If my opinion is of no consequence then let us both find a more meaningful endeavor

Wake me when China actually invades a country then I will start calling them imperialist like Russia

Bdsm…

Because the assurance was the basis for the treaty negotiations that followed. You can say that doesn’t not justify aggression, and I would agree. But to say assurances have no bearing in the matter is materially false

I am flattered my opinion on Elon means so much to you, so I will throw you a bone. You left out some facts I consider important, like he had to go to court to be retroactively considered a founder. A person who values a good debate would address such common criticisms head on instead of pretending that is not a relevant fact to be addressed. I simply value a good debate and this is not it.

I am saying that when treaties and assurances are ignored you risk war. That is the case here.

Edit: here the receipts: https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/russia-programs/2017-12-12/nato-expansion-what-gorbachev-heard-western-leaders-early

US secretary of state gave verbal assurances in 1990 that were abandoned later.

Post cold war understanding was that there was going to be a buffer zone between Russia and Nato. Ukraine being brought into Nato or the EU was a known line in the sand that the US crossed. Does that absolve Russia of their aggression? No it does not. But it is like with Pearl Harbor, the US blockade of Japan provoked them to attack. Does not absolve Japan, but the idea they attacked purely out of their own aggression is false.

It’s okay if people value different things. I am fine with you valuing different facts. What I am not okay with is debating values, that’s a waste of time, but I also understand if you disagree. However, its my own time to spend how I choose and I choose not to debate your values. Have a nice day.

Transmitting power to the mainland was the company’s original pitch. But those cables are expensive so now they are pitching AI workloads in the ocean that will communicate via satellite

TBF, Newsom’s slicked back hair makes him look greasy af.

Jesus christ the future is grim if we only get to pick between zionists

Why stop there? food stamps are a subsidy for corporate ag. Public roads are a subsidy for big oil. And schools are a subsidy for all the companies that don’t educate their workers. Wow, we are very smart of have realized this

You actually think there’s no accountability in China? My guy, they hold their politicians to a much higher bar then we do.

It must look strange to those who conflate authority with power. A state that has power without authority is a state that is in crisis. Calling a government authoritarian is to say it’s authority comes from it’s exercise of power.

You could throw them into a jumbo jet engine and it still would be a net negative carbon reduction

We actually don’t know if that would happen. for all we know they could replace him with RFK Jr and take 10x more risk than elon, which would mean even bigger rewards !!!

Lol. Oh man after reading that I couldn’t care less. It’s not that your ‘facts’ are wrong, it’s just that what we think are important facts are very different.

“Care” is a strong word, more like morbid curiosity

Okay, now you are changing what I said to continue to make your point that “Elon saved the company” which is very different from your original claim that “Elon provided the vision”.

The haircut unironically gives him credibility in the eyes of investors. That’s how out of touch big money is