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That’s…how it always works with sex trafficking?

I can totally see him trying to be that type of leader but his nasaly/weasely presence would ruin the effect I think

Not a film reference! My secret weakness

By “lack of motion” do you mean that vibe they give off of waiting around for a strong man to tell them what to do? If so, I do agree. It is a fatal weakness in their line of work.

Inb4 Ivanka Trump and Chelsea Clinton “unity ticket”

I think if Steven Miller or JD Vance were able to seize power, they would be much more competent fascists. Hard to game it out though, given their extreme lack of charisma

You know, you might be right about that. I always thought it would be the collapse of Tesla but something about his pet chatbot breaks his brain on a whole new level

Fully automated aristocratic cringe fascism

OP this is wildly inaccurate because you didn’t put a smiling mask on the Democrats OR show how they are actually an infinitesimal bit better than the Republicans and they’re dying on that hill

I’m a little confused because the comic only has two panels? Additionally, in the second panel the character’s eyes are still round not any other shape - I don’t see squinting at all? (If you were trying to draw a head that small with eyes that were squinting, you would use angled lines, not circles)

In any case, I believe the interpretation of the comic intended by the creator is: “Panel one represents what Western liberals say about China. Panel 2 represents the media environment they swim in”

The meme assumes the Western context. We don’t trust the US government because of the centuries of violence and exploitation. We had to go looking for that information because it is minimized and buried at every turn by the compliant national media.

On the other hand, the supposed abuses of the Chinese government are loudly broadcast at every turn. You’ll find if you go looking outside of Western sanctioned sources that all of those criticisms are absurd fabrications.

Therefore, someone in the western context who says they don’t trust the US or China is trusting the US media for information about China but not about the US itself. Does that help?

Of course!

If you are being serious that’s Derek Chauvin murdering George Floyd

I guess ‘war makes strange bedfellows’ applies on the anti-war side too

I did some digging based on your comment.

The proposed pipeline is almost 3,000 km long. I am guessing that the sides are haggling on the details of who’s going to put up the money for construction.

Additionally, a big chunk of the pipeline goes through Mongolia, so it’s actually a three-country deal.

A third thing I’m seeing is there’s resistance from the indigenous Altai people of Siberia

Welcome to the “Dogs of the US Empire” club Sweden

I really enjoyed this read, it gave me a whole new understanding of the international government/currency system. Thanks for posting