Aequitas

Please try to avoid politico. It belongs to the right-wing conservative Springer publishing house (Axel Springer SE), which is trying to become a European Fox News.

Ancient form of gaslighting oneself.

Thats true tbh

Mastodon is often mentioned as an alternative, but it has its own problems. In my opinion, the biggest one is that there is no way to sort your feed like you can on Lemmy. A chronological timeline will always lead to quantity being prioritized over quality. That’s why newer users in particular only see boring stuff. If you bring this up, you’re guaranteed to get some Madison fan saying that Mastodon doesn’t want to be like Twitter, and especially doesn’t want to have an algorithmic feed. But then it’s not and cannot be an alternative.

Is it plausible to assume that the US will no longer be able to sell its bonds? In the worst case scenario, it will raise interest rates by 0.1 percent. Or the Fed will step in, as it did in 2008 and 2021.

I’m not sure what the example with the house is supposed to mean, but the difference between me and a country is that the country issues its own currency. Even if supply ever exceeded demand for US bonds, the Federal Reserve could simply step in as a buyer. It is unrealistic that selling government bonds could put the US in a position where it can no longer take on new debt.

Sure. But what effect does selling the bonds have on this US debt? The money has probably long since been spent. The government won’t give the money back. If I understand correctly, the sale only changes who gets the interest, no?

Can you elaborate on that? How does Europe finance the US by holding government bonds?

But it is still misleading. During Stalingrad, the decisive battle of World War II, Lend-Lease accounted for about 5 percent of Soviet production. During the Wehrmacht’s last large-scale offensive operation, the tank battle at Kursk mid 1943, Lend-Lease deliveries were still below 10 percent. It was only later that Lend-Lease accounted for 10-12 percent of military equipment. The only exception here is trucks.

Tanks: Total Soviet production: approx. 105,000, Lend-Lease tanks (USA + UK): approx. 12,000 Aircraft: Soviet production: approx. 135,000, Lend-Lease aircraft: approx. 14,000 Infantry weapons & artillery: Almost exclusively Soviet production

A saying is not a “genuine fact”

The Nazis were defeated by the Soviet Union. Hitler already lost when the Americans arrived. Yes, it would probably have lasted longer, but it’s ridiculous that the US still claims credit for this today. American propaganda, that’s all.

For example?