yeah lets just dump all this money on a dictatorial and authoritarian regime that has a history of genocide and oppression of its own people, there is no possible way this can end badly

absolute pottery

@Mephed but we knew they were commies

its like an abusive marriage

they'll change

if we love them enough

what a pussy greedy strategy

I get it from an academic stand point, but politicians knew better and were just cashing in

or at least knew it was very unlikely

Academics cant be allowed to actually run policy. just churn out new theories and let actual doers run it. Academics dont understand reality

^^^^^

trust me i'm getting my PHD in education

i'm aware

I wasnt arguing

I was just pontificating

Having a billionaire as president was one of the best decisions modern america has ever made tbh

Undergrad was Business, Econ, Pols

and I managed a hotel for a decade, then switch to teaching

academics have zero fucking clue about the real world

or very few of them do

Part being its literally impossible to get fired in the public education system

you have to like pull your dick out in the middle of class

guys trump cannot get access to those nuclear coes

we cannot vote for him

lol

Depends on what college you go to, some smaller colleges are called 'practical' colleges where your subject matter is geared toward real world professional development, and not theoretical learning or expanding this mode of thought or another. Both are very valuable, but the theoretical dominates academia.

that argument

can you imagine what he would do to those norks

just nuke denmark and take greenland

now we're talking

why the fuck do we want greenland

Thule is ours by right.

money

resources

precious resources

resources and trade routes

access to arctic

can we shove all the undocumented workers over there?

It has perfectly preserved natural resources encased in a layer of protective ice. Humans have never delved into it.

like the only things any country ever wants lol