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Oh no…it gets better.
He also lifted sanctions on Russian oil, thus giving money to the country that is sending troops and arms that are fighting against US backed operations in Ukraine, and also supplying Iran with weapons.
If only he could be as sympathetic and intelligent as The Gang.
Or as, you know, powerless
Litterally 1984
It could only be more 1984 if there were no war but the government made up lies, took lives, and wrote articles about it anyway.
Anyone been to Iran lately to check? 🤨🤯
Didn’t he swap sides on the Russia/Ukraine war, for a bit?
almost like the only real objective was to help russia and its allies
we know trump is a traitor this is no surprise. don’t forget to vote Dem in november
What a play.
Also I have a question. Maybe somebody can answer.
How the fuck is it that any country can impose all these rules on other countries?
So I knew a guy from Iran.
From Instagram. He made 3d printable models (really unique and interesting ones with the theme of dead head moths, tigers, other moths. Skulls. here is a link to a few pictures of ones I printed. https://imgur.com/a/uI3CnA1 )
Anyway. I chatted with him a bit. I suggested some filaments. And he disclosed he was from Iran.
That’s when I learned of some crazy shit.
He told me he couldn’t get the filament because it’s no one will ship filament to Iran except some sellers in China.
1 roll of filament ($25) is almost equivalent to a Full months income there for most people.
He said he had some off brand Chinese printer because no one else would ship him one.
And that the U.S bans other countries from doing business with Iran.
I asked him about how he learned his 3d skills. Said he was a medical device engineer as his day job. Said he often worked 12 hr shifts.
He made way more designing his 3d art models and selling the model files. He has a patreon like a lot of designers. So he makes like $700 USD a month through that, which is way more than he could make as a medical engineer in Iran.
He also told me no one in Iran is allowed to use PayPal. So it’s been hard to sell his art internationally.
He was married and had a kid.
A few months ago his Instagram was deleted. I don’t know what happened.
I don’t know if he and his family are okay.I don’t know anything else.
I worry about him all the time. He’s just some artist. You know? Just like anyone else. Just trying to survive and give the world his art. And idk. I just think about how fucked all this is.
I tracked down his patreon and showed activity about a month ago. So maybe he just doesn’t have Instagram anymore. I will try to reach out to him on patreon.
This is due to a bunch of big, powerful countries teaming up and bullying everybody else.
Why do you think it’s such a big deal if Iran has nuclear weapons? After all, the US has nuclear weapons. Russia has nuclear weapons. Israel has nuclear weapons. So why can’t Iran have nuclear weapons?
Because if Iran had nuclear weapons, then those big and powerful nations might have to give Iran a seat at the table. It wouldn’t be so easy pushing Iran around anymore, because if you pointed nuclear missiles at Iran, you’d have nuclear missiles pointing right back at you.
Personally, I don’t think that any country should have nukes. They’re too dangerous. I think that all countries should be working towards mutual nuclear disarmament. This can be done through treaties and so on. But if any country is allowed to have them, then every country should be allowed to have them.
That’s a really dangerous thought. Certainly no nation should have nukes, but increasing the number who have them just makes it more likely they’ll be used. Civilizational survival is more important than fairness here.
We survived the Cold War because of “Mutually Assured Destruction” and no one in their right mind would let this happen. But it came down to one person disobeying an order at least once. It would be insane to trust the survival of civilization on this assumption
It would be “mad” to multiply the number of ways we can destroy ourselves and believe MAD will save us
The US should be working towards disarmament, and they’ve been going in the opposite direction. It’s hypocritical for the US to demand that other nations not have nukes when they’re stockpiling them.
Yeah I agree with you.
Every country should have nukes, humans are too dangerous
He wasn’t “just some artist,” he was your friend.
You know the fucked up secondary thing about this was I was telling my mom about him and how I was worried if something happened to him. And she was more concerned I was probably talking to a terrorist.
Right.
So he spends all this time designing models and building a following just to …I guess talk to random Americans about filament But is covertly trying to do a terrorism ?
I’m still angry about that.
Well, he’s Iranian. Aren’t they all terrorists? That’s what we’ve been hearing for the last half century.
I hope you find your friend safe.
My mother once asked me how I knew the people I was playing CS:Source with weren’t all pedophiles. I was 18 at the time.
Moms can be dumb.
This is nothing new https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran
While the US is certainly to blame for that to a large extent, a lot of them problems are also home made.
I guess the “pro sanctions” argument would be that countries have very few ways to influence each other: political pressure (asking nicely), economic pressure (sanctions to make the country poor), and military pressure (bombs). And that hey at least it’s not bombs (until it is).
But just like with bombs, sanctions will always hurt a ton of people who were just trying to live their lives and did not want to be part of the conflict.
I hope your friend gets by OK.
Just wait til you find out about sanctions on food and medical supplies haha
He didn’t actually author the book, that would be work
The real author has said trump is illiterate
Is America Great already?
No.
Is Trump & Friends richer?
Yes.
One has to wonder how much money they made just of the crypto grift. Everything Trump has done from day one has been to funnel money from regular people’s pockets into billionaires’ pockets, including him self and every tech oligarch that bent the knee.
I just found out that Barron has a net worth of $150 million, primarily because of crypto scams.
I’m tired of winning, boss.
Step 1: Remove EV Tax Credit Step 2: Spike Oil Prices Step 3: Put extra tax on EVs
Now you make people get EVs AND pay you for the pleasure. Extra points if you invest your stocks right to capitalize on both the spike in oil and the raised demand of EVs! So much winning! (But not for the Average American)
My go-to response when my more conservative relatives complain about the cost of anything is “are we great again yet?”
They don’t complain around me anymore, which means they’ve internalized my response by now
And fucked all AI and chip related businesses because Ukraine and the middle east are the main sources of helium.
They also made China angry… Lithium for batteries, rare earth for magnets and optics.
Any other way to kick your own balls?
There’s the new Donut Labs solidstate battery.
They claim that it doesn’t use Lithium or Cobalt.
They’re releasing specific third part tests that show they have something different, but we still don’t have verification of the energy density or cycle life claims. Which are the two most important claims.
The third party is one that publishes the test you pay them to publish and nothing else. There’s no details on the chemistry, density, or even verification that the different battery packs for the different tests are the same chemistry.
They also shifted their next test video drop from Monday to Wednesday. They’re doing it on April 1st.
Maybe the battery is actually powered by their sense of humour.
Going to be hard to take anything seriously until they show all the tests being done on one single battery cell or pack.
Even IF it works, it doesn’t mean shit if they can’t manufacture at scale.
There are hints that the battery is screen printed.
Ah, I can actually say something here.
The charge/discharge profiles of the tested cells all have a matching signature.
So they likely have the same construction, but again, we don’t know the energy density or cycle life.
Makes sense if you’re being paid off by the people who sell oil. High oil prices is good if you sell oil.
One Nation, Under KGB Agent Krasnov
Just wait until the curved of Hormuz finds out.
And the gay of Hormuz too
The bi of Hormuz is listening.
I think this Trump guy is playing for the wrong team.
Depends on what team you’re on. But he’s definitely never played for team America.
i think his understanding of team america comes from the movie team america and no one bothered to tell him that’s not an educational video.
You guys really are winning. :)
Make sure to be grateful every day and say thank you.
“raised oil for Americans” no bro, the rest of the world don’t exist, only USA, Trump and the Democrats.
And all his buddies made huge trades on oil futures just a couple days ago
