I'm all for criticising Israel; what they've done in Gaza is disproportionate and probably amounts to war crimes. This doesn't change the fact that there is widespread left wing antisemitism. See for example the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) report on Labour antisemitism, published in October 2020, that found the Labour Party had committed unlawful acts of discrimination and harassment against Jewish members, highlighting serious failings in its handling of antisemitism complaints and political interference in the process. The former leader of the Labour Party who wanted to be prime minister continues to downplay it and deny there was a problem. AmiMojo has defended the man on this site and posted on multiple occasions that demonstrate his position. Many people in the UK are using Jewish people as a proxy for Israel and there's been a rise of violent antisemitic hate crimes against them. They don't deserve to live in fear, but the leaders of left wing parties in the UK will not speak out, just like AmiMoJo won't either.

Company treats customers like trash, treats employees like trash.

Anyone who cared about morale left Facebook a long time ago.

In which alternate reality?

Iran is not "a", but "the" supporter and financier behind Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis and a bunch of other militias and trouble sources in the region. So no, they were absolutely not playing nice, even if you ignore all the atrocities inside Iran.

Yes, but Trump's will go in 3 years by itself. The IRGC regime will not.

"Just because Trump is an idiot doesn't speak to the future"?? Are you fucking kidding me? Here's but one way that Trump's idiocy directly speaks to the future: The 1973 oil shock led to a 3.2% peak-to-trough contraction in GDP in the US. Industrial production fell 13% and unemployment doubled to 9%. Inflation peaked at 12%. The S&P halved in value. The 79 oil shock led to a 2.2% contraction, inflation peaked at 15% and unemployment peaked at 11%. The 2026 oil shock is bigger than both of those combined, and as well as about 14% of net global oil supply being lost, large quantities of helium for semiconductors and nitrogen for fertilizers pass through the Straits (or rather, don't). So the result of Iran exerting its leverage over the Straits as a result of the US / Israel attack will be a severe economic contraction around the world, including the US. It takes 6 to 18 months to hit fully. And it is going to happen in the future and it's the result of Trump being an idiot.

There is reliable evidence that the regime painted at least one missile pink in a propaganda stunt. So what? It doesn't speak to the regime's stability
There is no reliable evidence that the regime has imported 5000 of its proxy fighters, and anyway such a number is absolutely paltry in comparison to the size of the regime's own coercive apparatus. Artesh = 350k; Basij = 100ks; police = 10ks.

You are kidding yourself if you think the regime is close to collapse. It has been *more entrenched* by the invasion, despite the undoubted impact on leadership, the country's finances, and some miltary forces. Asymmetric warfare for Iran requires only drones, fast boats, and mines, plus insurers charging millions more for vessels and flatly excluding traversing the Straits, and none of those are in danger of running out any time soon.

Um... Neither you, TFS and TFA seems to understand what "exclusive" means. A "Playstation Exclusive" would mean only on Playstation, so also releasing it on PC would be the opposite of that. Just sayin'. I know it's quaint these days, especially politically, but words actually have meanings. /pedantic :-)

So, it used to be that the EU would sue for a valley company for a few billion every year or two to pay for the operations of the government.

The UK is out of that loop and realizing it needs a fund raiser.

But honestly, I think if were Microsoft, I would just consider shutting down UK operations.

Doesn't this suggest that the free market economy has lost to communism when the government of the leader of the world's free market economy admits that it can no longer compete in the free market economy without socialist protectionism?

More people are born
More people need work
More people are creative about what to do
More people see other people needing better tools
More people make better tools
More people become more efficient
Less people are needed for the existing jobs
More people struggle to find more creative ideas
Market demand in every major sector can be met without more workers

And here's the real kicker. The best place to find jobs right now is in making better tools... which reduces jobs.

The entire logic behind your argument is that you want it to be true.

It's not true, you're using motivated reasoning. Stop it.

It means you haven't put any effort into studying modern Iran.

That is why you are ignorant. Very ignorant. An ignoramus. Know nothing.

Go learn about Iran and stop replying.

Hmmm now there's a thought. Exchange an artificial world for artificial intelligence. That's very meta.

I know, he didn't seem that human, but I'm pretty sure he is.

The US is limited by their desire to not kill civilians, not by their military size.

That's why it's important to distinguish between the IRGC and the Iranian people in general. The IRGC is so weak that the only chance they have is that Trump will get bored and go home (I have no ability to predict what Trump will do, so that might happen). The IRGC has no chance militarily, they are weak.

That's a lot of speculation, mostly supported by motivated reasoning.

Turn off your bias and start looking at facts. Right now you're just being stupid.