The Democratic Party in Trump's Fascist 2nd Term. Commentary, Ideas & Strategy (+ non Woketicism)

It is also misleading for housing as the national population density is often times useless, because that is at first a local problem especially in a big country with big differences in the population level. What is important is the density where people live (+-100-200km), and, I think, here the majority of the US population lives in comparable densities to Europeans. Won't help you in Silicon Valley that houses are cheap in W Virginia.

 

It helps once you hit retirement age and it's time to leave Silicon Valley for a suitable, less expensive retirement destination, believe me.

It also helps that despite Republicans best efforts to repeal it; we still have Obamacare. Our monthly premium dropped from $1800/mo to $400/mo. Thank you President Obama.

 

Well, if you own a house in silicon valley, which you can sell on retirement, you're probably on of the winners of the property market anyway.

 

We were lucky. We had no idea of course what the market would do when we bought our first little condo there in the late 80's. Silicon Valley in particular seems like a hyper inflated bubble which could easily fall hard, but no signs of that yet.

 

And good for you. I'm a bit envious.

Silicon valley seems like a good example for my point. There doesn't seem to be too much free land in a commutable range to easily expand the housing supply.

 

That’s right. Various vertical proposals that are met with lots of community resistance aka nimbyism. Interestingly they’ve been building like crazy…not far from where we lived at the southern end of the valley. Lots of architecturally boring housing structures have blanketed that area in recent years but they can’t keep up with the demand, apparently. People flocking to the area seeking their AI fortune I guess.

 

Is it very different from the EU? There are also several levels of funding for European infrastructure: cities, regions (with different names depending on the country), states, and the European Union at the top which funds large-scale European projects.

 

I couldn't say if things are as bad here as in Florida (it does sound pretty bad from what you're saying). However, we certainly have our share of poor land-use planning, linked in particular to overtourism in coastal areas and certain major cities, which literally prevents locals from finding housing due to exorbitant real estate prices. Water management is also very problematic in the over-frequented Mediterranean regions. Too often, we have short-term projects, carried out solely for profit. I can't go any further in comparing it to the United States, as I don't know enough about your system.
Funny that you got this information while watching the Tour de France. The only thing I enjoy about it is that I take a nap in front of it.

 

I posted this in the AI thread:


And just today in the news the big banks of the Netherlands, but be sure the rest of Europe will follow or already are busy too, announced they are working on abandoning American software in order to prevent hostage taking by American governments in the future. To fully implement the strategy will take about 5 years they say, but they want it to become an EU wide act, so the costs can be spread over all European banks.
Big Tech endorsed the mad tanman, but in the long run they're gonna pay the price for it.
Your fokking economy is for the most part a service economy with the EU and you're fokking shooting it's kneecaps out.

 

Man, if you compare it with state level infrastructure...do you really think we havenot got a division between nation wide and local infrastructure projects and maintenance? Do you really believe we do it over here from a central government agency for everything?
Come on, man. Don't be silly.
It's what one of the posters mentioned, selfishness to the degree not willing to pay for things not for your benefit only.
Has nothing to do with how big the country is or in what way tasks are divided between federal/state/local authorities.
It has everything to do with the population's mentality...ME, ME, ME , ONLY ME...FOCK YOU.

 

In what way is it misleading?
They endorsed him and his mad hats. Why? Because his anti EU stance lined up with their efforts to undo the digital acts from te EU.
The mad tanner managed to make using American products a future national safety risk.
They can endorse a democrat who might try to fix relations with the EU next time, but their products are now being considered contaminated and on the way out.

 

I did like your post but the last paragraph hit home.
I’m a biker from way back. Road and time trial.
Now tho I’m the guy you mentioned there. July I look forward to afternoons with the TdF. Settled in sipping my G&T and napping between the sprints and climb topping. Retirement is a good thing.

 

Yeah, his platform was MAGA but most of his tenure so far is to stick his pudgy little fat fingers in every one else’s business and bombing countries while cringing, whining about a Noble Peace Price.
Funny how he seemed as happy as a kid in a sand box when he was gifted someone else’s.

 

I once read that the Tour was the 3rd or 4th most followed sporting event in the world. I never really understood why, until the day I realized that at least half of the people couldn't care less about cycling, and just turn on the TV and fall asleep in the summer heat, lulled by the monotonous sound of the commentary and the beauty of the landscapes.

 

Yeah. With every passing year, the number of people without knowledge of a sane era pre-Trump grows, and as that number grows the appeal to "just stop the madness" grows ever more faint.

If only there were a muscular Democratic opposition to kind of, you know, recruit the yoof.

 

Dude we have a tweet thread

 

We can't keep hoping for this because they've already demonstrated that they would rather have Trump and the fascists than a Democratic woman of color. Seems like the kids either want the fascists or the socialists, but they've given up on the Democrats. Which leaves me scratching my head.

At this point it's the kids that need to do better IMO. They, unfortunately, have to work within this narrow, constricted, imperfect two-party system to rebuild the country into something that's going to work better for themselves. And while they're trying to figure that out, they can either work with the Democrats to elect candidates that at least represent their interests to some degree, or cave to the status quo red hats.

I don't buy this Democrats are the enemy of the far-left nonsense. I see it the other way around. And if they aren't interested in fighting for a united left, they will have no one but themselves to blame as we bid a sad farewell to democracy.