Chinese don’t look at green energy in the same way West does. It is about energy SECURITY. They don’t have to IMPORT any gas or oil in order to produce it. The same goes with coal - they have it in abundance, and they will keep using it. It is the main source of their power grid.

lol you’re right. that’s probably the latter.

Yeah this is not good news for economy nor over-all international trade relations. So far US and Trump has been the only one using tariffs. Once we go this route other nations will employ the same tactics against us - what’s going to stop China from imposing tariffs on Canadian exports to China? We are already running a deficit with them.

And why is Carney using tariffs at a time when there are serious threats to international trade regime?

Your patronizing tone is ironic in light of your ignorance. You don’t understand anything. That is the problem and issue. The crusades, the inquisitions, the “residential schools” in Canada etc were conducted BY priests, monks and officials of the church in the name of the religion. None of these militant monks were involved in these heinous crimes. They are absolutely guilty of rhetoric. And again, they are few and far in between in Myanmar. All the articles lead to just a handful of monks and a small group of their followers all of whom are military backed. It IS NOT wide-spread.

I can read and watch and understand what these militant monks have been saying and doing while you haven’t so your ASSUMPTION is again coming from absolute ignorance as are your arguments.

And it isn’t a coincidence that since 2017 when military conducted the Rohingya campaign and the populace knew what they were up to, there has been ZERO incident of racially or religiously motivated riots in Myanmar while these are still a regular occurance in South Asia.

Every religion can be twisted which is MY WORDS. But these monks did NOT cite any Buddhist teaching to the exclusion of others or one that promotes other’s death to its benefit. Once again, you are wrong to say that Buddhist teachings were used to justify killings - it is the men in robes who called for it, not the teachings itself. And these monks did not CITE any Buddhist teachings to justify them. Stop spreading falsehoods and hate without knowledge. This is the kind of shit MAGA lives on and you’re doing it here.

There are extremists in every religion is there not just as there are in every people? These Rohingyas committed genocide killing 99 Hindus in the very same month that illegal fascist military massacred over 100 Rohingyas during their insurgency campaign in 2017 Amnesty International. Let me guess that you are not familiar with the politics of Myanmar. The current military leader and the military’s political wing’s strategy has been to replicate Indian Hindu nationalist party’s strategy by wrapping themselves in ultra nationalist and religious ideology to win the elections. It was the military and its political wing who promoted and funded those militant monks - to this day. Yet those monks still remain a minority amongst the monk population and their following remains scant and small to this very day in Myanmar. There were many false-flag operations that were conducted in Myanmar by the military spreading rumours of rapes in one community by members of the other community or desecration of religious edifices which led to a few riots back then. When the Rohingya militants attacked several police stations and border posts in Arakan in 2017 successfully, this provided the military with the pretext to conduct a sweeping military campaign that created the current Rohingya refugee crisis and the earlier cited massacre. In the military-written constitution in Myanmar, the military is completely INDEPENDENT of the government and does not answer to the parliament or the prime minister. This campaign like every military campaigns all over the country are and were conducted without consultation of then civilian government, and done in support of their (military’s) political strategy. However that political strategy FAILED to win them much votes at all as the elections in late 2020 were won overwhelmingly by the NLD which was a clear REPUDIATION of the military’s ultra nationalist religious stand by the country’s vast majority BUDDHIST population. NLD was about to ascend to power for their 2nd consecutive term in early 2021 when the same military leader who ordered the brutal repressive campaign in Arakan staged a coup to seize the power he couldn’t seize through democratic means. The actions of this barbaric military junta whose leaders tries to atone for their sins by promoting a small group of militant monks does NOT count as blanket action by the entire “buddhist” majority population whose very voice through elections and through civil disobedience had made clear their disdain for the military’s actions. So do not accuse and falsely colour an ENTIRE population of something they have clearly stated in many unequivocal ways where they stand.

I have no interest in body count of each religion, as that’s just a pissing match that you’re taking exception to.

This characterization of the illegal military regime and its actions as “buddhist” would be a gross misnomer. The internal strife in Myanmar is one of military versus different socio ethnic and religious groups - this air strike on the buddhist monastery safe housing refugees goes against your very argument.

When the head of an illegal military government who regularly bombs monasteries churches and hospitals thanks you for doing him a favor, you are on the wrong side of history.

I really wish Canadians would stop going to the US. I just heard that last month top destination out of Toronto was NYC. Even with all the stories of Canadians being detained and mistreated thousands are still going there every day.

Why have so many people have been arrested in the US? This is crazy ridiculous.

Bush league government.

Might be a sign fediverse isn’t gaining momentum.

Orange baby having a tantrum! Wahhh!!!

It is strategic necessity for China for energy security and for their own environment. Their predominant source of electricity has been coal which they have abundant of but is polluting the air they breathe. Does anyone recall the issues they had at Beijing Olympics? They have insufficient sources of oil and gas domestically. Alternative energy sources are their best domestic source of energy.

There are vocational schools for this but there is very little public knowledge about them.

You can make good money in skilled trades which would require some training. Could be weeks, months of training.

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False. Median farm family incomes are $97,984 in 2023 while the median family income for the country was $80k. “In 2023, the median U.S. farm household had $1,439,138 in wealth” while the median US family net wealth was $192,000. Farmers on average are far better off than the average American. Note that corporate farm incomes are NOT included in these figures.

Sources: https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/farm-household-well-being/income-and-wealth-in-context https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/files/scf23.pdf (page 11)

Nobody is going to work for slave wages and slavery conditions. Raise wages! Improve working conditions! That’s the point of the whole Trump immigration policies you dumbass!

So let me give you an update. It’s not been the Rohingyas they’ve been murdering. They’ve been murdering everybody else in the last 4 years. The state Rohingyas live in have fallen into the hands of Arakan Army who are comprised primarily of the natives of the state, called Arakans. Ironically, Junta has been attempting to revive Rohingya guerillas, arming Rohingya militants and fighting along side them against Arakan Army in Arakan State.