Works every time and after playing just about all of the modern paradox games, you really don’t need the dlcs unless you’re really into the base game and even then the time to learn means most of it won’t even be within your grasp until you’re like 50 to 100 hours in.

Why is that worse?

I think they knew and it didn’t matter to them which is oddly prophetic when I look at the state of the world today lol

People panned the game but this was the whole point of the NG Resonance character in Deus Ex Invisible War. People would basically tell this AI pop star intimate details about their lives and then the data was used against them and their local communities.

Many groups have wanted an “online passport” for a long time now and it’s hard for me to not see this as another attempt veiled by “won’t someone think of the children”.

Once this starts it’ll be required for everything.

Haven’t heard this take yet. Any sources I could take a look at?

This is a good take but it disregards the realities of the financial recipients being unable to account for funds spent. I agree there are special circumstances but we need to have visibility to those realities as benefactors. Otherwise how can we allocate funds democratically.

Lol literally no way to find out because they don’t track it and have no reason to do it.

Or - and this is heavily documented - the US Military has never passed any audit since they began being audited. This is just part of that.

Doesn’t mean we don’t support Ukraine. Just means we need to hold the military accountable for the funds provided.

Idk why people are down voting you. Yes its a Hong Kong based publication but it’s been owned by Alibaba since 2016.

Absolutely calls into question the veracity of the claims and makes addressing the authors sources more important.

Lol - from the South China Morning Post sourced from the China Academy of Science. I have a hard time accepting this as anything beyond attempted good PR. I wonder how this squares with the demographic and real estate issues China is facing.

Not an argument at all but rather a discussion on what has been provided. I think we’re both in the same page in terms of support for Ukraine. We can always do more but I just wanted to provide insight into what has been done. Unfortunately the US isn’t all aligned on this issue which causes the roadblock.

From a policy perspective what would you like to see from the US?

https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/

For the context of this article the US has provided 43.9 billion in military aid (defined as military equipment or weapons) as opposed to the UK’s 6.57 Billion. By a large margin that is the most tangible assistance provided to Ukraine than any other country participating. The US could provide more funding, but money is not nearly as useful as already produced and available military equipment in the immediate term. I just hope the US can continue to assist, but Congress won’t pass anything it seems (see the less than 25 bills passed this session).