Isn’t that pretty much all of their behaviour?

It seems like evidence that at least trump is not an outright russian asset though, right? He’s just an idiot (and they probably have some dirt on him)

There is no way to find text about anything without various biases and values embedded in it. You just need to approach reading with a critical lens. Obviously more critical in some domains than others.

It’s a feature, not a bug.

Last comment is gold. Neeeeeeaaaarly there…

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Yes. Perhaps fairly chaotic for a decade or two, but then much better 😅

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Political_systems

Have a read of Wengrow and Graeber’s The Dawn Of Everything. It’s a re-examination of the political implications of archeology, and it’s pretty inspiring. Definitely dispelled me of any notion that capitalism or communism or totalitarianism were the only plausible systems.

Vendor lock-in.

Out of interest, were US Panamanians (?) Part of the more general Latin swing toward trump?

Not trying to say it’s good, but I do wonder how those people are feeling/thinking now.

Australia.

I would argue that global wages and conditions should be better, in which case Aus (and even more so the US) could more easily compete.

Maybe we should do a bit more of our own manufacturing anyway. Globalised supply chains are a fucking stupid idea, considering climate change.

True! Thanks for the learning opportunity :)

Ah, that explains it, thanks! It’s a cool looking script!

Hrm, I guess… But it’s the 23rd most spoken language globally… Nearly 90 million speakers, and I don’t think I’ve even seen the alphabet until now. I feel like I’ve seen lots of posts from less populous languages…

How TF is this the first time I’ve ever seen a Tagalog post on the internet? And also why is there no good translator?

No amount of protectionism will ever dent our dominance of the spider market.

You still haven’t clarified what you mean by it…

1. Fixed definitions for words do not exist. Language is constantly evolving.
2. The US IS a representative democracy, and whether that’s actually functionally providing government by the people doesn’t really prevent this use of the term by a vast majority of people, whether you or I agree with it or not.
3. In the context of the question, I think the US seems to fit more into the OP’s democracy category. I agree I’m using the term loosely, but does your terminology disagreement actually add anything?