This is an interesting one for me, because I've talked with Tobias before, 6 years ago now

I knew him from the SC2 scene, before he started a team. It wasn't too long after Shopify skyrocketed in value. Then he came off as a normal guy, rather than the right-winger who fights against democracy that he's become

I'm of the opinion many people who become billionaires, like Tobias, are corrupted by the money and power

A good person can't have billions of dollars without it completely warping them as a person

There is some nuance about how Putin got himself in a weak political position such that he felt the need for a desperate military victory, but it fundamentally is an imperialist action to colonize another country, yes

I get what you mean and fully agree

I can't help but chuckle though that one of the best parts if America is the part untouched by American society and politics

Well that was unhinged

South Korea was a military junta at that time. Can you explain how you feel that is defending democracy?

Can you also explain how you feel the world wars were about democracy? Democratic levels on both sides of the wars were roughly even

That does not even come close to solving the problem

Do you truly believe that is the only way Russia could possibly interfere in the election?

Do you believe Russian would simply skip propaganda campaigns? Or do you approve of that?

Do you think the Ukrainians in occupied territories would be able to vote freely and fairly?

There are dozens of issues with holding an election while occupied, and you've thought about 1 of them

North Korea's OS is Red Star, and I get the distinct impression you've never used it

I've used Red Star 2 and 3. It's a perfectly adequate OS, and just comes off as any old Linux distro with slightly odd settings. Despite technically bring It's own OS, I was able to use run pretty much anything built for Linux without issue

Calling it shit is reductive and inaccurate

It's certainly what Russia wants

Sounds like your taste buds have adapted after years of drinking the same thing

I have the same issue work Aldi's knock off Red Bull. Even real Red Bull doesn't taste right anymore

Different legal justification this time. They're using a 1930 law about discrimination against US businesses. It's clearly bullshit, but they've learned it doesn't matter

If there's one good thing to come from Trump, it's that he's shown the president has the ability to do nearly anything they want

I won't accept any excuses from future presidents

This exemplifies the fundamental issue we have with police in the US

Poor behavior by cops isn't corrected. Anyone holding cops accountable, however, is punished

When good cops sit around letting bad cops do bad things, they all become bad cops. Most officers are unwilling to step in and stop a bad cop due to the culture around policing

Linking a bank isn't about consumer data. It's about cutting out all the parment fees

Credit cards are expensive to accept. If you're using an Amex through Apple Pay, it's around 5% because of how many layers are taking a cut

Walmart's margins would about double without having to pay payment provider fees, which they don't have to pay with direct withdrawal

What makes you believe it's astroturfing? What are the grass roots movements you feel it is trying to fake?

That sounds like withdrawal

Some Americans do. I haven't seen a place that accepts checks in a while though, especially not a Walmart

2,600 victims

What in the fuck took the FBI so long to act? i am so sick of hiw little our government cares about the average person

They can spent months protecting pedophiles in the Epstein files, but can't spare the time for very serious strings of cases like this?

Steam catapults will cost billions and set delivery estimates back by years

Massive waste of time and money, even if they're a better choice

You definitely need a /s. Plenty of propagandists are literally saying exactly that, with no sarcasm

Articles about stock prices are fucking worthless. Stock is down on the day and week

What in the fuck is a value of an article explaining why it "went up", when it's down on the day?