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OrangeTsar said:
Including airfare, my last 10 day to Switzerland, Austria, and Germany came in at just over $2000. I got round trip airfare from Nashville to Zurich for just over $500. Took trains between cities instead of renting a car, stayed in single rooms near the train stations, and tried to eat at least one meal a day from the grocery store. So just over $100 per day. Of course this was in winter; the most inexpensive time to go as long as you aren’t going to one of the ski resorts.
Trying to plan a similar trip sponsor Scandinavia but it will be more expensive
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That's a really good airfare. Good ideas taking trains and making use of groceries there. I wish the US had a passenger rail network as good as Europe's.
 
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EasternVol said:
It's a tax and not a tariff. Many countries levy such a tax. I'm not saying it's a good idea, just that it's not a tariff.
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Call it what you want Obama. He’s laying ground work because he knows he’s just going to be running people/businesses off. He will accomplish a few things. 1, businesses will leave and just not do business there. 2, they will continue to do business, pay the tariff, and raise the prices to a more unaffordable level. Yay.
 
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OrangeTsar said:
Look up „Mamdani globalize the infantata“
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I don't know if he's an anti-Semite. He's definitely an anti-Zionist.

"Globalize the intifada" is kind of like a conservative person waving a Confederate flag. It's got an unclear, squishy meaning and gets said for different reasons, one of which is a racist ideology but doesn't necessarily have to be.
 
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C-south said:
Call it what you want Obama. He’s laying ground work because he knows he’s just going to be running people/businesses off. He will accomplish a few things. 1, businesses will leave and just not do business there. 2, they will continue to do business, pay the tariff, and raise the prices to a more unaffordable level. Yay.
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Calling me Obama is pretty funny.
Actually I don't know if such a tax would stand up in court.
 
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05_never_again said:
Republican Rudy Giuliani running NYC didn't stop people from saying it was dying then too. According to its critics, that city has been dying or on the verge of dying for the last 50 years.
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It’s a much different place than when I lived there and not for the better.
But that’s pretty true of everywhere in things are always getting better or worse. Nothing stays the same
 
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KB5252 said:
He can call out anything he wants, but he doesn't have right to target people for deportation because he disagrees with their constitutionally protected speech.

Attack him politically the flaws in his policies, that's fine. But that's not what he's doing.

This is why are politics are so skewed toward the fringe, we accept and cheerlead stupid crap like this with partisan glee. You can't call out the opposite side for their hypocrisy and bad faith actions when you cheerlead it from your preferred party.

In short you are feeding the very thing you despise. If you cheerlead for your fringe the fringe on the opposite side gains strength and power. It works both ways and you slurp and feed it!
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Could not agree more with this post
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
It’s a much different place than when I lived there and not for the better.
But that’s pretty true of everywhere in things are always getting better or worse. Nothing stays the same
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If you want to argue that the city has gotten worse (even if just marginally) since COVID, that's probably pretty reasonable. I think the same can be said for a lot of other cities, particularly very large cities.

It seems very difficult, basically impossible, to argue that the city got worse from about 1975 to 2020 though. There aren't many cities in the country that would fit that bill, actually.
 
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05_never_again said:
I don't know if he's an anti-Semite. He's definitely an anti-Zionist.

"Globalize the intifada" is kind of like a conservative person waving a Confederate flag. It's got an unclear, squishy meaning and gets said for different reasons, one of which is a racist ideology but doesn't necessarily have to be.
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Don't compare the confederate flag to Islam, that's a very bad comparison
 
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McDad said:
I asked Nash what the difference is between socialism and democratic socialism. I am unfamiliar with the term social democracy.

Would you mind delineating the difference between the 2 (or 3)?
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It’s socialism but dolled up to make it more palatable for the masses, but it’s still socialism lol.. I think Bernie Sanders is also self identified as one
 
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McDad said:
I asked Nash what the difference is between socialism and democratic socialism. I am unfamiliar with the term social democracy.

Would you mind delineating the difference between the 2 (or 3)?
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I think he's probably thinking something along the lines of Northern European democracies.

Which is fine. But I argue they wont be successful here in similar fashion for a number of reasons.


We lack a national culture the way they do. We are much more fragmented culturally on multiple levels. Regionally, ethnically etc.

Our population, id argue their model works best in a "sweet spot" of population.

the degree on which a significant portion of our society depends completely on government.

There are others as well
 
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KB5252 said:
I think he's probably thinking something along the lines of Northern European democracies.

Which is fine. But I argue they wont be successful here is similar fashion for a number of reasons.


We lack a national culture the way they do. We are much more fragmented culturally on multiple levels. Regionally, ethnically etc.

Our population, id argue their model works best in a "sweet spot" of population.

the degree on which a significant portion of our society depends completely on government.

There are others as well
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Agreed. The Scandinavian countries are Democratic Socialist.

I believe we are Representative Republic Socialist.

There is a mix of political and economic systems in play in each of the countries. I have no idea at what point a mixed system can be classified on way or the other.
 
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dalton_vol said:
Don't compare the confederate flag to Islam, that's a very bad comparison
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Maybe we SHOULD Be though 🤔. I mean, if a confederate flag disqualifies one from public office, then shouldn’t „globalize the Intifada“ do the same?
I mean the confederate flag causes distress to some African Americans, surely the intifada slogan does the same to Jews. And the left constantly admonishes us all that ANY microaggression is one too many. Right????
 
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OrangeTsar said:
Any city where you can’t find a decent hotel room for under $300 a night (plus $60 parking and $50 „resort fee“) is almost too expensive to VISIT, much less live in. Throw in $250 for a pair of Broadway „budget“ tickets. A couple of hundred more for a pair of tickets to one of the skyscraper observation decks and your three meals for the day and you are looking at about a $1000 day (if you are careful). We did a trip last July for about a week. Can’t afford to do that again for a while 😳
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I'm sure the reason it is expensive is because it's a terrible dying place where no one wants to go 😉
 
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Whether someone wants to live in NYC or not really depends on personal preferences.

I don't see the city dying. The way I look at the ridiculousness around that comment is that NYC is basically driving by trade and the resources of our nation flowing into it. NYC is the primary trading hub for USA so its prosperity is tied to/matches the overall USA prosperity level. I don't see that going away no matter how difficult the government in the city becomes.
 
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McDad said:
I asked Nash what the difference is between socialism and democratic socialism. I am unfamiliar with the term social democracy.

Would you mind delineating the difference between the 2 (or 3)?
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Socialism

In socialism, the government or the people own most businesses and services, not private individuals. The goal is for everyone to share resources more equally, and profits are used to benefit society, not just business owners. “The government runs almost everything so everyone’s needs are met.

- An ideological framework that’s hardly ever implemented in real practice. Any leftist politician who’s labeled a socialist, likely doesn’t exactly believe this, but that won’t prevent the false labels and fear mongering.

Democratic Socialism

Democratic socialism wants to move toward socialism, but through voting and democracy, not force. It supports public ownership of big things like healthcare or energy, but also protects free speech, elections, and civil rights. “We still vote, but the economy should serve everyone, not just the rich.”

- The same thing as socialism, but theoretically eliminates the flaw of an authoritarian regime, and allows people to have the final say. Again, rarely ever used in practice. Some people identify as a democratic socialist, but it’s more a political semantics thing, as most of their actual positions fall under social democracy.

Social Democracy

Social democracy keeps capitalism (private businesses, markets), but adds strong government programs to help people—like free healthcare, education, and paid leave. The goal isn’t to end capitalism, but to make it fairer. Think “Let businesses run, but make sure everyone has a safety net.”

- This is nearly the standard in many European countries. Most progressive/lefties are proponents of this. Bernie Sanders policies fall under here, although you’ll hear him identify himself as a democratic socialist.
 
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