Yes I see that now. Thank you.

Whoops, thanks.

This is a complaint about Epstein though. I wouldn’t put it past Trump either but he’s not named or alluded to in the document.

Going after prescription opoid profiteers when.

The Russians don’t want us to do it.

The Russians are the eviliest of evil.

Therefore whatever the Russians don’t want must be good.

It doesn’t matter if it’s illegal as per our own laws.

It’s moral to ignore laws your enemy insists on following.

over budget and fall behind schedule

Completely normal. The US government rewards contractors with “cost plus” contracts and typically no or minimal late penalties. Cost means “whatever you end up spending to build the thing”, the plus is a nominal margin on top.

If that model sounds like it’s ripe for corruption and exploitation, that’s because it is.

The Green Party (ostensibly green stands for environmentalism but in reality stands for US dollars and military) has, even before its inception in the late 1970s, been against nuclear power. Until 2011 the conservative governing coalitions had kept existing reactors running (none had been built since the 80s). With the Fukushima incident in 2011 there was no way the Greens nor the German public would accept the extension of reactor operation permits. Germans are fed anti-nuclear energy views from early childhood and as a whole rabidly against it; the most popular bumper sticker is probably “Atomkraft? Nein Danke”.

I don’t know the history of the anti-nuclear-power groups which came together and created the Green party in the late 1970s. What I can say however is that similarly active US based environmental groups like the Sierra Club were optimistially pro-nuclear in the 1960s. Moving into the 1970s gas companies infiltrated and funded these groups, turning them into virulently anti-nuclear power activist organizations to the financial benefit of the gas industry. These relationships continue to this day.

Ironically not only did the “Atomausstieg” make Germany more reliant on imported fuel, the push for renewables has led to a grid that needs to be stabilized by French nuclear, Polish coal, and Scandinavian hydro.

It’s ok. Germany has spent the better part of trillion euros in about twenty years on their “Energiewende,” only to just cover the increase in electricity use over that period. Now we have one of the highest electric prices for working people in the world, and it’s not remarkably cleaner than before. The west is speedrunning climate cstastrophe.

Yeah I’m really looking forward to the German version of pre-crime.

Green has stood for greenbacks and military for the last generation plus.

Poverty is rising in the UK. The UK used to have (in practice if not explicitly codified) the death penalty for being poor.

I don’t see this as a dependency but rather 1. technology sharing and 2. Russia building a natural market for its uranium resources.

This could also make Russian and Chinese nuclear tech even more affordable for the Global South.

Basically the whole political education system in Europe is captured by US interests, and the ruling class is just as, if not more invested in the US economy vs their home economy.

Because of the political education the Washington Consensus is seen as the only reasonable path in political spheres. Dissent essentially doesn’t exist because everyone at high levels can’t even consider alternatives.

Sharepoint is such a shit.

Action so covert it’s being announced by the media.

“There is no such thing as society” for the 21st century.

Weird how prices don’t really come down when supply is too high.

Isn’t this just cost-plus private military space contracts functioning as designed?

The way I look at working people supporting and voting for fascists is this: they’re struggling in life, just like the rest of us. Cost of living is going up, quality of goods and services is decreasing, community is breaking apart, people are more individualist and alienated than ever, and the leadership class is doing nothing but enriching themselves. They’re looking for answers, just like we are. And then a politician or party comes along who speaks to their struggles, who acknowledges their pain. Since that’s more than the other party/parties have done, that’s the political party that wins that person’s loyalty, or at least begrudging support.

Of course we know that these fascist parties won’t solve any of the problems the working class faces, but the mainstream parties often don’t even talk about the problems working people face every day, and have had power for a long time and only made things worse. And since the left is systematically excluded from the discourse, only one voice critical of the status quo remains, regardless of how cynical and opportunistic and fake.

Following subpoenas or warrants is also just theater. The rotating door between military/intelligence and Silicon Valley and sources of funding make it pretty clear that information flows freer than water.