Yeah it’s a stunningly dumb move on the part of the US. India invested billions in oil refining infrastructure since the war started. They were doing practically no refining before the war, and now it’s a huge industry for them. If Trump thinks they’re just going to abandon that then he’s delusional. All this is going to achieve is to drive India further towards BRICS because they’re going to have no other choice.
For sure, and I hope this sort of thing will be happening all over the developing world where countries industrialize using solar instead of fossil fuels.
I think the shock for the euros is that they didn’t understand they were vassals to the empire, and now they have to face the reality.
Indeed, I’m still expecting that the EU is going to break apart in the long run. As the economic stress mounts, countries are going to become increasingly nationalist. Those who are better off are going to start doing ladder pulling. I’m also expecting that at least some countries will flip over to BRICS once the war is over. Hungary and Slovakia are prime candidates.
that’s a really good point actually
They did have to pay a lower tribute of 10%. Kind of hilarious that the EU couldn’t bargain a better deal than the UK.
I called it three years ago https://lemmy.ml/post/730547/377412
Yeah, the propaganda is very hamfisted when it comes to DPRK.
Between Ursula and Kallas I guarantee that’s exactly how it went down.
quite possibly
You’re correct, once a model is trained, actually running it isn’t that expensive.
I’m kind of skeptical as well. Hersh has been pretty spotty on Ukraine, so I very much take his claims with a grain of salt on the subject. It does seem like the US might be unhappy with him though, which is likely what all the recent palace intrigue in Ukraine is all about. I get the impression they’re doing purges to make sure he can’t be couped easily.
Yeah, I find he’s typically very insightful.
That’s more or less how outsourcing in tech has been working already since 2000s. The main difference is that it’s been done at corporate level rather than individuals for the most part.
Yeah a better framing for this would be to say that China is remaining firm in its current stance, and isn’t intending to change its position.
I think a civil war in Syria could complicate things for US and Israel in the long run, especially given how thinly the US is stretched already.
Yeah, definitely going to be interesting to watch. It’s worth noting that Syria itself is very factionalized as well right now, so there could just be a massive civil war where HTS gets overthrown. The impression I’m getting is that regime change in Syria is backfiring massively for the west. Russia was able to basically walk away, but now the place is incredibly volatile, and if Israel ends up getting mired there then the US will be forced to pour in resources to prop Israel up.
indubitably