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i'm probably going to dye my hair dirty blonde for the first time.

I haven't watched the videos yet but There is no evidence that Trump/Vance etc. even understand why Russia/Putin are fighting this war. When Putin talked with Tucker he spend much of the time talking about the 'historical' reasons why Russia is invading Ukraine. IF they don't even understand why Russia is invading Ukraine do they think that doing a 'rare earths' fraud deal, from a man who is a serial liar/fraudster is going to end the war? Putin appears to be enjoying himself and dragging this out, probably seeing what can be salvaged from it. I have not seen any evidence that Russia wants the war to end. Putin/Russians have already revealed a few reasons why they want to fight this war: National Security/NATO encroachment, turning Ukraine in a US military base with ICBMs pointed at Moscow. It is considered an existential threat to the Russian state. Weakening the influence of US/Western civilization in preparation for the 'multi-polar' world great global re-alignment. Literally this is all that Putin talked about in BRICS and global south conferences in 2022. What is noticeable about Russian soldiers in Ukraine is that many are wearing Christian orthodox symbols. Part of the Ukraine war is a religious/culture war, to eliminate or weaken western influences (capitalist and cultural) in Russia. Putin is keen to honor orthodox Christianity, and he just did so in the Alaska cemeteries. Political/patriotic reasons- strengthening Russia by absorbing Ukraine, or at least the minimalist portion of it. Putin appears to be using the war as a tool to change and re-invent Russia. What is remarkable is western politicians, including Trump do not engage these obvious and not even secret points- why? If they are not engaged in serious discussion the Russians will not be convinced to stop.

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So the strategic town of Pokrovsk is now encircled ahead of the summit:

+ if someone graduates with half a million dollars + in debt and can't get a job except minimum wage because they chose the wrong major or had bad grades I think it might be more economical to commit suicide..

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iir the bush approval ratings was because of war.

100% accurate in the case of the US. I think it's mainly because higher education is private/public and there is no quota like in other countries who limit the size of say, the number of people in this field or that based on the market size in their country. So what happens is that 60% + get a college degree and of course the human resources are mismatched with the economy, which is dystopian capitalist slave system which pays people as little as possible. Also the statistics the gov't claims for unemployment are dubious, have been for decades. During the great recession/Obama recovery people struggled to believe the figures were real and not propaganda. Even 10% unemployment seemed 2 times too low. Also part time work re-classified as employment in the Obama years etc. to present the image of a 'recovery'. Overall information technology has decimated the middle class.

worse, when most people graduate from college in the US they find out that they only qualify for minimum wage jobs The BLS (Bureau of labor statistics) appears to be extremely fraudulent, with absurd figures for 'entry level' jobs for different careers in their manuals.

that was 10 years ago lol. My interns told me this. So it's easily well over $100,000 now.

Yeah education, housing, and healthcare costs are out of control in the US/unbelievably dysfunctional.

When I went to college 2 decades ago (I attended one of the most expensive schools) tuition cost $30,000/year. By the time I graduated it increased to $34,000. In 2015 the same school tuition increased to $80,000/year. I don't know how it costs in 2025 but it can't be any good.. Inflation is brutal in the US and I don't think the stats ever captured its reality. Food inflation is relatively mild compared to healthcare/education.