sure is

That’s probably what they were going for, but definitely felt kind of hamfisted to me.

Avoiding the discussion of the politics of the drug war definitely felt kind of surreal watching it. I do agree that in terms of execution the show was great though. I just found the ending with Saul giving himself up really hamfisted and completely out of character for him. It just felt like moralizing for the sake of it.

Indeed, the ending basically ruined the whole show for me.

Slightly off topic, but I really liked this take on better call Saul https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/08/23/better-call-sauls-liberal-guilt-trip/

Personally, I don’t think there’s any realistic chance of that happening in practice. India is not Ukraine, and they see themselves as a world power as opposed to a vassal of the US. In fact, we can already see increasing tensions between the US and India as a result in divergence of policy towards Russia. I do think the US will continue to try to put pressure on India and that will simply result in India further distancing itself from the west. I also expect that China and India will be able to work their issues out in the end because their disputes aren’t really existential.

Indeed, the traffic situation in major cities is only getting worse. They keep building new condos without building the necessary infrastructure along with them. It feels like there’s complete and utter lack of city planning.

ah ok

States represent the structure of a society, and enforce the rules that society agrees upon. Up to now, vast majority of societies have been built around concepts such as feudalism and capitalism, which are the underlying drivers that lead societies to enact atrocities.

indeed

Might be Pyongyang, but not entirely sure.

haha I forgot the order :)

true

one of those even a broken clock is right twice a day things I guess, I’ll remove the handle not to promote it though

the “aha” moment

lol yeah

lol right, China holds all the cards because it’s where actual material things that burgerlanders need are produced

lol yeah, funny part is that before the war US likely could’ve convinced Russia to join the western camp too if they just gave Russia a bit of respect

Exactly, China is winning by default right now and they have no reason to escalate.