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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 1h

Industrial policy has worked for China. It gained China its dominance on refined rare earths and magnets. A dominance China has used to choke other countries, including the United States. And this doesn't only strangle economies, but militaries. 1/2

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 1h

When Gavin Newsom had a moratorium on all death penalties, he met with the victims' families, and one father tore into him. 1/2

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 21h

The US military may be heading to a point where if it needs a new weapon, or much more of a current one, and it is in the middle of a war, one business owner can say no for whatever reason and greatly weaken America's ability to fight. 3/4

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 21h

It's great to have such a fantastic company in the US, but Musk controls too much and has too much power. 2/4

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 21h

Elon Musk owns space. Most things being put into space are being put there by Musk's SpaceX. The United States country and government are dependent upon Musk to get into space and Europe is dependent on Musk for its space-facilitated defense. 1/4

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Elon Musk is massively spending in Texas to try to defend Republicans. 1/2

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Israel waited for Hamas members to return home with their families to kill them because it was easier to find them when they went home. 1/2

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Taking steps in the direction of tyranny is bad. If an execution is warranted, let's do it in private, then calmly report the results of justice, not give a gory public display of state violence. 5/6

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

It's a way to say violence against our enemies is okay, and if you challenge the regime, you will die. It gives a public nod to the acceptability of violence. 4/6

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

While this will be in the military justice system, by the US government killing someone, and intentionally showing it to the world, they are saying that they can come for you too, this is what will happen to you if you defy us. 3/6

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

A public execution is what tyrannical regimes do to instill fear into their people. 2/6

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The damage to the US military in Iran is higher than the Defense Department is saying. 1/6

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

US democracy is declining, and democracies often slowly shift into something that is not really democracy, rather than suddenly becoming autocratic in one dramatic moment. 2/3

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Under Trump, US foreign policy involves helping the businesses of Trump and his friends rather than just a focus on what's best for the United States and its people as a whole. This allows countries to indirectly bribe Trump to change the foreign policy of the United States. 1/3

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The country has always had to look out for itself, but the repeated backing out of deals, including ones made by Trump, the repeated economic and military aggression, and the naked unprincipled hypocrisy has turned the United States into an asshole country. 2/3

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Trump tariffed India for buying Russian oil, and now Trump is buying Russian diesel, which is a form of refined oil. He has turned the United States into a hypocritical country with no principles, who no one should trust because no words, no deal, means anything. 1/3

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The Pope is using the same Christian argument for overriding the Bible's pro-slavery passages to override its pro-death penalty passages. 5/6

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

you don't have a consistent argument saying that because God commanded, or was cool with, the death penalty in Biblical times, we must be for the death penalty now. 4/6

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

For those who think the Bible started the seeds of human dignity that later led to the abolition of slavery even though God is clearly cool with slavery in the Bible, then 3/6

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

He is using reason and theological principles combined with the Bible to determine what is right and wrong. 2/6

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Some say the Pope doesn't know the Bible because the Bible supports the death penalty. But, the Bible has all sorts of dos and do nots that almost all Christians ignore. The Pope is going deeper than hypocritically and inconsistently following something just because it is in the Bible. 1/6

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

An economist who has studied traits like executive functioning thinks it's too late for Trump to have good executive functioning. He deeply criticized Trump, but also feared a left-wing socialist response. 2/3

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Statistics and econometrics alone are not science! They are tools that are a part of science. We need to do more than just find correlations, but also understand how things works. We should understand the cause and effect story, including the mechanisms that create the correlations. 1/3

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The US military may be in deep shit if a new drone war starts. Inertia, bureaucracy, and fear of making the wrong choice are limiting the American military's adaption, and this could lead to many many more dead Americans if the US gets into a modern drone war. 1/2

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I'm pro-rich people, and pro-higher taxes on the rich. It's currently a practical and moral necessity to tax more those who can most afford to pay.

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The strikes and war on Iran have delayed Iran's nuclear program for up to two years. The Iranian nuclear deal that Trump abandoned in his first term delayed Iran's nuclear program by ten to fifteen years. 1/2

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The public execution of Nidal Hasan could create a martyr. That'd be a huge backfire.

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Public executions are the tools of tyranny to instill fear into the populace. It's best not to take a step in that direction.

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

If Poland had shot it down, it's likely that the helicopter could have flown into Russian territory before the missile hit, meaning Russia would misleadingly claim that it was an attack on Russian soil even though the helicopter was fired upon while in Poland. 2/3

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Russia is playing aggressive games with NATO while also currently invading its neighbor. For example, a Russian helicopter flew into Poland and then returned home. 1/3

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

they can better make up the cost of the land value tax if they use it productively or sell it to someone who will. Land is hard to value, but it should be doable with modern techniques. This should lower taxes on single family residential homes, while greatly increasing it on vacant land. 2/3

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Property taxes incentivize people to sit on land and not use it because if they develop it, they will have to pay higher taxes. Land value taxes incentivize people to actually use the land because the tax is the same either way, and, 1/3

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lonecandle.bsky.social @lonecandle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

BOMBSHELL: Leaked Kimberly Guilfoyle Texts Reveal Brazen Corruption Constant shit like this in the Trump administration. 1/2

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