I think a sovereign country should have a say in who they trade with and who they do not.

I am making no prescriptions of what should be, the question is “why does Russia have a shadowfleet”, I’m describing the fact that the US’s comprehensive sanctions have more teeth because they sanction countries for violating them and are unrelated to international law, hence why such a country requires a shadowfleet to trade with anyone who isn’t already sanctioned by the US.

The EU and UK have their own sanctions, but they only reflect the EU’s willingness to do business with Russia, not their willingness/ability to cut off anyone else who does business with Russia.

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to be clear, the secret service cannot prohibit the president from doing anything they really want to do

Was Trump lying when he said the SS wouldn’t take him back to the capital on Jan 6?

I could definitely see him lying about that so he doesn’t look like he abandoned his supporters during the coup, but I could also see the driver being like “I can’t endanger you, mr president” and ignoring his requests.

I’m not talking about all EVs, just Teslas. Most EVs don’t have a tendency to lock the occupants inside after a bad crash.

Here’s a random twitter user compiling news stories of Tesla deaths that prove it’s at least double the Ford Pinto: https://xcancel.com/ton_aarts/status/1593557636695445505

And what one guy on twitter can find is hardly exhaustive.

They both are. And it kinda works for Lemmy.world given that they’re closer to Reddit than any other instance as far culture goes.

Ideology aside, they make some very good PR

They immolate people per vehicle sold than the ford pinto. The have absurd numbers of points of failure; until a few years ago each door handle had over a dozen sensors and wires, all exposed to moisture and thermal cycling, and cost $500 each. They use a few hall effect sensors now, but still cost >$500.

I’m sure it’s win-win, just like the IMF loan that required Ukraine sell off state assets.

Germans, tell me your favorite pretzel bread recipe so this thread stays on active.

You wanna know how credible any media is? Look at the receipts.

Where did they stand on Libya? Iraq? Afghanistan? Kosovo/Yugoslavia? Iraq the first time? Panama?

If the closest thing to criticism they did when it mattered was “maybe it could be done more competently”, they’re only free in the sense that they’re publishing what the state department wants for free.