Sort of. There are carrots and sticks. If you run an oil business and the government is going to make it so there's no return in producing, you're not going to produce.
An example
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@kaladin stormblessed would be the fiasco of the Keystone XL pipeline.
I don't think they will right now. How could they? They don't have the tools and there's too much support the opposite direction. But what about 10 years from now when China is more integrated into some of the developing world that will be middle-class by then? They will be hard to sanction and their military Will be significantly ahead of where it is now.
Same thinking ? Just too expensive of a cost?
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Guys I just bought cookies for Ukraine
I did it
i stopped the war
I did it
i stopped the war
This is really sad....and scary at the same time....this reeducation should have been happening last 20 years,...instead they kept pushing for more flag waving
What kind of cookies? I might be in.
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I was getting a coffee at McDonald’s. A chocolate chip one and a brownie one
Oh yeah, 10 years from now Taiwan could be fucked. But probably more like 20.
The US' only - but it is a big only - has a technology advantage in a war over Taiwan. But if China can make further inroads in that department, then with heavy manpower, manufacturing capacity, proximity and willpower advantages, the US wouldn't stand a chance of defending the island in a conventional conflict. Some say it would even lose now, but I agree with others that China can't now.
My guess is that if it ever gets to a point of impending invasion, it won't actually happen. Taiwan and the US will realize that the odds by that point are too overwhelming and nuclear war isn't worth it either. Taiwan probably accepts a Hong Kong-like 'two systems' deal.
I'm boycotting McDonald's.
Depriving the Russian population of Chicken McMuffins is a crime against humanity.
Is that a thing?
must be regional
It'll change your bum life.
She only wants your body bruv
McDonald's coffee is good.
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Much nicer than timmies or Starbucks, good road coffee. I’ve been house hunting for my ukranian family all day. Looks like the market is calming down in some places but I lost a pretty big bully offer earlier in the week.
I don't think it's as good as Starbucks, but Tim Horton's is swill.
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I don’t like how Starbucks purposefully burns their roasts, that’s all
I drink cold brew so there's no acidity.
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I should probably look into that
How much do you like being hopped up on caffeine?
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I drink a minimum 6-10 cups a day lol