American Politics III: New President, Same Old Country

[Cannot think of a name]

Biden tells new WH employees “If you’re ever working with me and I hear you treating another colleague with disrespect, talking down to someone, I will fire you on the spot.”

A bunch of people whose professional existence has been built around being an asshole start updating their resumes...

[Trollzyn the Infinite]

Biden tells new WH employees “If you’re ever working with me and I hear you treating another colleague with disrespect, talking down to someone, I will fire you on the spot.”

My dude.

[Nekostan-e Gharbi]

No, they don't have to. You can acknowledge Taiwan and support nations working together for the greater good even if those nations don't acknowledge Taiwan. I think.

The World Health Organization should be mature and not play politics. This is a HEALTH organization and not a military organization. Why don't they care about Taiwan citizens or value them as much? Tell the PRC in a polite way that you will admit the ROC and tell the ROC that the PRC will also be a member. Let both countries (yes-I think they are both countries) decide if they can accept those terms. Same goes for the UN.

Why should the USA support an organization that is so disrespectful to an ally?

All international organizations need to permanently ban China. Otherwise they are not worth being in. US should not support an organization that does not admit Taiwan but admits China.

[The New California Republic]

Travel Ban, Border Wall are gone

Trump 2016: "We're gonna build a wall!"

Biden 2021: "lolno."

[Shrillland]

No, they don't have to. You can acknowledge Taiwan and support nations working together for the greater good even if those nations don't acknowledge Taiwan. I think.

The World Health Organization should be mature and not play politics. This is a HEALTH organization and not a military organization. Why don't they care about Taiwan citizens or value them as much? Tell the PRC in a polite way that you will admit the ROC and tell the ROC that the PRC will also be a member. Let both countries (yes-I think they are both countries) decide if they can accept those terms. Same goes for the UN.

Why should the USA support an organization that is so disrespectful to an ally?

Diplomacy and geopolitics are amoral by their very nature. Taiwan knows that the US has to abide by these rules because the alternative is PRC conquest leading to WW3 and nuclear armageddon, which is messy and unpopular.

[Valrifell]

Travel Ban, Border Wall are gone

Trump 2016: "We're gonna build a wall!"

Biden 2021: "lolno."

Remember when people thought that would happen? Fun times.

[Freiheit Reich]

Why was he an idiot for doing that? General name calling doesn't tell us much.

The USA needs to pull out of any nation that refuses to treat Taiwan as equally as the PRC. This includes the UN.

Why Trump is totally right to put US funding for WHO on hold

https://nypost.com/2020/04/15/why-trump ... o-on-hold/

Taiwan accuses WHO of downplaying coronavirus toll in China

https://nypost.com/2020/04/14/taiwan-ac ... d-reports/

Why Taiwan has become a problem for WHO

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52088167

Which hands those organisations over to the PRC, thereby basically guaranteeing that Taiwan will never be part of them so long as the PRC is the biggest powerhouse in that organisation.

If the USA really wants to get Taiwan included in those organisations, waiving its influence to those organisations is not the way to go. It's better off levying its influence to pressure those organisations into including Taiwan, and forming a coalition to push for greater inclusion of Taiwan in those organisations (or if it somehow has the influence necessary, making its own version that includes Taiwan and trying to encourage more countries to join it not the other organisation).

Perhaps the USA could form its own parallel organization (if talking with WHO fails) and invite both the ROC and the PRC (and other nations) to join and see if they accept. If you can't beat 'em, create a new and better (or at least fairer) organization.

The USA is only one nation and many nations care more about money than principles and don't want to hurt the feelings of the PRC just to please a respectful but small nation. I doubt the USA could change most nations' minds on this and even the USA is afraid of the PRC.

[Andsed]

Trump 2016: "We're gonna build a wall!"

Biden 2021: "lolno."

Remember when people thought that would happen? Fun times.

I remember when I used to love the idea of the wall. How naive and stupid I was.

[Nekostan-e Gharbi]

The World Health Organization should be mature and not play politics. This is a HEALTH organization and not a military organization. Why don't they care about Taiwan citizens or value them as much? Tell the PRC in a polite way that you will admit the ROC and tell the ROC that the PRC will also be a member. Let both countries (yes-I think they are both countries) decide if they can accept those terms. Same goes for the UN.

Why should the USA support an organization that is so disrespectful to an ally?

Diplomacy and geopolitics are amoral by their very nature. Taiwan knows that the US has to abide by these rules because the alternative is PRC conquest leading to WW3 and nuclear armageddon, which is messy and unpopular.

Czechoslovakia knows that UK has to abide by these rules because the alternative is German conquest leading to WW2 and genocide which is messy and unpopular.

Appeasing a totalitarian power leads to more, not less dead humans.

[Trollzyn the Infinite]

Trump 2016: "We're gonna build a wall!"

Biden 2021: "lolno."

Remember when people thought that would happen? Fun times.

Man some people thought/still think it did happen lmao.

[Valrifell]

Remember when people thought that would happen? Fun times.

I remember when I used to love the idea of the wall. How naive and stupid I was.

You shouldn't be mean to yourself for developing as a person.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Remember when people thought that would happen? Fun times.

Man some people thought/still think it did happen lmao.

Guys this is How Trump can still build the wall.

[Aeritai]

Oh, Cody.

Wait... Is AltHistory conservative? Just curious because I don't think he ever mentioned his political beliefs.

[Shrillland]

Diplomacy and geopolitics are amoral by their very nature. Taiwan knows that the US has to abide by these rules because the alternative is PRC conquest leading to WW3 and nuclear armageddon, which is messy and unpopular.

Czechoslovakia knows that UK has to abide by these rules because the alternative is German conquest leading to WW2 and genocide which is messy and unpopular.

Appeasing a totalitarian power leads to more, not less dead humans.

War is a different beast than it was back then. Nuclear war can only lead to extinction.

[Valrifell]

Oh, Cody.

Wait... Is AltHistory conservative? Just curious because I don't think he ever mentioned his political beliefs.

Iirc you can kind of tell he doesn't really like Democrats or Trump that much, afaik he's more a #bothsame centrist sort or maybe an "I'm a centrist" conservative.

[Aeritai]

Wait... Is AltHistory conservative? Just curious because I don't think he ever mentioned his political beliefs.

Iirc you can kind of tell he doesn't really like Democrats or Trump that much, afaik he's more a #bothsame centrist sort or maybe an "I'm a centrist" conservative.

Ah okay.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Oh, Cody.

Wait... Is AltHistory conservative? Just curious because I don't think he ever mentioned his political beliefs.

I dont think so, i think its more a joke about a possible civil war since Buchannan was president prior to the war

[Nekostan-e Gharbi]

Czechoslovakia knows that UK has to abide by these rules because the alternative is German conquest leading to WW2 and genocide which is messy and unpopular.

Appeasing a totalitarian power leads to more, not less dead humans.

War is a different beast than it was back then. Nuclear war can only lead to extinction.

China does not have enough nukes to exterminate humans now. We don’t want WWIII when they can.

[Andsed]

Man some people thought/still think it did happen lmao.

Guys this is How Trump can still build the wall.

Breaking News: Former President Trump seen gluing bricks together at the border.

I remember when I used to love the idea of the wall. How naive and stupid I was.

You shouldn't be mean to yourself for developing as a person.

I could. but who I would be if I did not bully myself over things I have either grown from or no one really cares about any more?

[Shrillland]

War is a different beast than it was back then. Nuclear war can only lead to extinction.

China does not have enough nukes to exterminate humans now. We don’t want WWIII when they can.

By itself, no, but China wouldn't be alone, either. Russia and North Korea would side with them, and combined, they do have enough. If it was just China, then maybe a war could be successful after a very long slog with a lot of allies, but China is by no means alone in the world.

[Kowani]

China bans a bunch of Trump's ex-cabinet from doing business with the country

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Trade adviser Peter Navarro.
National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien.
Diplomat for East Asia David Stilwell.
Deputy National Security Advisor Matthew Pottinger.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar.
Undersecretary of State for Economic Growth Keith Krach.
Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft.
National Security Advisor John Bolton.
Chief strategist Steve Bannon.

[Freiheit Reich]

It is a fair question. I would actually favor immigration treaties that would allow citizens of different nations to work in the USA as long as US citizens can work there. It works fairly well in the EU. It should be between nations with similar incomes first (ex. the USA and Canada and Argentina and Chile and possibly Mexico if they secure their southern border).

I just dislike the idea that the USA has to accept everybody but many nations make it hard for Americans to move and work there. It is pretty easy for a French citizen to move to Germany and work there. It is not so easy for a US citizen to go to Germany and work there. It is possible but definitely not as easy.

The immigration treaties might also build better relationships between the nations.

Maybe though I don’t think it will change much. Segregationist cultures will remain segregationist, albeit more polite. Germany and Japan are still going to be Germany and Japan lol. Moreover the most interesting and technologically most advanced cultures are usually pretty segregationist..

Argentina and Chile are quite multicultural (as is Canada). In this way, these nations could be good to form such treaties with because they already have cultures fairly used to immigrants. Japan and China might not like the idea of having 50 million Americans of various races moving there in the next year because it would be a huge shock to their racial balance (these nations are less diverse and might worry more about losing their cultures).

Bonus: the culture in many other nations in the western hemisphere (including the ones I mentioned) tends to be compatible with the USA vs. the difference between the culture in Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia vs. the USA. An Argentinian moving to the USA would likely be more accepting of the fact that the USA has various religions and that women are expected to be treated equally, etc... It would be easier to start gradually before inviting the whole world to freely enter. It is like slowly wading in the cold lake vs. jumping right in.

Same goes for Americans moving to Argentina as opposed to Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan (not saying they can't have a treaty later-one day they may have more religious tolerance of religious minorities).

The EU also gradually added more nations instead of just letting all of them in one year.

[San Lumen]

https://www.adn.com/politics/2021/01/20 ... ignatures/

Organizers pushing for a recall of Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy need to get 22000 more signatures. There is no deadline for when they have to submit them.

[Major-Tom]

Biden tells new WH employees “If you’re ever working with me and I hear you treating another colleague with disrespect, talking down to someone, I will fire you on the spot.”

Thank god. Toxic workplaces are so commonplace in the political world, especially at that level. I've seen a slew of campaigns that fail solely because the upper management treats their interns and volunteers like total dogshit.

On a niche level, I'm really happy about how Biden handles stuff like that. He's always had a reputation as one of the friendlier bosses in the political sphere.

[Kowani]

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