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Prohibition banned the production of alcohol even for own use, so thats not exactly similar. Your also looking at a product which is pretty cheap when self grown. Yes you likely would have some form of black market but then again its not one where you would have to care about it too much as its...

In regards to economics and the concept of economic efficiency tobacco can often be used to question the concept of capitalist monetary efficiency. That is to say, the general concept of capitalism is more money equals more wealth, but that would then argue that "in order to waste resources lake...

Having made some self-defense weaponry as a product developer, the first thing i did when i went into that was to do my homework and look up what is and what is not on the banned weapons list. There is a lot on the banned weapons list in Belgium. As an example a taser or pepper spray is not...

Nothing that is of special note i presume to the Chinese. The region notably does not have oil or gas afaik and its a relatively low populated area. China might be more interested in oil and gas that it can simply purchase rather than needing to take it, especially at the moment it should be...

But why? Sure it was once part of China, but other than historical sentiment what is to gain there that should interest China?

I wouldnt say the cause. But it certaintly aggravated things a lot. One of my theory's is that really the dark ages were caused by "a lack of gold". The roman empire had a serious issue with inflation and the debasement of currency by the end of the empire, part a result of many gold mines in...

Depends what you mean by drop. If you detonate a nuke at high altitude then afaik its blast might not reach the ground but it would create an EMP effect that could fry all electronics in a wide area. I would think that the first application or option for the usage of a nuke would pertain to such...

I dont think ukraine can spare the troops to siege Belgorod, or Kurks for that matter. Ukraine seems to rather thrive here on low intensity and drone heavy warfare, whereas the russians kinda suck if they havnt got enough of a troop concentration and solid line with fortifications to work from...

Or especially for giving him free propaganda and a platform. He wasted a lot of his campaign funds to discredit Joe Biden and now Trump has to make up for it and the media is giving him freebies.

Belgians have a fairly positive view of the UK, more like historical protective bigger brother, and usefull for the purpose of kicking Frenchy's from time to time. The tourists are also nice, but the British hooligans have made quite a reputation for themselves.

If you didnt see the aspect of Hypernationalism comming up, then you wernt looking at it from across the pond i guess. Still laughing about a few .. ladies making their best and most proud lioness rants ... everybody loves lions (but not right next to them) so there are so many flags that have...

I think the direction it might take is a specific pushback against deliberate factual errors being spread by media, aka deliberate lies and misinformation especially if that has certain consequences. It's an interresting topic as to how exactly one could reshape laws regarding free speech so...

Ah am i allowed in again? I really wanted to make an insightfull remark about the recent upload by "TIK history", which i assume will soon be ... just history.

It certainly has some utility even if they dont come to occupy the ground for long. The media shitshow this causes in Moskou is just too precious. The optics of Russians having to flee their house and each been promised 10K rubles ... 100£ as repayment for the fact mmmm i'm salivating already...

That is so, and i can attest that this can be a complex issue for cultural relations. But the thing is, our opinions in the west to a degree matter. Israel is to a great degree dependent on the relation it has with the west, a good and dare i say "supportive" relation has been very helpful for...

If that truly is the reaction people feel i deserve then i'm not sure if i want to stick around and bother you all with the image of someone who people think is prejudiced, a reputation i would disgust to hold especially in a thread like this. Good day to all.

Anyway, back to the topic. I was wondering to what extend people think that "this is the end of it", or that indeed this might just be the beginning of it. Would have been nice to get some impressions on the matter by some people here. I consider aspects such as the media in the Uk and...

If you didnt want me to explain, why react in the first place asking me not to explain? Its not like you should reasonably have expected any additional explenation after my reply to you. What weird behaviour, but interresting nonetheless.

Because i can feel that a person belongs to a demographic i self describe, withought me having to express the limits of what defines that demographic. Regardless how you put it, people are "strawmanning me" with this, had i said something that was objectionably provable as prejudiced people...