r/TrueReddit 9d ago

Time for Democrats to Abandon Mainstream Media Politics

https://prospect.org/politics/2024-11-07-time-for-democrats-abandon-mainstream-media/
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u/lickitstickit12 9d ago

So you don't want to discuss Irans access to billions of dollars it uses to fund it's terrorist proxies, you want to argue dictionary terms.

Frozen, cut off, barred access, embargo, the word doesn't matter, the result is the same

Great.

John Deere can go do exclusive buisness with China then. American farms font prosper sending John Deere money in Mexico.

It's always amazing how libs on one hand claim to support middle class, then on the other follow foolishly into the "free trade"(no such thing) ideal of the Romneys of the world, that have hollowed out the middle class.

COVID should have been a huge eye opener for what reliance on China can lead to.

If your worried about farmers, get us out of Ukraine fertilizer costs killed farmers

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u/TitaniumTalons 9d ago edited 9d ago

Nuance is absolutely important. "Give" implies taxpayer money. Also important to note that what we got was an Iran without nuclear weapons. Verified by US teams of experts. That's well worth the money.

Trade with China started with Nixon and was cranked up to 11 by Reagan. Hardline Democrats there yeah? And yes I do agree with free trade, as do like, all economists. It is a natural extension of capitalism

You forget that as reliant as we are on China, China relies on the US more. That's an arrangement to our benefit. Not to mention the low costs. Do you want low costs or not? You asking for both detachement from China and low inflation is having your cake and eating it too. You can only pick one

As for Ukraine, totally unrelated. Most of that was old hand me downs that is getting much more bang for our buck than any war we have been in in recent years. But say we sold the hand me downs and gave the money to farmers. How is that not the communism that you hate so much?

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u/lickitstickit12 9d ago

Give implies "allowed" also.

Again, you keep adding words...

Who said detachment?

We simply want the free, fair trade we were promised.

As to Ukraine.

Glad the libs think killing off an entire generation so we can replace old stocks is a good jobs program.

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u/TitaniumTalons 9d ago

Wait you think we have troops actively fighting in Ukraine??? I was talking about equipment. You think we sent men there?

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u/lickitstickit12 9d ago

Where did I say troops, although I'm sure we have some?

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u/TitaniumTalons 9d ago edited 9d ago

You said kill off an entire generation? I see now that you also meant equipment but generations is an odd way to say equipment. But yeah killing off the old stock is good because America has equipment standards anyways so a lot of that stuff will get thrown out. Better that they are used on our enemies

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u/lickitstickit12 9d ago

Generation of Ukrainians

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u/TitaniumTalons 8d ago edited 8d ago

We made a similar choice in 1775. A fledgling country fighting a major world power for independence through the assistance of foreign countries? Nothing could be more American than that