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I'm not upset. I never suggested that this too expensive for a government spend. I'm pointing out that this is blatant manipulation. I cite the cost of this video as evidence that they wanted to obfuscate their intent while providing the illusion of transparency. I thought I communicated that clearly, but if you didn't get that, I'll accept the blame.

Your last comment is ridiculous though. The fact that the Americans want to annex us has absolutely no bearing on whether it makes sense to burn the planet or cripple our economy by throwing billions into the pockets of weapons companies. There is zero long-term benefit to these policies, and incalculable long-term disaster.

What would I have him do? Well I conveniently have a list I've been maintaining for a while now. The TL;DR though is to:

• Divest from fossils & embrace renewables
• Stop blowing money on AI
• Form a national housing agency for the federal government to start building homes again.
• Build an alliance of other nations to operate as a trading bloc for countries living up to their climate agreements. Membership in the bloc awards reduced trading friction, while non-members are hit with tariffs.

Or, you know, we can just double down on fossils and ensure that our grandkids live in a hellscape.