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Mike Hampton's avatar

That's true, though I was mostly being tongue-in-cheek about the tariffs. It's both serious and fucking ridiculous. It's not even odd that a bunch of tariffs were paused for 90 days, and that the way over valued stock market jumped like a kitten for a knitting ball.

Serious is that South Africa dropped to 25-1 to the pound, and lost 90 cents to the dollar. Almost half of my country is unemployed whereas the USA is wealthy in comparison i.e., this bullshit effects poor countries more.

China has been a predictable country which means that international relations could be stable if it weren't for the propaganda. China is a capitalist country with a central authority. The only reason why the American oligarchy wants to take it down is because its competition. That's geopolitical realism but the American farce about it damages the world.

Poor, poor Argentina. I've never been there but watched a lot. Regular folk seem terrific, a better society than my own, yet another country that should be rich that's under the thumb of raping arseholes.

I dream of the death of NATO, as do all the countries its attacked.

I was an admirer of the Nordic states so their sudden Atlanticism against human rights is disappointing. In fact, it shakes me that great countries can alter so quickly under the rule of a few obviously in someone's pocket.

I may live in the most unequal society but the UK has a bigger spotlight, so its deliberate inequality plan is going to become an example for the world.

My view of the future is dim.

Yes, we have to laugh. Real medicine.

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Tom Johnston's avatar

and of course music which is the greatest drug of all and the safest. I can custom my playlist during any listening session to whatever mood I have or want to eliminate.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

Yes! I have a mixtape series blandly called 'How I Feel [insert date]'. I have a lot in my 'Carnival' series. Another is 'The 'Violence of Sanity' (and a band named their album after my suggestion 'Violence of Apathy').

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