Venezuela

What Do You Think About This?

  • Doesn't really make sense.

    Votes: 7 26.9%

  • Unnecessary.

    Votes: 12 46.2%

  • I love it! We can get more oil!

    Votes: 3 11.5%

  • I can see why it might happen, but not comfortable with it.

    Votes: 4 15.4%
  • Total voters
    26
#104
#104
volfanhill said:
Wrong. He's worth around 5-7 billion today. His inheritance is estimated to be less than $500 million in today's dollars
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Trump was a millionaire through his allowance by age 8 according to the NYT. If he put $1m in an index fund it would be almost $1b now. Now do that for the other $487m* he got whenever he got it. There is no way he beat the market, even leveraging his presidency. Maybe now with that **** coin he developed, IDK. Just another grift.

*the purchasing power of $1m in 1955 = $13m today
 
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#105
ButchPlz said:
I literally cannot imagine living with this kind of mindset. You must be one of those idiot HOA hall monitors that tries to foreclose on someone's house because their grass is .05" too tall.
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utvolpj said people should be tired of sanctions. Then the alternative to not sanctioning is to let the world run lawless. Do you want sanctions against countries that break laws and just do nothing to them and let them break laws as they please?
 
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#106
utvolpj said:
Why do you believe it's the US preventing that? What international govt action can you point to that is making the world a much better place for all?
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Should be enforcing sanctions that help the US first and foremost. If other countries want to live in a civilized world then they need to help out against the lawless countries.
 
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#107
jmacvols1 said:
utvolpj said people should be tired of sanctions. Then the alternative to not sanctioning is to let the world run lawless. Do you want sanctions against countries that break laws and just do nothing to them and let them break laws as they please?
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We're all sitting here waiting for you to tell us how the opposite of the United States sanctioning people is lawlessness.

Because that's about as retarded a take as I've seen on this board, and there are more than enough retarded takes here to power the world every single day.
 
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jmacvols1 said:
Should be enforcing sanctions that help the US first and foremost. If other countries want to live in a civilized world then they need to help out against the lawless countries.
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Why does the US need such help thru sanctions? Is China not civilized? Europe?

Which country is having lawlessness held at bay only by US sanctions?
 
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#109
jmacvols1 said:
utvolpj said people should be tired of sanctions. Then the alternative to not sanctioning is to let the world run lawless. Do you want sanctions against countries that break laws and just do nothing to them and let them break laws as they please?
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You've convinced yourself using a false choice. The inverse of sanctions is not lawlessness
 
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#110
ButchPlz said:
We're all sitting here waiting for you to tell us how the opposite of the United States sanctioning people is lawlessness.

Because that's about as retarded a take as I've seen on this board, and there are more than enough retarded takes here to power the world every single day.
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A reason sanctions are issued against a country is usually because of some lawless act that the country committed. Should sanctions be issued against that country to try and stop it and just sit and let it happen. Do nothing to countries that have cyber attacks against the US? Do nothing against countries that kill your own citizens/military personnel?

Your personal attacks against me prove further you do not have a valid tho't in your thick skull
 
#111
#111
utvolpj said:
Why does the US need such help thru sanctions? Is China not civilized? Europe?

Which country is having lawlessness held at bay only by US sanctions?
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The opposite of civilization is lawlessness and civil people do not commit lawlessness.

is it civilized when a country runs deadly drugs into other countries as China does to the US killing thousands of people every year?
 
#113
#113
jmacvols1 said:
A reason sanctions are issued against a country is usually because of some lawless act that the country committed. Should sanctions be issued against that country to try and stop it and just sit and let it happen. Do nothing to countries that have cyber attacks against the US? Do nothing against countries that kill your own citizens/military personnel?

Your personal attacks against me prove further you do not have a valid tho't in your thick skull
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My man, you can tell me I'm thick-skulled all you want, but the personal attack is valid because your take is, literally, retarded.

There is no world and no thought process (other than mental incapacity) that would lead a person to think the absence of American sanctions is lawlessness. No logic, no process, only plain and pure idiocy.
 
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jmacvols1 said:
The opposite of civilization is lawlessness and civil people do not commit lawlessness.

is it civilized when a country runs deadly drugs into other countries as China does to the US killing thousands of people every year?
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So US sanctions are what's holding this world together?
 
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#117
ButchPlz said:
My man, you can tell me I'm thick-skulled all you want, but the personal attack is valid because your take is, literally, retarded.

There is no world and no thought process (other than mental incapacity) that would lead a person to think the absence of American sanctions is lawlessness. No logic, no process, only plain and pure idiocy.
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Absence of sanctions allow for lawless country to continue lawlessness.

AI Overview

The purpose of sanctions against countries violating international law ("lawless countries") is to influence or coerce a change in behavior or policy without resorting to military force. They serve as a non-violent foreign policy tool to uphold international norms and security.

Key purposes include:
  • Encouraging Behavioral Change: The primary goal is to pressure the targeted government, entities, or individuals to cease specific actions, such as human rights abuses, support for terrorism, or the pursuit of weapons of mass destruction.
  • Upholding International Law and Norms: Sanctions signal collective disapproval of actions that contravene established international rules (e.g., territorial aggression, violations of sovereignty). This reinforces the authority of international institutions like the United Nations.
  • Protecting National and International Security: By restricting access to resources, technology, or financing, sanctions aim to weaken the capabilities of adversaries and prevent the escalation of conflicts.
  • Punishment and Deterrence: Sanctions act as a penalty for non-compliance with international demands and serve as a deterrent to discourage other nations from engaging in similar unacceptable behavior.
  • Providing a Diplomatic Alternative to War: Sanctions offer a middle ground between verbal condemnation and armed conflict, allowing nations to exert significant pressure while avoiding the high human and economic costs of military intervention.
Sanctions can be either comprehensive (targeting an entire economy) or targeted ("smart sanctions") which focus on specific individuals (e.g., political leaders), entities, or economic sectors to minimize harm to the general civilian population.
 
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#120
ButchPlz said:
My man, you can tell me I'm thick-skulled all you want, but the personal attack is valid because your take is, literally, retarded.

There is no world and no thought process (other than mental incapacity) that would lead a person to think the absence of American sanctions is lawlessness. No logic, no process, only plain and pure idiocy.
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He called you a thot bro...
 
#124
#124
jmacvols1 said:
Absence of sanctions allow for lawless country to continue lawlessness.

AI Overview

The purpose of sanctions against countries violating international law ("lawless countries") is to influence or coerce a change in behavior or policy without resorting to military force. They serve as a non-violent foreign policy tool to uphold international norms and security.

Key purposes include:
  • Encouraging Behavioral Change: The primary goal is to pressure the targeted government, entities, or individuals to cease specific actions, such as human rights abuses, support for terrorism, or the pursuit of weapons of mass destruction.
  • Upholding International Law and Norms: Sanctions signal collective disapproval of actions that contravene established international rules (e.g., territorial aggression, violations of sovereignty). This reinforces the authority of international institutions like the United Nations.
  • Protecting National and International Security: By restricting access to resources, technology, or financing, sanctions aim to weaken the capabilities of adversaries and prevent the escalation of conflicts.
  • Punishment and Deterrence: Sanctions act as a penalty for non-compliance with international demands and serve as a deterrent to discourage other nations from engaging in similar unacceptable behavior.
  • Providing a Diplomatic Alternative to War: Sanctions offer a middle ground between verbal condemnation and armed conflict, allowing nations to exert significant pressure while avoiding the high human and economic costs of military intervention.
Sanctions can be either comprehensive (targeting an entire economy) or targeted ("smart sanctions") which focus on specific individuals (e.g., political leaders), entities, or economic sectors to minimize harm to the general civilian population.
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Do you not see how what you're posted does not actually align with what you're asserting?

Are the sanctions reducing lawlessness? There's a difference between a stated purpose and an actual effect, especially when corrupt and broken governments are involved, which is what multiple people have now tried to get through to you. What this boils down to is that American government sanctions do not equal "law", and the absence of American government sanctions does not equal "lawlessness". This remains one of the stupidest takes in this board's history and it's baffling that you are doubling, tripling, quadrupling, quintupling down on idiocy. It's no wonder all of us young folks reject this mindless boomer nonsense.

All you have managed to do here is use AI to speed up how idiotic you look.

PS: weren't you the dingbat saying we needed more, more, more military spending regardless of whether it was actually effective or not?
 
#125
#125
n_huffhines said:
Trump was a millionaire through his allowance by age 8 according to the NYT. If he put $1m in an index fund it would be almost $1b now. Now do that for the other $487m* he got whenever he got it. There is no way he beat the market, even leveraging his presidency. Maybe now with that **** coin he developed, IDK. Just another grift.

*the purchasing power of $1m in 1955 = $13m today
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At no point did he get a lump sum of 487m. Rather that’s his earning over several decades and the 487 million number was already adjusted to today’s value. The original value was around 200
 
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