Enshittification implies WhatsApp hasn't been hot garbage since it was acquired by FB/Meta.

I would imagine the most intelligent and/or craftiest students in China are aware of this

Zero wrinkles in this guy's brain

> I've been saying since the loss that the Dems are now controlled be a very left wing minority. // You are incorrect in your assessment

Mussolini himself defined fascism as corporatism.

This is an attempt to pivot to Asia (much as Obama tried to do at the tail end of his second administration) -- in this case the move is to appease Russia with the hopes of driving a wedge into the Sino-Soviet alliance as the US begins to ramp up the war cry against China. I don't think it will be a successful strategy as I think geographical proximity will keep Russia leaning more towards China than the US, but this is the underlying logic. As regards Trump, I do think people assign to him a lot of more sophisticated thinking than he has ever exhibited -- he always likes the strongman archetype (he has shown love towards Putin, yes, but also Xi Jinping, Kim Jong-un, Viktor Orban, & others) and he is very easily swayed by anyone who flatters him. All it appears to really take is to talk money, give him compliments, and then feed him the policy/rhetoric you want and he will go out there and champion it.

A lot of vendors don't take AmEx, but "most" would be incorrect.

"Anyone who disagrees with my uninformed opinion must be a Russian troll" is something I would have thought died in online discourse two election cycles ago. Must be a lost reddit user.

"I supported this guy until he supported politics I don't agree with" is about as flimsy as building a house out of balsa wood on the Tampa coastline.

You're neglecting to remind yourself of the fact that slashdot is overwhelmingly populated by middle-aged neoliberals who learned nothing from the failures of past wars that the US started (whether through lies, false flag events [also lies], or through deliberate antagonization to create a desired outcome that can justify violence). rsilvergun is the most well-known because he is the loudest vessel, but there is no shortage of them on here.

I've got great news for you

Perhaps you live in a very LCOL area, or in a very unrealistic current version of the world. I live in a HCOL area and the living wage for a family of four to live "comfortably" is in excess of $250,000/yr -- to scrape by would be $175,000/yr. Your description of "a lot of sacrifice" is my current existence with *more* amenities than I exist with, I make $100k/yr and scrape by.

The world most certainly does revolve around the US given that it is the preeminent global power. The world most decidedly does not revolve around the UK, nor does anyone outside the UK care about them, as they are essentially a vassal state of the US when it comes to international relations and foreign policy.

Just make enough money to father a family of at least four before age 28 bro, it's so simple!!!

Deservedly so. Great speakers ruined by the need to make them Smart Devices that require a poorly-designed app that was in need of an unnecessary amount of permissions just to connect and play music.