Same. But as someone who has always been enthusiastic about Space Exploration, seeing humanities frontier efforts led by a literal nazi is now devastating and embarrassing. European leaders need to rethink their academic and business policies so they can nurture a SpaceX without the evil. At the rate the US are going, I’m even cheering on China’s efforts 😬

I’d rather avoid using the word “tankie” and deal in actual ideas rather than tribalistic pejoratives that bring nobody closer together.

Let us know when the eggs fall in price. Then we’ll know it was all worth it. Cheers.

“Know what I’m getting” means; I feel like as long as I didn’t bring up political topics and were generally a well behaved tourist I’d be safe. Have been to China twice and it was a positive, friendly experience.

I admit ignorance having never been to the US but the impression I get as a Brit is that it’s an incredibly volatile place where not knowing the right street protocol or exactly how to posture and behave in front of police means you could just be wiped out in an instant for some arbitrary shit like looking at someone. Very unsafe if you haven’t grown up there & learned the street smarts.

For example, reaching for your pocket or car glovebox when pulled over by police in UK is a very normal thing to do, to get your license to show them, but seen as an act of aggression in the US.

I’d visit given a chance but would definitely be on edge, in a way I wasn’t in China.

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Nope, very new to Lemmy so I’m ignorant about that.

They seem to care about having customers. It’s self interest, but not malignant… Taiwan being the exception.

Cryptic comment?

Oh yeah, European values above either of those two.

At least you know what you’re getting. I wouldn’t dare travel to America for fear of getting shot by some tweaker having a bad day, sheriff badge optional.

No, not at all. Given the choice of a Chinese or American future, looking at the current state of affairs, I’d go China. Americans have completely lost the plot. I’m not only considering the administration, but the nutters who demand the right to bear arms resulting in their kids getting shot in schools, the plastic consumerism, lack of healthcare, homelessness. They’re a sick society full of religious fanatics and racists. China isn’t perfect but they’re level headed and pragmatic. Fusion power, space race, they’re catching up. They function, to improve the living standards of their people.

Warranted. Look at their progress, their lack of aggression and social cohesion. They’re winning mate. Maybe we’d better stop jeering and start taking notes. From an Aussie UK bloke who is not on Xi’s payroll.

Yeah they do. I’m just saying it as I see it. They’ve been a solid economic partner for years and haven’t started any aggression on the world stage my entire life. You’re really rather do business with the US than China right now? What exactly have you got except the same tired old prejudices?

I can’t fault them for it personally. They’ve not been the ones going off the rails and stirring international shit.

I think the UK have a number of imaging satellites of their own. The question is, would they be realistically able to share the Intel to Ukraine via France without the US discovering, as this could jeopardise the UK’s current diplomatic position as the bridge between EU and US.

It seems plausible to me that UK and France agreed to play a good cop/bad cop face of Europe.

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Agree so much with this perspective. I’ll never forget idly watching some financial section on the news with the newscaster, ashen faced, reporting that growth in some industry had slowed, as though someone had died.

Then I thought about it… So wait, it’s still profitable, and that profit is even still increasing, but the rate of increase is slowing!?

People are still going to work, product is being made, profits still reaped, but the greedy ambitions of those at the top aren’t being completely fulfilled!??

Well bless my bleeding heart… What a crock of shit.