Numbers matter sometimes, but superior firepower very quickly levels the playing field... figuratively and literally. See: Smith & Wesson, the great equalizers. And the majority of those 7 Billion are not military. Sure some of the shitty countries like China might force large portions of its population into military service, but thats not going to work out for several reasons. They wont be well trained, China still needs large amounts of people working in factories and whatever to produce everything needed for war and fighting, and such a massive influx of people into the Military is going to have its own administrative issues. Idk how well they would be able to deal with an influx like that... plus, like has been said multiple times, they dont have anything to transport all those people. This is all considering if the US is on the Defense. In this kind of situation, we would not be able to get very far on the offense. We would be in a lot of stalemates. See: History. Plus, thats when those numbers would start to matter in other countries, unless we bombed them into oblivion. But thats a lot of bombs and a lot of land area on their home turf.

The only way to win on an offensive would be too have spies in every country influence people and start resistances then it would eventually lead to an ideological war (most likely freedom vs tyranny)

I only have YouTube if I did have those other platforms I'd follow him there

Do we really have enough to back it up 100% with zero from other countries? Especially with much higher demand due to military fuel and manufacturing

For the military, we have a large emergency reserve just for that. We also already produce more then half our oil and only don't produce more because it's cheaper to import. That said, my quick research says if we kept our current usage, we would not be able to scale up our production to completely cover our need quickly if at all thou we could get fairly close. That said during an all out war, oil would likely be rationed like in WW2 along with soldiers being drafted and thus not driving would likely drop out need a good amount. The article I read said most of the US usage of oil is personal and commercial transportation that would likely be reduced during an all out war. One of the articles also said that our deficit of oil could be fulfilled from Canada and Mexico. If they have declared war on us anyway, taking control of the entire continent, especially the oil supply is only logical.

Canada isn't really a threat to the US military capability and Mexico we could likely bride our way to controlling it. Taking both counties would also protect the north and south boarders of the Continental US, providing more protection by guaranteeing those countries can't be used as naval landing and staging zones.

I imagine during all out war we could also bypass some of those environmental regulations around our extraction of oil.

Canada also has nuclear weapons, which while not a factor in this hypothetical war, would be important to take control of because in a real war you want to make sure a country that close can't easily attack you where you are least protected. We have a good relationship with our northern and southern neighbors so have less defensive capabilities set up along those borders.

Damn, i didn't consider that we COULD just take over the entire continent, thats amazing

Safe to say that most of us are here from YouTube. Lol

and most countries buy vehicles and weapons from the US, they wouldnt be able to supply enough to compete for am offensive attack

Yea

True

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wouldn't it be 'KAG'?

MAGA.

what about KAM

yeah, no kap. lmao

Minimum wage is a double edged sword for sure. I think having it is good because it ensures that we don’t start having Chinese-style underpaid labor camps or factories where workers get a few dollars a day. Just making sure people are paid reasonably.
The problem I have with it is that a lot of people think you can live off of minimum wage or even should be able to support a family. This is a frustrating misconception because those who are working minimum wage jobs are mostly working for the experience and then will move up from there. The minimum wage job is a stepping stone, not a career.
15 dollars per hour minimum wage is well known for bankrupting smaller businesses wherever it is implicated. Lots of medium size businesses have to lay off workers because they cannot afford to keep them.
Overall, I like that it exists, but it should stay low and only raise slowly as inflation forces it to.

I don't think we need a minimum wage because workers can just find a job that pays higher than another. If an employer wants more people to work for them, they can raise the wage.

We should either abolish it to help with unemployment, or tie it to inflation

I think there should be a minimum wage but it should be established by a town or at the state level. I'm but too educated on it but I know enough that everything varies depending where you go. Having a federal set minimum wage doesn't sound plausible.

That's how it is now lol

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I wonder if the <:5643_pixel_nop:726876980439416884> voters currently work for minimum wage or not.

The min wage increased from $7.65 to $15 faster than most small businesses could handle. This is why your cup of coffe or bottle of pop shot up in price overnight. Nobody can run a business without profits.

Did Walmart and Target suffer much from the increase, or did their sheer size allow them to absorb extra costs? Just like with Obamacare, when they cut hours to insure you don't get Full-Time Benefits, major corporations can handle changes like that.

You think you're protecting yourself from corporate shenanigans, yet they survive mandates like this when the little guys are forced to close down. The end result is that they usually get swallowed up by the giants. We keep inching closer towards an Oligarchy.

Minimum wage here in California is $13

Gonna be bumped to $14 in 2021

Here in FL, it’s current $7 (ish) but it will be bumped to $10 in a year or two and then $15 in a couple more. It’s frustrating for some of the small business owners that I know, but more manageable than a straight jump to 15, so I’ll give that small amount of credit to the politicians.
However I still am strongly against raising it at all more than inflation requires. I think that the $7 (ish) minimum was reasonable. However, taking into account that it will be doubling soon, I vote to abolish it.

Yea...

minimum wage has its purpose but I feel like it has a role in the inflation problem and the financial damages that small businesses constantly have to deal with

I feel like minimum wage should stay stagnant and never change

unbacked dollar needs fixed more than anything

minimum wage is good

i think minimum wage should change depending on inflation

if, for example , the minimum wage was 5 dolars/hour in the 80s for example and back then 1 dollar had the buying power of 2 dolars today then minimum wage now should be 10dollars/hour

Abolish? no, but greatly lower in states like California? yes.

We need a minimum wage, because if more jobs started paying like waiters at restaurants did, that would be pretty bullshit. A low minimum wage, like 8 bucks, is reasonable to me. 15 bucks? no. I think people would be taken a lot more advantage of if there was no minimum wage... we arent even considering the income tax as well that takes a part of what you make.

a place like cali where the cost of living is so high is why it needs a higher min wage then other parts of the country

It's a feedbacks loop, cost of living is high because of the taxes but taxes are high because people make a lot of money.