americams can’t even afford mobile data, and have to rely on wifi. Come to the 2nd world and experience mobile freedom.

Primarily in the US you mean? Things are different in other countries. The A and in and aren’t having nearly as much difficulties with Capitalism.

The declaration is the first step in preventing government services to be offered in languages other than English.

The immigrants who are picking up the cheque, or the immigrants whose leaders are threatening to take over the country?

I’ll pay for my own - go and fix your country