Trudge [Comrade]

Good on Chinese regulators for shutting it down. Someone has to be the adult in the room and say no to all the rampant M&A happening worldwide.

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Of course, this operation was Russia’s idea, but it blew up in their face. So America wins big by grinding through Russian equipment and army by just handing over their outdated equipment to Ukraine. Where does Russia puppeting America come into the equation? You seem very conspiracy minded.

No serious athlete will want mickey mouse medals if the real competition isn’t there.

America.

Yes, but countries like France will at least resist and denounce American attempts that infringe upon their sovereignty.

Yellow-bellied Australia is unique in their submissiveness even amongst American allies.

Spineless Australia can’t protect their own citizens from the US but they still delude themselves into thinking that they’re partners with America, not a lapdog.

Developing world too. It’s fucked how there’s no jobs or wealth for Gen Z globally. We as a society failed their generation so much.

I’m staying on topic.

I am demonstrating how the American occupational forces handed out harsher punishments and consequences than the Taliban did, yet couldn’t curb opium production. Ergo, the Americans were never interested in curbing opium production.

Three million dead due to the Afghanistan war alone wasn’t brutal enough for you?

The systematic, institutional rape and torture of men, women, and children in Abu Ghraib was more brutal than anything defined in Sharia law but we still pretend that the occupation was clean.

You are arguing that protectionism is pro-labor? I don’t think you exactly understand what marxist ideology entails. Again, you are dodging the question on whether you truly believe that labor cost is the reason for high prices in Hawaii or if you were arguing just for the sake of arguing.

Ahhh here comes the bot accusation for you liberals as always. You still haven’t shown how the Jones Act actually help workers, and are arguing for the sake of arguing if you’re committed to your bit of saying that the higher prices in Hawaii are due to labor costs.

So you are deliberately ignoring your previous point about how the main business cost and therefore the reason for the high prices in Hawaii is due to higher wages for American sailors. It’s curious how you weren’t actually arguing in good faith then.

You do realize that America as a country can simply change its regulation to stipulate equal pay and treatment for foreign crew members who dock in American ports or are employed by American companies, right? You are arguing that Americans and American companies are allowed to treat foreign workers under horrible conditions, so it is labor solidarity to employ only American workers. Do you see how deranged that sounds when we get down to the meat of it?

They do it for free! They don’t even get paid to spout US State Department propaganda lmao.

At least we get Xi-bucks.

It’s crazy how the real economy correlates with numbers in China. I’d love to live in a country like that.

Your bad guy, good guy view of the world is myopic.

American labor vs International labor is a false dialectic that is used to pit working class against each other by the capital. You do realize that right? How is the Jones Act about the workers as you state when it doesn’t stipulate better working conditions, better pay, or ownership in the business itself? I don’t think you’re seriously arguing that the main reason for the price gouging that is happening in Hawaii is due to higher pay for American crew members, so I’ll ignore that.

In general, Marxists are internationalists and we don’t care about protecting American workers over other workers. I would be a syndicalist if I argued for the supremacy of the union.

Prices in US territories such as Guam, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico are sky-high due to the Jones Act to protect American industries at the expense of colonized people. It’s more about the where the ship was built and who operates them than the workers themselves.

Yes, I am a big fan of NAFTA as well. The only parts I dislike are the parts that allow free movement of capital, disallow free movement of people, and protection of IP.

Hawaii is a colonial project and isn’t respected by the federal court circuits in the same manner that continental states are. It’s closer to Guam and Puerto Rico than other states in that it carries disproportionate financial and military burdens, including the effects from the Jones act for example.

Say goodbye to tourist dollars from Asia.

Almost. Cuba is better but China’s close behind.