Yeah, right. The emperor has no clothes. Trump’s made the U.S. the laughingstock of the world. And CBS has now gone full Larry Ellizionist nazi.

Why do you think the US couldn't take over the Strait of Hormuz (or any other territory not currently held by a nuclear military)?

I imagine that if they can't even stop the hail of missiles on tanker ships, they certainly can't take over the strait.

I mean, er, see Iraq, Afghanistan (multiple times), Ukraine, etc etc. Invading places tends to, in practice, be rather difficult.

No major spying scandal has caused a notable shift in consumer behavior. I'm not sure why you think this will be different.

No. Because: have a life. Maybe: try getting one.

...what?

Read: “it’s ok to hang out on a pedophile nazi site to get my AI fix.”

You must be a highly moral and ethical human being. I can tell.

Just another variant of AI porn

How do you know? Because you watch and listen to capitalist propaganda all day? And, on what do you compare? Do you compare it against poor people's lived experience in the U.S. that never get a second of media attention -- like the millions of unseen faces living under bridges in the U.S?

Your narrow privileged view is disgusting, evil, and feeding the beast of empire. Shame on you.

"millions" of people live under bridges?

My understanding is the US has in the order of ~600k bridges, you think there are 3-15 inhabitants per bridge from Florida to Alaska?

Wait 'til banks wrap their minds around carbon coins. See: Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson.

Well, by golly gee whiz. Do ya think so? This is all so embarrassingly obvious. Who's blog? Some 12 year old that got baked for the first time and had their first epiphany they're not the center of the universe their parents ad infinitum said them they were?

Welcome to reality, kid.

“Obvious” ideas still seem worth restating when society keeps behaving as if they aren’t. If you’ve moved past these questions, I’d be genuinely interested in what conclusions you reached instead.