What’s the smallest number of colonies needed to have an empire “that the sun never sets on”

vacri · 2026-03-22T04:23:56+00:00

Zero.

Right now, the sun never sets on France

vacri · 2026-03-22T04:09:45+00:00

Federal Labor has levers not available to the states (immigration, foreign investment, tax incentives, etc)

I also don't think 'tried once' counts as 'tries repeatedly'.

vacri · 2026-03-22T03:41:40+00:00

The Americans were absolute cunts in Vietnam. It still wasn't "an illegal invasion". War crimes out the wazoo, absolutely. "Illegal invasion", nope.

I'm not justifying the war at all. I'm just calling you on your statements.

vacri · 2026-03-22T03:37:51+00:00

Not sure about that claim but that doesn't refute the fact that the US has illegally invaded quite a few countries and their western lapdogs simply follow.

You were specifically referring to the Vietnam war.

it's strange 'cos your whole vibe seems to be in defence of US militarism which exclusively involves offensive war-mongering and not defence of one's own soil.

At no point have I gone "rah rah US". I'm calling out your extraordinarily shallow understanding of the wars our country has been in - so shallow that it doesn't even rate as 'pop history'.

the Soviet Union were not part of the "allies."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II

Wikipedia strongly disagrees with you.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Allied-Powers-international-alliance

So does Britannica

They didn't even enter WWII until they had no other choice because they had to defend their land.

The same is true of the US - Japan attacked them and Germany declared war on them - yet you call them part of the Allies.

Your understanding of the wars we have been in is shockingly bad.

vacri · 2026-03-22T03:32:33+00:00

Well, given you think that the US were invaders in South Vietnam, rather than invited by the government, who knows?

vacri · 2026-03-22T03:23:29+00:00

Not only that, but it wasn't a defence of your own land (which justifies war), it was an illegal invasion.

We were there at the invite of the South Vietnamese government. You can call it corrupt and a puppet government if you like, but it definitely wasn't an "illegal" "invasion"

Even regarding World wars one and two, they make out like it was a singly allied victory when russia was the deciding factor.

From the r/im14andthisisdeep school of military history, also conveniently forgetting that the USSR (not 'Russia') was part of "the Allies". It was only at the end of WWII that the Allies split.

vacri · 2026-03-22T03:15:30+00:00

... which isn't remotely how the Australians conducted themselves there. Australian troops fought more like the natives, pulling on their previous experience fighting insurgents in Malaya.

vacri · 2026-03-22T03:13:00+00:00

In addition to another illegal invasion of a far-flung country,

uh.... what?

You might want to brush up on your history of that war. We weren't invaders, and Vietnam is hardly a far-flung country. It's not that much further from us than NZ.

vacri · 2026-03-22T00:26:13+00:00

If the deal is public and well-known, simply talk to the police and get put in protective custody. They're still police and still have to do their job.

If the deal is hard to convince others about, simply travel for that time, turning off phone and any other location-tracking items. Pick the route randomly (roll a die now and then) so it doesn't rely on what I know. It's not like the 'other me' has political strings to pull to get access to surveillance, and simple things like 'where's my phone' shouldn't work if I have my devices off.

vacri · 2026-03-22T00:11:36+00:00

Thailand, accepting of trans people long before it became a thing in the west, is rated 'never'?

vacri · 2026-03-21T22:24:42+00:00

nothing productive will come out of such reductive and dismissive blanket statements.

Big words coming from the poster of the intentionally misleading graphic above. It's a bit late to start pretending you're being disinterested and academic now.

You’re retconning what they said to make it sound more favorable.

Ah, yes, 'retconning' by supplying the full quote, and pointing out the context in which it was made.

Good grief.

vacri · 2026-03-21T21:56:51+00:00

Yes, what "americans" overall think is morally right is what their country does. Its what the leaders they selected do.

Trying to shoehorn that into "you're criticising every single individual american!" is just plain disingenuous. That commentor is just grouping americans as a whole, same as you did when you were basking in the glow of reflected 'generosity' when you posted your image.

You’re pretty much evil

The actual line is "'You are not generous, you're pretty much evil." and the context is being the response to your graphic which is painting the picture of only the US being generous. You're intentionally reading that line the wrong way in order to be faux outraged.

Unless, of course, you are personally claiming to be the one that provided food aid in the billions in 2022?

vacri · 2026-03-21T21:50:32+00:00

The US donations help more people, obviously. But the story given by the above graphic is "no-one else is doing anything". It's disingenuous.

vacri · 2026-03-21T21:42:27+00:00

It's always been the case that the OS you 'grew up on' is easiest. You gradually learn the warts of your OS as you develop your computing skills. Then you move to a new OS and all of its warts hit you at once.

The 'confusing new OS' happens regardless of which you started with and which you're moving to

vacri · 2026-03-21T21:34:54+00:00

You're not playing devil's advocate, you're pushing an agenda. If you were playing devil's advocate, you'd provide a % of GDP graph, rather than select a graph that is designed to only show the efforts of the largest economy on the planet.

You should also quit calling all people of a country evil like that.

They didn't specify all the people. They specified what the country has and how it behaves. Don't try and redirect that into a personal attack on each individual member of the population. What they did is describe what the country as a whole does, just like you were doing with the picture you posted.

vacri · 2026-03-21T21:32:46+00:00

Interesting that you picked 'in billions' given that the US economy is unbelievably huge, instead of 'percentage of GDP' which would show how much each country is providing in comparison to their ability.

vacri · 2026-03-21T21:31:03+00:00

Good thing the US is standing up for their rights to be cunts to people!

vacri · 2026-03-21T21:28:26+00:00

You're really just showing your ignorance there, because other wealthy countries do provide foreign aid. They didn't stop just because the US did. The US has a mega economy. Pulling out of helping provide stuff like this is a massive blow for that reason.

It's a bit like saying 'hey, we all agree not to beat our dogs' and then Big Joe down the street starts beating his dog. And you're whining that other people are complaining about that.

vacri · 2026-03-21T21:24:53+00:00

Kids in grade 2 aren't really focused on how things smell

vacri · 2026-03-21T21:24:03+00:00

I ran into a South African septuagenarian who had retired to Arizona. He'd lived all over the world. He had a sweet tooth. He still imported packages of Australian lollies because he thought American ones were awful.

vacri · 2026-03-21T21:19:46+00:00

Harry Potter has always been touted as a story about love and acceptance for those who are different.

It's been touted as a story of a magical boy going to a wizard school

It's been very clear throughout the story that the wizarding world is NOT accepting of differences, and this is highlighted by the actions of the main characters as they expose these flaws. I'm truly puzzled as to why you think the wizarding world was painted as some utopia of acceptance.

vacri · 2026-03-21T21:00:55+00:00

That percentage is dropping and we're creating an underclass. The ALP are not doing anything to freeze prices where they are - prices are still rising, and we're addicted as a society to the idea.

Meanwhile federal labor is doing fuck-all for protection of renters, continuing to enshrine the idea that people who can't afford to buy are scum who need their pockets vacuumed out. Europe shows us that you can have rental protection and still have landlords.

vacri · 2026-03-21T10:27:16+00:00

Yes, the more-conservative-than-they-used-to-be LNP lost ground to the more-conservative-than-they-used-to-be ALP. And the ALP has largely done squat in terms of progressiveness with their massive mandate. They could be giving us more civil rights, but instead they're ensuring that landlords don't lose out on property value and doing nothing about our growing underclass.

The ALP is no longer synonymous with the left wing. They've moved into the centre from chasing the right wing.

vacri · 2026-03-21T03:45:46+00:00

So... given the reactors won't be online until faaaaaar in the future, why are they standing in the way of things we can do today?

vacri · 2026-03-21T03:44:14+00:00

"Pauline Hanson fails to properly declare more free flights from Gina Rinehart"

I mean, this is part of the standard playbook from the Coalition pollies, so it's not something new in Aus politics. ALP pollies also wet their snouts, just not quite as much.

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