Why is the line drawn at being international?

What is it about customers in Ethiopia that necessitates this? What is it about American (non-international) customers that doesn't require a register?

I suppose in the context of the article you're commenting on you're saying the bad people are the ones defending the women and children from being raped?

"The use of drones in these areas causes more collateral damage among the civilian population than it truly neutralizes gangs."

Only 5% of the deaths seem to be collateral damage. There can be no freedom without order.

A permanent, non-negligible chance of becoming a collateral victim in an extrajudicial drone killing doesn't sound like order to me.

TFA mentions residents are very scared. They live in a war zone.

Edit: I get the argument that it was a war zone anyway and people are also afraid of the gangs. But that comes from the fallacy of seeing the drone strikes as the only option. There are better ways to create order than creating even more chaos and hope it hits the right people sometimes.

Haiti has been a shit show for like 200 years now. You don’t think they’ve tried every method they can think of to deal with the criminals? What are the better methods to deal with chaos that they have been ignoring?

> You don’t think they’ve tried every method

No, I don't. Their experimentation is constrained by many forces.

Good thing I transitioned last year, I like my job

He’s European and uses a “.” instead of a “,”

Varies by country in Europe.

Varies by country on earth [citation needed].

You’re also not correct even if it were a decimal marker. Three dollars and fifty cents requires no half cent.

Specifying the second 0 implies portions of one cent. Like if I said something costs 10USD, the one dollar bill is implied to exist even if it isn't used (same with 10.00 implying the existence of a penny)

It’s rude to pretend OP said something they didn’t say. And a little side insult to Americans, nice.

at least a single word would have been nice. I've not insulted anyone.

So am I going crazy or... Are tarrifs the answer here? It sure sounds like something needs to happen, are there better alternatives?

Tariffs 30 years ago possibly could have stopped the manufacturing base from being destroyed, but they're not sufficient to rebuild it. Taxing imports sufficiently that building locally is cheaper will keep your local companies in business, but it's still a very unappealing investment. There's no guarantee that the tariffs will stay in place long enough for you to make money, and even without foreign competition your prices are still limited by demand elasticity. Outright subsidies can work better as they effectively let you raise your price above what people are willing to pay, but there's still plenty of long-term problems.

> Tariffs 30 years ago possibly could have stopped the manufacturing base from being destroyed, but they're not sufficient to rebuild it. Taxing imports sufficiently that building locally is cheaper will keep your local companies in business

Tariffs are like sandbags. If you expect flood surges from an upcoming storm, or even an ongoing storm, sandbags and many hands might well keep your stuff dry for a day or two or even three.

If your shoreline property is going to be under-sealevel due to climate change, sandbags are a ridiculous "solution".

By example, the US car industry famously got fat, dumb, and lazy on a captive market... until the consumers did something unthinkable and bought something that was both cheaper and better made from abroad.

Not every change to US production can legitimately be blamed on politics.

Subsidies, lot of subsidies. And probably a lot of monitoring and adjusting by lawmakers to ensure that industries continues to improve their capabilities.

There's more to that but rebuilding our industrial capacity is a work of a generation.

I think the problem with subsidies just as the problem with tarrifs is that they need to be given in a selective process which can benefit them truly.

Like maybe this industry is already very concentrated and those subsidies benefit more to the concentrated rather than general public just as the farmer bailout of sorts...

Its a tough line and bottom line, you expect some true competency in the govt. to achieve it and be knowledgable about it but I guess in the meanwhile people might discuss such stuff.

Very specific, strategically applies tariffs. Not blanket tariffs on whole countries.

Here's one: different (lower) tax rates for different industries and different careers.

If you want smart people to enter and stay in manufacturing you have to make them * as attractive as bankers and west coast software engineers.

* careers or individuals - deliberately ambiguous :)

According to Gemini, the place name Idaho is unique to the USA.

There's also Idaho, Ohio, USA, home to one of the jankiest looking post offices I've ever seen. It looks like a dilapidated outhouse.

Wow that sure doesn't sound forced at all. Did blaming things on Reddit go out of fashion in your circles or something? Or was the pull of keeping to microblogging platforms just this strong?

I wonder if that account knows how illogical and trollish they are, or if it comes so naturally they think they're intellectual.

That is unlikely considering this executive order https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/comb...

Given the admin's frequent use of carrot-stick incentives to achieve goals, I'd give fair odds to revised policy should affected parties bend knees sufficiently.

The fact that this consideration applies to any policy / enforcement / regulatory position the US government takes for the next four years, domestic or foreign, is of course its own immense problem.

Was the TikTok 180 unlikely too?

The only reason these holidays were on the calendar to begin with is because they were kissing other people's feet earlier. People are upset because now it's somebody else's turn to receive token gestures.

You don't have to like this but it's more clear than ever before Google never cared about any of these holidays

You’re saying that as if it’s a defense.

“The only reason they were on the calendar was to recognise underprivileged minorities. Now they’re catering to the whims of the most powerful man on earth. What hypocrisy to be upset by one and not the other!”

I see you agree with the people who were having their feet kissed earlier, sorry to hear your token gesture has been taken away. I'm sure you'll get it back in another 4 years.

It’s as clear as day that you’re avoiding engaging with anything I said. I don’t understand why you’d bother replying if that’s your intent.

I suppose disregarding whatever the original foot kissing may have been, does it cause any harm to acknowledge these things publicly on calendars?

Well, I'll take token gestures when they align with my values of caring for fellow citizens and all that jazz ... not when they align with the rise of fascism.

Would you support White history month being on Google calendar? Or do you only care for some of your fellow citizens

An entirely odd response is my first impression.

You sound pretty vague. Feel free to outline the purpose of that month and how it helps me care for my fellow citizens? Perhaps I would with the right reasoning.

However, your intent seems pretty weak off the bat.

For example, I'm in the UK. A black history month comes around and highlights lesser known facts around lesser known people. Doesn't bother me in the slightest and I get to enjoy some different experiences, food, and people. We also have Hindu festivals. We have Jewish festivals, etc etc etc.

Further, every other month in my country, though not explicitly called white history month, IS effectively white history month and a celebration of its culture. And I often celebrate and enjoy that element of the cultural landscape just the same.

So ... you want another month? Is that it? Interesting ... but not really.

Another month? Which is the first month?

You're like a fish in water, asking what water is ... (and that's being generous).