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In fairness I was mixing my timescales by a few hundred years. the Point I was making in saying that prior to large scale capitalism the only way to dramatically increase a country's wealth was territorial expansion, and here comes the missing factor, often at the behest of an absolute Monarch seeking to increase wealth and influence (Hitler was a de facto absolute Monarch). I am not suggesting it was an absolute or that there were no other factors, but most of Europe's pre 20th century wars seem to have been driven by Monarchist expansion. Yes, I know the UK continued to be expansionist long after industrialisation and Victoria (or Albert) don't seem to have personally been the drivers of this. It was the need for securing raw materials for industry, just as China is doing now via economic colonialism. Germany's expansion into Africa was also resource driven, but with the Kaiser more in the driving seat. The buildup of the German naval fleet to near match UK was a major factor in the lead up to ww1 in my opinion. I have seen it stated that the NSDAP was a party of the middle class, rather than of workers and also that Nazism was created/driven by big business. The first to distance National Socialism from Socialism and the latter to try and create the impression that Capitalism deliberately leads to war ('most efficient means of production yet devised' types). Hitlers National "Socialism" blueprint was a Nationalism focused social movement across society/classes with a common Nationalism focused purpose, not the Socialism of Marx and Engels as some claim but its power base was serving the masses, not Industry, which it subjugated to the state, along with the population. The Nazis were opposed to what they saw as Jewish Bolshevik internationalism. I think few understand the social contract with the Nazis, which was we agree to hand over authority to you as the party that will fix things. At Nuremberg Hitler said that absolute obedience was required all the way from the very bottom to the very top, and this was effectively what the populace agreed to do. It was handed to him/the party more than it was top down enforced on them. They agreed to subjugate themselves to the state for the common good in peacetime, before war was on the horizon..

Yes, absolutely was the case during the war in US and UK, but the Nazis did it on assuming power as a matter of ideology. Industry must serve the state. Hitler met with the leaders of Industry on his first or second day in office to assure them of his intentions (i.e. not state takeover) but it was them coming cap in hand to him, not as the fable goes, the industrial leaders being behind the rise of the Nazis as they saw war profits ahead. Donations to the Nazi party were a matter of pragmatism and against Communism. arguments as to whether the NSDAP was Left or Right really depends on your definitions.Socialist as defined by intellectuals, it was not, it was however a grassroots working class nationalist party that also attracted the middle classes, as much/more as a bulwark against communism than even Nationalist ideology. The Left will go out of their way to deny that the NSDAP was a party of the masses or use a definition of Socialism that suits. Anything to carry on the myth that it was supported by big business with war profits in mind and thus that the Right as supposedly the party of Capitalism/big business creates war. Large scale organised capitalism actually reduced wars as economies wealth could be expanded without conquering territory.

You have to ask just whose puppet Starmer is. Political appointee to the head of the CPS despite his background being in Yuuman Rights cases, not criminal law, then parachuted into a safe seat and then leader of The Labour Party. Ability seems not to have come into it.

I don't think this is what the transgenderism argument is about. You are describing medical conditions that are separate from transgenderism, although a decision might be made as to the sex of a child, this is not the same as transgenderism in children.

Now do The Labour Party.

So the fable goes. So they didn't dictate what could be produced and what level of profit could be made i.e. control the means of production.?

Now do The Labour Party. (wait for it: wahtaboutery, that's not the topic of this discussion etc).

The call for unity followed by persecution. Nothing can be done with people who call for peace and then wage war.

The Left Gaslihghting again.

It gives people a license to hate. The hate is on the Left.

We should have a caption competition for the first photo. it looks like they are planning to carve up the world between them.

To me this is what was different this time. I never saw prominently displayed Israeli flags in 2016 campaign footage. In 2024 they were ever evident - they were stark in their sudden prominence with Israel's new Nakba* in Gaza. Israels Nakba is Americas war seems to be the message. Oh, and don't tell me to give it a rest just because you and the others here who are pro Israel to the point that Israel can do no wrong don't like it when people call Israel out. The original poster missed this contribution and the inferred expectations in his list of who Trump was beholden to so I added it for completeness. *Netanyahu: "You must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our Holy Bible" 1 Samuel 15:3 "Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass"

Yes, He included only approved applications for accuracy. I have since found out why as the database holds rejected applications, and this is probably what these are, maybe filed under the wrong category. my bad, probably a genuine listing, but out of context. Alternatively he might have searched only $75,000+ and the listings are genuine as there is a category < $75k 17% are < $75k (blue).

So it would seem. Of course there are those who would say the US no longer produces people capable of manning a 7-11 till.

Adelsen widow gave him $100m - hence the campaigning with the Israeli flag and support for Israel.

He has, or rather Musk and Vivek have, and he can't deny what he said previously. He has likely alienated many of his voters with a perceived stab in the back, and has handed the Democrats a propaganda coup.

Yes (listed in Thai MIMS). You will require a prescription, probably from a hospital doctor. @Sheryl may be able to add to this.

Some facts about H1B.

Perhaps he could open up the Vatican to them and show us how it is done.

Heads you make a profit, tails you can still launder money.

You are accusing anyone who doesn't like H1B visas as being a sore loser Democrat whereas much of the anger is from Trump supporters as far as I can tell [Democrats using this to try and drive a wedge between Republicans and Republicans and their supporters doesn't make this not a fact.] I don't think Trump supporters whose children were supposedly rendered uncompetitive the school system appreciate the stab in the back on H1B visas which are being abused. You seem to think H1B visa is the same as the Extreme ability O1. The database is searchable and people are not liking what they are seeing. Basically people who are doing a job an American could be doing but for less - wage level not skill level. They hire them because they can be made to put up with anything rather than lose job and thus residency and the shot at US citizenship. Look who Musk kept on at X for his work all hours new regime.

It is the Holeohoax™. No line by line itemisation appeared as promised, and it could be plugged in whole by not giving Milibrand GBP22bn for climate change, or in part by not giving Africa GBP11bn for climate change*. *sold to the people as fixing immigration at source - economic migrants are being positioned marketingwise as 'climate refugees'.

Focus on illegal immigration via boats just deflects from the huge amount of legal immigration (by design, I am sure). I can't vouch for the veracity, having not checked, but if this is true, the below just shows the deception game the Tories have been playing.

You could just have said Globalists instead of 'Conservatives and Labour'. Two cheeks of the same.... as the saying goes.

The Tories have completely lost the trust of their voter base. They promised repeatedly to rein in immigration but it proceeded at full throttle as if Blair/Roche were still in charge. I suspect It's not that many are pro Reform per se, it is just they can't vote for the Conservatives anymore due to the betrayal and the fact they are a Globalist party, they certainly aren't going to vote for Chairman [Dear Leader] Starmer, so that just leaves Reform (who are also promising action on immigration).