HappycamperNZ

As much as I hate this its correct.

With lying, external influence, racism, terrorism and general crime he was just democratically elected. Supporting democracy means that it has to be followed.

It's wrong, its a bad move, but its democracy.

Yes, you are correct but I disagree on few technicalities that make a difference.

• products do have substitutes, but you are talking comming down from a global market. Calories are there, but we don't eat based on calories. You can't substitute soybeans for tomatoes, potatoes for corn, or many others i don't have examples for.

• when the US starts putting in tarrifs for import, other nation states will likely do the same. Your exports of unwanted goods will no longer be competitive in the global market, leading to an excess of unwanted, cheap food and shortage of wanted, expensive food.

Let me put it there for those idiots.

Tarrifs on food imports would be great for US farmers because they no longer have to compete with low priced imports, as the cost to import increases. You would induce a shortage at the current price point, resulting in less food avaliable and at a higher price.

Small point - farmers would probably still miss out as resellers and supermarkets take much of the marginal profit.

So is every tree

Dont worry, respect was for you.

I don't think leopards will be endangered much longer

What do you think that dust was?

What are their names, and do they bite?

Look, I respect she's your mum but what the fuck.

Im Maori, wife white AF - gets sunburn walking infront of a bright TV level white. If anyone has a problem with our 3 "mixed" kids in front of her, let's just say she will hold nothing back.

Absolutely.

Just have to cut social support, teachers, Healthcare, safety regulations, infrastructure... anything that doesn't make the government money.

And even better, falling GDP causes unemployment to rise, driving down wages as people strive for enough to exist, pushing down inflation. Business makes more money with less regulations, lower wages, and can keep putting prices up above inflation changes. Every rich person wins =)

Id call it a cope with a few grains of truth.

Short of a US/EU/Russia/China war, there is no real peer-peer conflict; Ukraine and even Israel are proxy wars. However, holding the capability to win a peer-peer conflict is expensive and requires significant weapons platforms - warships, aircraft - and logistic chains. These however are expensive overkill in the majority of conflict. A US carrier group would be able to dislodge a piracy operation using missiles that are orders of magnitude more expensive than their targets, with a fleet whos individual vessels have more manpower and fuel use that the whole fleet they destroy. Combine this with falling defense spending as priorities shift, and you start to understand the issues.

Don't quote me on this, I think a single Iron dome rocket costs as much as a teachers average yearly salary, and Israel would frequently have to fire hundreds to block an attack. An Arlegh Burke (spelling) destroyer costs as much as a brand new school and its maintenance for the first 5 years, and I'm pretty sure the US has hundreds.

Summed it up pretty well.

We love our country, and welcome you to join it. But join us - don't bring your country's problems here.