I think the EU would change its rules to appease its citizens who are addicted to X.
Same reason why the US would never ban tiktok. There would be an uproar of average people who don't pay attention to these things wondering where their fix went.
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My point, from the beginning, is that US arms can be sold. They are not worthless, and giving them away means taxpayers funded jobs that give no benefit to the American people and line the pockets of for-profit business owners.
weapons produced by Americans paid for by Americans.
only now it’s not American soldiers who do the shooting.
You're trying to argue that it's a win for the US because Americans aren't using it. If the US sold its equipment instead of giving it away, you would have a point that it is good for the American economy.
My counterpoint, from the beginning, was that giving away equipment "just means a defense contractor got richer at the expense of American taxpayers."
The taxpayer money that was spent on equipment we gave away could've been better spent on something that actually benefits the American people. It would still create jobs, but those jobs would be benefiting us instead of defense contractors and whoever we give our equipment too.
I think elections showed Vladimir Putin won with >90% of the vote.
Kim Jong Un also seems to enjoy the support of his people.
I don't necessarily agree, but I get your point.
Your previous comment does not reflect that.
I guess we'll see if they choose Mastodon or one of the proprietary platforms.
You must be woefully innocent if you think people aren't paid to switch and promote different platforms.
I recommend looking into how Red Bull got big. They literally paid influential people on college campuses to shill their product to people who can't think for themselves.
The end products are, but the money, aside from filling pockets of the defense contractors also supports American jobs.
That's the thing. This is money coming from American taxpayers to support defense contracts and jobs that don't benefit the American people.
All of the money being spent to make weapons we give away could be better spent helping the American people. This way, their tax dollars are used for services that actually benefit them.
Tanks don't benefit us unless we sell them or use them.
Ukraine also has a ruling class that it could and should be pulling resources from.
It's just not nearly as wealthy as Israel's ruling class and Russia is a much more formidable foe, so I still support outside aid.
But for workloads that do not use x86’s specificities, ARM is very competitive.
Yeah, but would those workloads be more performant if they used CISC features?
I don't have an issue with him.
But you should block him if you do. That's what the feature is for.
In fact, I think I'll block you.
Are you sure?
What makes you think that EU citizens would criticize X instead of the EU if X left because it didn't follow EU regulations?