They are a communist totalitarian regime, doing ethnic purges not only historically but also RIGHT NOW, openly preparing to invade their peaceful neighbour Taiwan, operating the Great Firewall, implementing some absurdly Orwellian schemes like their Social Score thing, not to mention stealing all western IP they can lay their hands on and abusing their trade dominance (rare earths anyone) in any way they can.

Yes, a perfectly reasonable country, let's be friends!

No, just you and your leftist friends, outraged that someone dared burst their information bubble with non-Marxist content.

Yes, I take it you never wanted to send money to Canadian truckers protesting lockdowns. Or never donated to Sci-Hub either. Or to Assange's legal defence fund. Or Wikileaks.

Until the war on cash is over the govt will pretend it doesn't have or want this power. Make no mistake, once cash and crypto is gone, they'll start swinging this club much more vigorously.

Let's set something straight. If TEH GUBBERMINT (reverent bow) wants their stuff put into orbit, then TEH GUBBERMINT (reverent bow) gets to pay for it like everyone else, not just demand it for free "cus WE'RE TEH GUBBERMINT" (reverent bow), and it's earned money, not subsidies. Subsidies is money given for free, you know, like your food stamps, not money paid for services rendered, even if it's TEH GUBBERMINT (reverent bow) giving that out.

ZOMG OMG OMG, some Chinese people bought some shares in one of Elon's companies, quick, call the news! Hey, guess what, Elon doesn't get to control who can buy publicly traded shares, TEH GUBBERMINT (reverent bow) does. Sure, you can say "but but but it's TRUUUUUMP WAAAAAH!!!!", except I don't recall Bidet putting restrictions on Chinese ownership of US stock either, that'd be later rolled back by Trump.

Yes, this AI "slop" is so bad that you need warning tags, because otherwise you wouldn't know it's bad and you have to hate it.

Also, you forgot to use the word "regurgitated" at least twice.

Also, slop, slop, regurgitated, slop, regurgitated, regurgitated, slop.

LOOOOL :DDDDD So, let me get this straight. You really think that your Euroweenie food made w/o those pesticides, that is, food that is more expensive (those pesticides aren't used for teh evlulz you know, they make production cheaper) will... have competitive advantage over cheaper US food, made *with* those pesticides, in US, i.e. a market where you can use them AND don't have to list them on the label? You leftists really are brainwashed :DDDDDD

And as for US exports to EU, the food meant for EU will just be produced w/o those, it's not like they're *mandating* their use.

Ah yes, I guess they weren't *true* Scotsmen either?

Get NATO involved like they did back then? Yes, very involved. Intensely and carefully looking the other way. Oh, no, wait, they invoked Article 4. Which means they talked about it a bit!

What was that? That thing you were oh-so-fond of saying to coal miners who protested the loss of their jobs (sorry, "jerbs") to green transformation? You know, the thing about buggy whip manufacturers, progress changing societal structure, how the society does not owe anyone their jobs (sorry, "jerbs") when they are no longer needed, and how they should "just retrain" to be rooftop solar installers?

Whaaaa? That was only fun because you thought only those f-ing rednecks, hillbillies, trupmptards and other deplorables would get to hear that speech, not politically correct Californian libs?

Well, now you get to stand in front of the mirror and repeat the same exact speech. Allow me to offer to play the world's smallest violin in background for you as you do that. Might help you psych up to "just retrain" as a rooftop solar installer. Surely your humungous lib brain can handle that.

Yeah. Have the neoKeynesian morons print some more money and you might become one too.

Oh it absolutely is centrally planned, or misplanned rather. Who do you think prints the deluge of money that ends up on the stock market, pumping bubbles? Fairies? No, it's neoKeynesian morons at the FED. Who in their idiotic rush to "stimulate the economy" never once stop to think WHERE all the money they print ends up going AFTER it spins the gears of economy once or twice, tops.

Well, let me tell you where it goes. It pretty much immediately ends up with someone who does NOT live a hand-to-mouth lifestyle, and who will be looking to invest it, rather than spend it. And pretty much every investment instrument you can think of already shows signs of overinvestment. Bond rates, what is happening with gold prices, crypto. And stock.

If you just pump deluge of freshly printed money into stock market you get bubbles, period, it's that f-ing simple. And make no mistake, if it wasn't AI or blockchain, it'd be VR, pharma peddling their newest snake oil, newest hip startup with charismatic CEO. All that money pressure will pump SOMETHING. Where else do you think that money can go?

"Intrinsic value", lol, such a quaint concept of leftist economy :DDDD

Q: What's the "intrinsic worth" of gold?
Hint: we have enough of it stored in vaults worldwide to cover industrial use for 500 years.
A: 1% of its current value, tops. The 99% of its value is from you hoping some fool down the line will buy your tulips at an even bigger price.

Q: What's the "intrinsic worth" of Nvidia stock?
Hint: Its "real value" i.e. dividend ratio is 0.02%, which means if you expect 5% earnings on an investment, it's overpriced by a factor of 250 (no, not 250%, 250 without the %),
A: Which means 99.6% of its value is you hoping some fool down the line will buy your tulips at an even bigger price.

Now the big one:

Q: What's the "intrinsic worth" of one dollar bill?
Hint: You know, leftists with their quaint theories always say how the federal government is the source of dollar's purchasing power, because FED demands them in taxes. In actual, you know, real reality, you think Chinese govt hold dollars in reserve for their ability to make FED tax goons go away? How many dollar transactions are made to pay taxes as a % of total dollar transactions?
A: OK, CBA to look up actual numbers, but my bet is 1% again. The rest of one dollar bill's value is you hoping some fool down the line will give you nice stuff for your tulips.

OK, so you think there is a qualitative rather than quantitative difference between assets whose "intrinsic value" is 1% and 0%?

We've had deflationary investment instruments (precious metals, real estate, art) since times immemorial. And yet, somehow the world keeps spinning. And people who think that 1% deflation will make me not buy a hamburger today, because in *gasp* *only 70 years* I could have two for the same money are idiots.

Oh, very easy. Because the people who acted irresponsibly and the people who collect taxes are the same people, i.e. the federal government, so why they'd they do anything other than making taxpayers pay more?

You see, when neoKeynesian morons keep printing money to "stimulate the economy" they don't ever think where that deluge of money ends up going AFTER that one or two rounds of spending. Well, turns out, it pretty soon lands in hands of someone who does NOT live a hand-to-mouth lifestyle, and will be looking to invest it, rather than spend it. And right now, as we can see by the prices of gold, crypto, bond interest rates, stock market bubbles - people are DESPERATE looking for investment opportunities.

And what we're seeing is the effects of this nice pipeline, where the FED produces the deluge of money, it spins the economy once or twice, but in the end has pretty much nowhere else to go other than the stock market, pumping various bubbles. And make no mistake, if it wasn't AI it'd be something else, Web5.0, Virtual Reality, whichever pharma has the newest GLP1 agonist, literal tulips. All that pressure will pump SOMETHING, doesn't matter what.

But I'm sure the neoKeynesian morons who caused all of this already have some narrative on how it's all "cus of dem dam weeevil capitalist pigdogs".

Yeah, try stuffing a battery in your luggage as you go on board a plane, and you'll learn exactly how "safe" they really are. Please also make sure to do a video of you telling that exact lecture to airport security, gonna be fun watching what they'll do with you. Also, quite funny how you switched topic from car battery packs to cellphone batteries. Yes, they represent exactly the same level of danger, same amount of energy stored, etc etc etc.