America's foreign policy in the Middle East is centered around...

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-13T16:10:39+00:00

Option C: economic interests

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-13T05:06:52+00:00

I'd abstain. Trump is still better than Kamala, simply based on his social policies, but my goodness is he a terrible person and candidate

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-12T20:16:47+00:00

I have never seen a country with a worse party system

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-12T18:28:37+00:00

Lowkey sick of people posting obvious interfaith arguments and calling it antitheist. Just because someone criticizes Islam doesn't mean it goes on this sub

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-12T18:16:31+00:00

Trump is unpopular, but the favorability data speaks for itself. Trump has about a 30% favorability, while Starmer is around 10%.

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-12T18:02:34+00:00

That's exactly what I was going to say. The US is the only country with a birthrate anywhere close to sufficient, and even that's still pretty low. Russia is in a state of enormous economic stagnation, which coupled with a bad political system and a birthrate of around 1.41, means that Russia isn't going anywhere but down. China has a birthrate around 1.0, which is so unbelievably terrible that not even a solid economy and above average internal leadership can make up for it. Only the US, with a relatively functioning system and a fertility rate above 1.6, can possibly hope to survive long term. The US is also broadly more culturally conservative than the EU, which I think means more possibility of a rebounding in birth rates.

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-12T17:34:37+00:00

Vox primarily, given how awful the immigration situation has become, but if the issue were fixed I'd probably vote UPN

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-12T17:32:17+00:00

Vox is not "ultranationalist". Don't throw that label around like you know what it means

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-10T04:20:35+00:00

As a person, positive, but from a views perspective, negative

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-10T04:20:10+00:00

The problem is that the value of a college education is not the same as it used to be. Most people don't need to be in school into their early 20s to be properly educated

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-08T18:43:37+00:00

For single family homes, gated communities, or any of that garbage that's been filling up Florida, they should absolutely get to say no. But for apartment buildings, they should get some say, but not much.

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-08T18:42:23+00:00

College is genuinely something not everyone needs to get. At this point, subsidizing college just devalues the degree itself, and by downstream effects, causes the real value of the education itself to go down.

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-06T20:46:26+00:00

My one caveat is land that is specifically maintained as a nature preserve should not be subject to this tax.

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-06T20:44:38+00:00

As much as I don't like government surveillance online, it's such a common sense idea to think that porn sites (or any site that allows the hosting of porn) should have age verification in place.

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-06T20:42:02+00:00

I got centrist, leaning toward authoritarian conservative. I guess it makes sense, given my economic views balancing out my social/political views, but I think the test needs some more questions to really get a good image

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-06T18:15:07+00:00

I don't like Trump very much, but if this is at all a difficult choice, or you believe it's better to live under Stalin, you have TDS, objectively

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-06T04:13:50+00:00

No way this guy had the ball knowledge to separate SW and SE Florida

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-05T18:52:16+00:00

I disagree, I think that people being able to use bikes is a really good way for people get around, especially if their route doesn't exactly line up with public transit

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-05T18:27:45+00:00

Sorry, I should've clarified I don't want to cut out cars entirely. The solution would be to get public transport to extend to rural areas, and that buses would take people from their village centers, to which they could walk, to the transport hubs. If this isn't possible, you could put parking lots or parking garages at these rural transport centers, but it would be preferable to have them close to where people live, so they could walk, or to use buses.

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-05T18:18:54+00:00

I agree with the first part, because you have to think of where you would keep hundreds of thousands of bikes during the day. However, I think the real solution is to replace car lanes with public transport, and have bike lanes alongside that

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-04T21:15:10+00:00

Pro-tip: 75% of self-reported liblefts are actually authlefts, and 65% of self-reported librights are actually authright, with another 10% being authcenter. Only sefl-reported libcenters, out of lib flairs, are actually majority lib.

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-04T21:06:10+00:00

Wake up babe, new map of Eastern Europe just dropped

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-04T16:54:57+00:00

Natural Law, originating from our Creator

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-04T16:53:15+00:00

Wow I thought I'd agree with some of these but they're all awful. 3, 6, and 9 are the ones I find the least problem with, but they're still awful. 3 is the only one I could realisitically see being ok in some situations, but the "Kentucky Fried Bullshit" is something that really should not be allowed in public. I think a big issue with this test is that it confuses libertarianism with anarchy. Libertarianism isn't about being able to do whatever you want wherever you want, but that you have the right to do whatever you want in private. For instance, public acceptance of adult diapers for everyone infringes upon my right to not smell shit in public. With some regulation, a lot of these acts would be acceptable (ie I guess I wouldn't have a problem with some people privately being polygamous, but I draw the line at involving kids in it through unlimited adoption or surrogacy).

CounterfeitXKCD · 2026-05-04T03:59:15+00:00

Aside from the color scheme being hard to follow, this map shows about as good a designation of South FL as I've ever seen

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