Aqarius

The angle is that the Overton window shifted so far right that the disagreement is now which foreigners (and secret, domestic foreigners) are to blame for the country's decline.

So what you're saying is, the complaint about China spying on people boils down to piracy?

Frankly, it'skind of the opposite: the slavery part of the argument is obvious, simply because IIRC the model of chattel slavery the US south operated on was only viable through the constant flow of new people to feed into the meatgrinder. The "better off" part is kinda dubious.

Nah, the template is more "Master Foo's Unix koans".

IDK, Sanders did pretty well on that Fox News appearance. If suddenly there weren't both sides telling people to hate the left, you might be surprised at the results.

Don't bother. People here would rather have Putin as god-emperor than face the reality of institutional failure that got them here. Twice.

"Whatever happened to the non-aligned movement?"

"He's over there."

Clown-on-clown violence

Yes, yes, we've all read the OP...

Of course they do, but why waste a chance to appear as doing something?

Oh, sure, especially if it's the same few users. It's just mildly surprising to not even run into them.