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What a play.
Also I have a question. Maybe somebody can answer.
How the fuck is it that any country can impose all these rules on other countries?
So I knew a guy from Iran.
From Instagram. He made 3d printable models (really unique and interesting ones with the theme of dead head moths, tigers, other moths. Skulls here is a link to a few pictures of ones I printed. https://imgur.com/a/uI3CnA1 )
Anyway. I chatted with him a bit. I suggested some filaments. And he disclosed he was from Iran.
That's when I learned of some crazy shit.
He told me he couldn't get the filament because it's no one will ship filament to Iran except some sellers in China.
1 roll of filament ($25) is almost equivalent to a Full months income there for most people.
He said he had some off brand Chinese printer because no one else would ship him one.
And that the U.S bans other countries from doing business with Iran.
I asked him about how he learned his 3d skills. Said he was a medical device engineer as his day job. Said he often worked 12 hr shifts.
He made way more designing his 3d art models and selling the model files. He has a patreon like a lot of designers. So he makes like $700 USD a month through that, which is way more than he could make as a medical engineer in Iran.
He also told me no one in Iran is allowed to use PayPal. So it's been hard to sell his art internationally.
He was married and had a kid.
A few months ago his Instagram was deleted.
I don't know what happened.
I don't know if he and his family are okay.
I don't know anything else.
I worry about him all the time. He's just some artist. You know? Just like anyone else. Just trying to survive and give the world his art. And idk. I just think about how fucked all this is.
This is due to a bunch of big, powerful countries teaming up and bullying everybody else.
Why do you think it's such a big deal if Iran has nuclear weapons? After all, the US has nuclear weapons. Russia has nuclear weapons. Israel has nuclear weapons. So why can't Iran have nuclear weapons?
Because if Iran had nuclear weapons, then those big and powerful nations might have to give Iran a seat at the table. It wouldn't be so easy pushing Iran around anymore, because if you pointed nuclear missiles at Iran, you'd have nuclear missiles pointing right back at you.
Personally, I don't think that any country should have nukes. They're too dangerous. I think that all countries should be working towards mutual nuclear disarmament. This can be done through treaties and so on. But if any country is allowed to have them, then every country should be allowed to have them.
Yeah I agree with you.
I guess the "pro sanctions" argument would be that countries have very few ways to influence each other: political pressure (asking nicely), economic pressure (sanctions to make the country poor), and military pressure (bombs). And that hey at least it's not bombs (until it is).
But just like with bombs, sanctions will always hurt a ton of people who were just trying to live their lives and did not want to be part of the conflict.
I hope your friend gets by OK.
I tracked down his patreon and showed activity about a month ago. So maybe he just doesn't have Instagram anymore. I will try to reach out to him on patreon.
He wasn't "just some artist," he was your friend.
You know the fucked up secondary thing about this was I was telling my mom about him and how I was worried if something happened to him. And she was more concerned I was probably talking to a terrorist.
Right.
So he spends all this time designing models and building a following just to ..I guess talk to random Americans about filament But is covertly trying to do a terrorism ?
I'm still angry about that.
Well, he's Iranian. Aren't they all terrorists? That's what we've been hearing for the last half century.
I hope you find your friend safe.
Not to mention, he's got the US media cheering him on.
My go-to response when my more conservative relatives complain about the cost of anything is "are we great again yet?"
They don't complain around me anymore, which means they've internalized my response by now
According to Scott Bessent (Treasury secretary), Iran will be selling the oil for USD which the US will promptly freeze. Iran knows to not sell in USD, but in case it didn't, I does now.
Is America Great already?
No.
Is Trump & Friends richer?
Yes.
One has to wonder how much money they made just of the crypto grift. Everything Trump has done from day one has been to funnel money from regular people's pockets into billionaires' pockets, including him self and every tech oligarch that bent the knee.
I just found out that Barron has a net worth of $150 million, primarily because of crypto scams.
Don't forget the alienation of our allies, and loss of national prestige on the world stage.
He also lifted measures on Russian oil, and the higher gas prices are making electric cars even more attractive. The result is that among the few winners in this war are his old friends Putin and Musk.
Oh no…it gets better.
He also lifted sanctions on Russian oil, thus giving money to the country that is sending troops and arms that are fighting against US backed operations in Ukraine, and also supplying Iran with weapons.
If only he could be as sympathetic and intelligent as The Gang.
Litterally 1984
It could only be more 1984 if there were no war but the government made up lies, took lives, and wrote articles about it anyway.
At this point I am not even sure whether Trump wants Ukraine to win.
He just wants it to go away. No, I don’t think he wants Ukraine to win at all, he’d hand it all to Putin yesterday if he could. I think there are a few operating braincells in the administration that are preventing him from doing so, whatever the reasons are.
whatever the reasons are.
The US politicians use taxpayer money to fund the weapons that get sent to Ukraine. The US weapons manufacturers get that money. The US weapons manufacturers pay the US politicians. No great mystery. Not disagreeing with arming Ukraine, just wish it wasn't a necessity.
My tax dollars at work.
Also somehow my tax dollars at work.
Trump does not care who wins beyond how it affects him.
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On the deeper level he's driving up value of renewable power. But I doubt the idea ever crossed his mind
Are the Straits okay?
No, they're pretty dire.
let me ask Knopfler
He wouldn't know, he came out as gay in 1994. Dire Gays?
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The guy is used to failing upward and has now reached the highest position. There is no failing upward from being POTUS.
It makes more sense when you realize Trump isn't working for Americans.
No way, Donald Trump is a foreign asset?!
Donald "Russia, if you're listening" Trump?
Donald "My Putin" Trump?
Donald "No puppet, no puppet, you're the puppet!" Trump?
That Donald Trump?
He doesn't even have to be a foreign asset to be not working for Americans. Personally, I believe he's working entirely for his own personal benefit, and the benefit of his family and some friends.
The level of graft is unprecedented in the US.
Those two are not mutually exclusive, doing what Putin wants him to do in exchange for the proof of some shady thing he did not surfacing would still be for his personal benefit.
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He didn't actually author the book, that would be work
The real author has said trump is illiterate
It's clearly evident anytime he reads something outloud. Most of his pronunciation issues around his first term were caused by him struggling to read a prompter and not comprehending what the words he just strung together mean.
That and the start of dementia.
Also he is very vain. His eyesight is terrible, has been for years. But he refuses to wear glasses. They set the autoprompter to a very large font, which means he easily loses his place. He often mistakes words and then tries to cover with all sorts of nonsense.
There are some pictures out there of him wearing glasses, but he tries to hide it as much as possible.
Imagine looking like that and still being vain, that's impressive actually. Same with that ridiculous "hair" he has and that famous picture when it was windy. Just buy a fucking wig man, the pig is rich enough and this just fuck my shit up hairdue is not fooling anyone.
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You got a source? I believe you but I need proof for some people
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