Europe should certainly not align with China. We'd leave ourselves horribly exposed when they decide to forcibly reunify Taiwan with the mainland. Europe's big enough to stand on its own, and work wi… (View Post)

A lot of people, not unreasonably, didn't feel like the status quo was doing them any good, and mainstream politicians have fuck all to offer in terms of alternatives or leadership. (View Post)

Advertising makes capitalism less efficient and should be prohibited. Discuss. (View Post)

There are two big things wrong with that take. (1) Democracy isn't a means to finding the best policies. It's a way of peacefully managing disputes between different people in a complex society. So y… (View Post)

The reason it wouldn't change his view is presumably because his view is based on reasons other than trade friction with the EU. Why are people still having trouble accepting that line of reasoning? (View Post)