The *OFFICIAL* Russia Is About To Invade Ukraine Thread

[Al-O-Meter]

The right will blame the cost of housing on immigration, the cost of living on trade unions

Australia and the United States seem to be different. In the US, high housing prices are blamed on a combination of excessive regulation on construction…

Why California’s ‘affordable’ housing costs $1 million a unit - Pacific Research Institute

Why California’s ‘affordable’ housing costs $1 million a unit By John Seiler | February 10, 2023 A friend of mine is an executive in the construction industry. His company sometimes works on government projects, especially in Los Angeles. As a non-union shop, his company works under the rules...

www.pacificresearch.org

… and high interest rates making borrowing prohibitively expensive.

Home Prices And Affordability: Q4 2023 | Bankrate

A new report from the National Association of Realtors shows that home prices in Q4 2023 rose in 86 percent of markets.

www.bankrate.com

As for our labor market, our unemployment rate is well below 5%. The cost of living is high due to inflation but real wages are now rising faster than inflation.

The younger generation is locked out of home ownership right now but that is because of the aforementioned interest rates and construction regulations. Most homeowners have locked in fixed rate mortgages around 3% APR and are refusing to sell their homes due to any new mortgage being ridiculously more expensive. That in combination with it being so hard to build new houses means inventory is super tight which keeps prices high. As soon as the interest rates drop to pre-COVID levels, the whole system will thaw and the younger generation will be able to buy starter homes.

 

[Deleted member 365]

This opinion isn’t based on FACTS. Sure, it’s a story pundits on tv tell. And it certainly makes is feel better cuz who can argue against wealth inequality? But it’s not what actually is happening. The problem is much more social and cultural, in other words, harder to fix than economic.

The discontent from Americans isn’t coming from younger people or from working class Americans. Those went overwhelmingly for Biden in 2020 (even Hillary won them in 2016). The discontent with American democracy is coming from rural areas with demographic change and upper class people bored to death with wealth but upset with the culture. It’s why we’ve seen this discontent explode since 2009 when a black man dared to win their White House.

When are we going to finally kill this zombie that Trumpism is fueled by wealth inequality? My god its been disproven time and time again that feels about race, not actual wealth inequality, determined one’s voting in 2016 and similarly in 2020.

You could also see similar movements in the UK, France, Hungary, and Poland; those “angry” with democracy aren’t working class stiffs. They’re older and wealthier than the average citizen. What fuels their insatiable anger: immigration, racial and gender equality, boredom, and other real or perceived grievances. Just look at Brexit, it wasn’t young or working class people who voted to leave, it was older wealthier people.

As always, I support my opinions with actual facts. I don’t speak about these things off the cuff. They’re things I read about and at times participate in with research at my university.
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Behind Biden’s 2020 Victory

A new analysis of 2020 validated voters examines change and continuity in the electorate, both of which contributed to Joe Biden’s victory. It looks at how new voters and voters who turned out in either 2016, 2018 or both voted in the 2020 presidential election, and offers a detailed portrait of...

www.pewresearch.org

2020 Presidential Election exit polls: share of votes by income U.S. 2020| Statista

According to exit polling in the 2020 Presidential Election in the United States, ** percent of surveyed voters making less than 50,000 U.S.

www.statista.com

EU referendum: The result in maps and charts https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36616028

The areas and demographics where the Brexit vote was won

Who and what led the leave campaign to the startling win that will likely redefine British politics?

www.theguardian.com

Some additional and helpful reading:

A new study reveals the real reason Obama voters switched to Trump

Hint: It has to do with race.

www.vox.com

How Biden Won Back (Enough of) the White Working Class

Joe Biden won Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan, and the Democrats saw an increased share of votes from white working-class voters in 2020. What did he do to win this crucial support in the heartland? Three things. He went there frequently, which Hillary Clinton did not. Biden talked about...

hbr.org

The Politics of Resentment

“An important contribution to the literature on contemporary American politics. Both methodologically and substantively, it breaks new ground.” —Journal of Sociology & Social WelfareWhen Scott Walker was elected Governor of Wisconsin, the state became the focus of debate about the appropriate...

books.google.com

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PYLTPDF/?tag=jazzfanzcom-20

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09C2K1X6T/?tag=jazzfanzcom-20

 

[Red]

Navalny likely killed by ‘one punch’ to the heart in classic KGB tactic, activist claims

Alexei Navalny had been kept outdoors for hours in subzero temperatures before his death.

nypost.com

 

[Rubashov]

 

[Deleted member 365]

A segment of our society belongs to a cult that has completely placed these people into a mass psychosis. They have no idea what they’re talking about, what words mean, or can even describe what exactly they’re mad at.


View: https://x.com/rpsagainsttrump/status/1762686929449975836?s=46&t=QT7YFlZ_IlHq81PpZAhKgw

 

[Deleted member 365]

Interesting and chilling at the same time

Why Is Trump Trying to Make Ukraine Lose?

The former president isn’t in office—but is still dictating U.S. policy.

www.theatlantic.com

Maybe the extraordinary nature of the current moment is hard to see from inside the United States, where so many other stories are competing for attention. But from the outside—from Warsaw, where I live part-time; from Munich, where I attended a major annual security conference earlier this month; from London, Berlin, and other allied capitals—nobody doubts that these circumstances are unprecedented. Donald Trump, who is not the president, is using a minority of Republicans to block aid to Ukraine, to undermine the actual president’s foreign policy, and to weaken American power and credibility.

Even if the funding for Ukraine ultimately passes, the damage he has done to all of America’s relationships is real. Anton Hofreiter, a member of the German Parliament, told me in Munich that he fears Europe could someday be competing against three autocracies: “Russia, China, and the United States.” When he said that, it was my turn to shake my head, not because I didn’t believe him, but because it was so hard to hear.

 

[fishonjazz]

Donald Trump, who is not the president, is using a minority of Republicans to block aid to Ukraine, to undermine the actual president’s foreign policy, and to weaken American power and credibility.

Pretty insane really

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[LogGrad98]

Donald Trump, who is not the president, is using a minority of Republicans to block aid to Ukraine, to undermine the actual president’s foreign policy, and to weaken American power and credibility.

Pretty insane really

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Yes but right on Brand.

 

[Deleted member 365]

Yes but right on Brand.

It’s so ****ing short sighted. Trump voters are just so dumb they don’t see how they’re cutting off their nose to spite their face. A world with China, Iran, and Russia emboldened is not a safer and more prosperous world. If they “hate inflation” then they’re going to hate it when China invades Taiwan, Russia invades the rest of the Baltics and Poland, and the mess a nuclear Iran will do. Sadly, these zombies don’t care as long as it triggers the rest of the country.

MAGA is nothing more than oppositional defiant disorder. Much like how the left came unglued from normal people and reality in the late 60s and 70s, the right has become nothing more than a weird counter culture cult. Unfortunately, they control the House, the Judiciary, and have a realistic chance of winning back the Senate and Whits House in 8 months.

Autocrats around the world can’t believe their luck! MAGA is more advantageous to the world’s worst dictators than any military weapon. Keep America completely dysfunctional!

 

[fishonjazz]

US rift with Netanyahu grows as top officials meet with his rival: Updates

Benny Gantz comes to Washington amid disagreements between Israel and the U.S. over Israel's conduct in Gaza and a postwar vision for the enclave.

www.yahoo.com

US rift with Netanyahu grows as top officials meet with his rival

Hmmm why would there be a rift between the US and Netanyahu if Biden is going along with the whole genocide plan?

The Biden administration's rift with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became even more acute Sunday, when Vice President Kamala Harris called for a cease-fire in Gaza the day before a controversial meeting with a top Israeli official and longtime Netanyahu rival.


A cease fire? But Biden wants genocide. How does a cease fire help Biden achieve the genocide he desires?


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[Al-O-Meter]

US rift with Netanyahu grows as top officials meet with his rival: Updates

Benny Gantz comes to Washington amid disagreements between Israel and the U.S. over Israel's conduct in Gaza and a postwar vision for the enclave.

www.yahoo.com

US rift with Netanyahu grows as top officials meet with his rival

Hmmm why would there be a rift between the US and Netanyahu if Biden is going along with the whole genocide plan?

The Biden administration's rift with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became even more acute Sunday, when Vice President Kamala Harris called for a cease-fire in Gaza the day before a controversial meeting with a top Israeli official and longtime Netanyahu rival.


A cease fire? But Biden wants genocide. How does a cease fire help Biden achieve the genocide he desires?

The dumber part of this narrative is that Israel is currently led by the Israeli War Cabinet and has been since October 12, 2023. All of the supposed genociding has been ordered by the Israeli War Cabinet, of which one of the members is "longtime Netanyahu rival" Benny Gantz. Since October 12th of last year, Benny Gantz is part of Israel's leadership. Of course Biden would meet with him. Benny Gantz is co-leader of Israel with 4 other guys, and has been since before Israel rolled in to Gaza following the atrocities committed by Hamas.

 

[SteakNEggs]

Donald Trump, who is not the president, is using a minority of Republicans to block aid to Ukraine, to undermine the actual president’s foreign policy, and to weaken American power and credibility.

Pretty insane really

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You ever think that maybe there are actual humans that want no part in your bloodshed? There was peace under Trump. Your vote caused this, not mine. Trying to pin your war on Trump. You know the war that started 4 days after YOUR president nuked the Nord Pipeline restrictions that were in place for many years? You Democrats and Global Republicans can have your wars. We don't want it.