The economic system has allowed the worst people to become wealthy and powerful since the earliest times. You're mostly right about the other stuff though, it at least had civility for some.

Once you've found out about fish sauce, not much is scary.

Wrong trope, it's you didn't build that. And it's accurate as stated. Practically every datasheet includes a reference design circuit which is intended and provided for people actually SmarterThanYou to integrate into their own designs. It's not a complete design for a product, so there is still potentially work to be duplicated if you are really into that.

It hasn't been proven in court, but there's been more solid evidence presented than there was against Cosby. Who, BTW, totally also did all that shit, inb4 some bullshit

Sure, makes sense.

I had plenty of reasons not to vote for her, I just had more reasons not to vote for you know who, and I know how first past the post voting systems work. A lot of people seem to have trouble with that and think that a protest vote is a real thing.

TBF the US was always such a threat, and it was obvious. It was always insane for other nations to use Microsoft products. They have been a US defense contractor all along. It's especially insane though since five eyes was established, because all of the member nations knew for sure that Microsoft was involved.

EU companies are subject to the same laws, the difference is that they act like it.

If these companies don't want to obey the laws they can pull out like your father should have

Taking legal action to protect customers and reduce waste is anything but ridiculous. Any real country that wants to be taken seriously should do those things.

I thought they didn't pay their public servants well either. Our agencies can't get the best people specifically because they don't do that, are they any different?

"If solar is so great and cheap, why does it require so much taxpayer money to "make sense"?"

You're pretending fossils and nuclear don't get subsidies.

Pretending is fun but it doesn't move this conversation forward.

But you have no problems voting for a traitor and child rapist as long as it has a penis?

Ok coward. Pay my way including my USA former resident slave tax.

Trump is the same kind of conservative as the rest of the Republicans, i.e. not actually interested in conserving or preserving anything but his own privilege.

"No the EU should act like vassal state that it is"

The US is rapidly leaving its first world status behind. Not surprised you can't see this given where your head is stuck.

Or indeed, any time before we institute some strong controls which somehow prevent this from happening again. And good luck to us on that.