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Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), starring Alec Guiness

But don’t you see? It’s a matter of principle.
If we give in now, there’ll be no end to it. No.
We’re under the heel of a man who’ll stop at nothing to get his way.
[…] Here is where we must win through

I don’t know jack about economics or finance. But perplexity is pretty good about sticking to academic research when instructed to. Answers condensed for brevity; I also bolded the final conclusion.

me: is the united states is presently supporting the Argentine currency?

Yes, the United States is currently supporting the Argentine currency (the peso) through various measures […]

me: give historical examples where similar currency supports have achieved their objective

Mexican Peso Crisis (The “Tequila Crisis”) in 1994-1995 […] Asian Financial Crisis (South Korea) in 1997-1998
Key Takeaway success was largely due to:
Massive Scale: The bailouts were large enough to overwhelm speculative attacks and restore market confidence.
Strict Conditions/Reforms: The funding was tied to the recipient country agreeing to and implementing serious, politically difficult, and far-reaching structural and fiscal reforms that addressed the root causes of the crisis.

me: is the current $20 billion US bailout for Argentina sufficient in scale?

The current consensus among many analysts is that the $20 billion U.S. financial support package (primarily a currency swap line and potential bond purchases) is a strong political signal and a crucial temporary lifeline, but is unlikely to be sufficient on its own to resolve Argentina’s deep-seated structural and currency crisis in the long term.

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It’s part of their Sky Daddy culture

If she splits the Vance vote then she will be doing the Lord’s Work

Professor Lenny ❤️

https://youtu.be/fV9ajE8c4TI

Tou spelled “Medvedev” wrong

His support was quickly bleeding away

I think you’re doing it wrong

When I said high AF I wasn’t kidding. I am doing it right because combining that many edibles and just the right amount of shroom is a ficking science

Meta: I, a Linux using Atheist, sharing this meme with Catholic in-laws as we return from Mass (I go because it’s relaxing when high AF)

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I prefer the modern term “Trumpism”

Cruz is trying to cover his ass.

Great now I have the mental image of video taken by one of Epstein’s Kompromat Cameras, of a room with a freshly raped teen and Grandpa Munster doing his best to hide behind a towel

Trump using Putin’s playbook. Expect defenestrations, car crashes , poison

DUI hire gonna DUI

Conservatives don’t care about small government.

I see this often from (presumably) liberals.

I came from a conservative family and held conservative / libertarian beliefs most of my life. These people really, really do want small government. Saying that they don’t makes it impossible to understand their motives – and we really do have to understand where people are coming from.

To complain that their political leaders sell out those ideals for the sake of buying votes is fair, but only if you admit that same set of perverse incentives is not unique to any party.

They both make propositions that could be true or false. They are not non-overlappping.

The whole idea of “personal truth” must become socially unacceptable.

It’s government control which MAGAS equate with “commie”

Ya gotta meet people where they are

It’s smart messaging

Trump is Statist, which is something loathed by both conservatives and libertarians

The root of the problem is faith ; in other words, belief without evidence

That is the root of the problem.

All of us need to understand beliefs as being on a scale that never gets all the way to 0% nor to 100%

All our beliefs have priors, based on the evidence so far, which then get updated as we take in new evidence. This is how scientists and modern philosophers are trained to think.

This is what needs to displace faith.