Is this that shocking? Ocasio-Cortez seems to be the only politician left of tired milquetoast liberalism with both the public profile to sustain a campaign and demographic profile amicable to the position.

I meant security less in the armed conflict sense, more in the less vulnerable to disruption sense. It does make sense to retain a food production sector, and a manufacturing sector for important goods like pharmaceuticals - because countries are likely to prioritise themselves in times of scarcity or crisis. I agree that interdependence is good for avoiding conflict.

Honestly, we elsewhere should cut the US off to the fullest extent possible. Utterly cancerous society, and I don't want the American brand of stupid religion-infatuated bigotry creeping over here.

Maybe not overnight, but all friends begin as strangers.

The issue with the US isn't exactly Trump himself, it's that nearly half of American voters endorse him and that there's a line of vying inheritors for his brand of politics forming.

Trade, foreign, and domestic policy in the US can now be reasonably assumed to turn on a dime every few years, and that's exposure to risk that nobody wants to deal with.

Even within the four years, we're like three months in and the man is rapidly changing his mind on the fundamentals of international relationships. Whether he's manipulating markets, trying to force capitulation somehow, or something else is irrelevant - other countries are more stable and those relationships can provide what's needed.

It's an effective two-party system with unfair weighting utterly colonised by some of the most well-invested in propaganda efforts in the world.

People who report that they're Republicans very frequently flit wildly on whether the country's on a good economic trajectory based on whether Republicans are empowered, seemingly completely independent of any other metric.

I guess that's what happens when you're rich enough to spend your life surrounded by sycophantic yes men who'll lap whatever you say up for proximity to money and influence.

Man has insulated himself from ever experiencing the sincere social cues you need to develop and refine your communication skills.

It's honestly so wild that these types thought Trump had some cohesive master plan that would all gel together nicely.

Like he told you the whole time that tariffs was basically his whole plan on the economy, and you thought there might be something more to it? From the guy who can barely complete a sentence? Be for real.

They know that suppressing disability benefits will cause excess death, they just don't care.

It doesn't matter to them if their decisions drive vulnerable people to destitution or even suicide, so long as they can feed a few extra bodies into the gears to pump their numbers.

People with mental health conditions and other disabilities need support that the health and social care services can't provide because the government have spent over a decade cutting them.

Instead we get thinly veiled eugenics, a cynical revival of social Darwinism.

It's not as though the existence and mechanisms of piracy are a coveted secret. There's a decent chance that they'll learn about and attempt it independently, and the method they learn about online might expose them to greater risk than if they did it with more consideration.

On that basis, I think that knowledge transfer is at worst harm reduction. If it's immoral, which I don't believe it is, then at the very least your intervention could prevent them from being preyed upon by some copyright troll company when they do it despite your silence or protestations.

Can't speak for them, but I've had a smart monitor which shows live consumption. Took note of the consumption while using the oven against baseline consumption, and the same for the air fryer.

Air fryer consumed approximately half the electricity for an equivalent amount of time in my case, but it's made better by the air fryer needing less time to reach temperature and cook whatever it is I'm making.

This data is for South Korea only, which unfortunately itself has the highest suicide rate of the OECD countries.

I'm sorry to hear that you're struggling, but remember that to transition is a huge step and it's very common for people to have some doubts along the way.

As you say, I think it's unlikely that a cis person would accept hormones if they were offered freely, let alone take the steps to acquire them. I certainly don't think that a cis person would feel euphoric about being given the option.

But if you do start taking hormones and find that you don't like the effects, it's okay to just stop. It's rare, but I've known people to start and shortly thereafter stop because they didn't vibe the early mental or later physical changes. Nobody worth your time will judge you for it.

Whichever decision you make, I hope that you find happiness and freedom from anxiety!