> This along with the consolidation of other US media assets under Zionist control

Conspiracy theory.

Man, the sheer transactionality that guides these people's lives is pretty disgusting to me. Granted, you probably don't get to be a billionaire unless you are pretty transactional, but I am kind of thankful that the vapid hollowness of these billionaires (despite always cloaking their rapaciousness in some sort of larger societal purpose) has been laid bare over the past few years.

Remember that you can't have a democracy and increase the standard of living of your people and don't have USA planning a coup.

>> China is doing well as a country and the standard of living has increased even if it’s under an authoritarian regime.

What do you mean "doing well"?

https://asiatimes.com/2025/05/chinas-economy-on-cusp-of-a-de...

May 2025:

Tariffs are drying up international demand for Chinese goods, and in a bid to keep factories alive, Beijing is urging exporters to turn inward. However, that pivot is compounding the very problem it aims to solve.

Deflation isn’t an abstract threat in China anymore—it’s visible across the economy. After barely holding above zero for much of 2023 and 2024, consumer prices have now dropped for two straight months.

Producer prices have fallen for 29 consecutive months. March’s figures showed the sharpest drop in four months, and forecasts point to an even steeper decline in April.

> wonder how many historical parallels exist and what the outcomes were; IE https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_colors_(Japan) - which I think lead to a flourishing of clothing design for commoners

So that’s where the name of that David sylvian / ryuichi sakamoto song came from.

I always thought it was just a throw away from the subject matter.

The CPC is not attacking the US from within. The Party of Trump has carried out a fascist coup and they are now working to ensure they stay in power permanently.

I loath partisanship and am more than willing to point out failures by the Dems, but this is different. Trump and Co have openly stated that they don't believe in democracy.

If you are not able to see this I'm not sure what I could say to open your eyes.

So incompetent that they control all three branches of the most powerful government on earth. Much of that can be credited to their media ownership strategies.

Underestimate them at your own peril...

It takes a lot of competence to defeat the concept of an objective fact.

Really? They are following Putin’s playbook and getting away with it. Controlling media and sharing the spoils with the oligarchs. Together, they are robbing us blind. What about what they are doing makes them incompetent? Evil, yes. But incompetent? They are winning! You think this ends with the next election or when ol’ Agent Orange kicks the bucket? Things are going to be very different here for a very long time unless we collectively get our shit together in a big way and take it back.

They put loyal, useful idiots on the public stage. The real leaders are not on TV, you dont even know their names.

There is a penalty just congress has to enforce it.

It said it could be delayed with some pretty specific parameters. Quoting the Congressional Research Service report on the bill:

"The President can grant a one-time extension of up to 90 additional days when a path to a qualified divestiture has been identified, there is evidence of 'significant' progress toward executing the divestiture, and there are legally binding agreements in place to enable the divestiture."

One could argue all day about whether or not there was an identified path or evidence of significant progress, but certainly there weren't legally binding agreements in place at any point, and the deadline has been extended far more than once.

Trump is ignoring the law. The DoJ has asserted that Trump can ignore the law because it would interfere with his duty to "take care of the national security and foreign affairs of the United States." It is unclear what, if any law, could not be ignored under this doctrine.

Only one extension was allowed.

With very large and rare bipartisan support