It really does come down to socialism or barbarism.
Sure, I'm not saying that winning elections would be bad in any way. I'm just noting that shouldn't be the primary focus.
The constant need for growth isn't about making life better for most people. It's a structural requirement of capitalism itself because the system runs on profit which comes from the value created by workers. Companies have to constantly expand their markets to keep the rate of profit from falling, cut costs, and find new ways to generate more value from us. If the economy stops growing then investment stalls and unemployment rises because the whole financialized structure is built on the expectation of future returns. The purpose of the economy isn't to improve our lives, and the whole growth treadmill we're on exists because capitalism demands endless accumulation to sustain itself.
specifically, a lot of it is going to go to Lutnick's family side hussle https://www.newsweek.com/howard-lutnick-sons-may-make-money-supreme-court-ruling-tariffs-11558345
That's because there is no collective vision right now. This stuff doesn't happen overnight. There needs to be an actual education process to explain to people what socialism is, how our capitalist system actually works, and how that impacts people in their daily lives. Vast majority of Canadians have no idea how any of this stuff works in practice or why they should care. Without that base understanding, there's no way to build a movement that can endure. Elections are completely meaningless when people are voting on singular issues which are mere symptoms. The focus has to be on root problems that we have to address as a society.
Capitalism systemically selects for psychopathic behavior. People who only care about themselves and are willing to lie, cheat, steal, and step on others, are the ones who get to the top.
the struggle is real
Ah didn't know about those, I only knew of electroplans.
The point here is that there's nothing out of the ordinary happening here in terms of corruption. All large scale projects in Europe, whether they happen on national or EU level, have this sort of corruption happening. However, presence of corruption does not mean the project itself is not useful or shouldn't be done. The only reason people are freaking out about it is because this project happens to be done with Russia. Finally, screeching whataboutism is a way to say you lack consistent moral standards.
Perhaps they mean commercially produces ones. To my knowledge these have never gone past experimental prototype stages.
Ground effect vehicles are basically airplanes that are forced to fly really, really low. They take off from water and cruise just a few meters above the surface. At that altitude, the air gets compressed between the wing and the ground or water, which creates a huge cushion of extra lift. This lets the vehicle carry way more weight than a normal plane of the same size and power, making it incredibly efficient for hauling cargo over water. The trick is that it only works over flat surfaces like oceans or lakes, and the piloting can be tricky because you're skimming the waves at high speed without actually being able to climb to a higher altitude. It's a neat piece of engineering that trades operational flexibility for raw lifting power.
lmao imagine thinking that being a racist sack of shit is sensible