Specifically the complaint is the PA used US aide funds to compensate the family of a martyr who killed an American citizen. The USA asked the PA to refund that money and they refused so the USA is refusing to further give them funds.

As an aside the source here is practically a mouthpiece for the Muslim Brotherhood and is as a result an incredibly biased source. Keep that bias in mind when you read them just like you should remember the bias of Radio Free Asia.

So paying off one crooked banker with another less than ideal lender? Will Argentina ever get its act together or will that forever be out of reach as the wealthy really seem to not care here.

A lot of my favorite subs aren’t the same. Many are gone. Askhistorians has even dimmed a bit. Pretty much the porn is the only thing left

Those three things define any government. Those are the absolute minimum. If you cannot determine your border you have no sovereignty. If you cannot enforce laws then your laws have no authority and you have no sovereignty. If you cannot maintain some dorm of economy you cannot control your government and will cede sovereignty.

Im not telling you what I think. Im telling you what is easily demonstrable.

Fir example you said you need a space program does that mean MOST countries do not have a government? Most countries do not have a space program because they are too expensive and provide little benefit for a country like Libya.

You mention education yet government provided education started in the late 1800s to 20th century for most nations. Was England never a nation state? That would be a moronic claim considering their monarchy is the longest one still running.

This is a case where you simply have no clue what you are talking about and it shows

The three things listed are what every single nation state does. There is zero debate on this and it would be nonsensical to suggest otherwise.

If you take intro to poli sci literally anywhere in the world this is part of your first lesson. The three things listed are what makes a government a government. Kenya has no space program and is still a government.

Those are optional. The three things I listed are the basic requirements for all governments.

Years ago I worked for a guy who came from old old money. He told me that he believed that something like the Illuminatti was real based on the notion that really wealthy people have similar goals everywhere and frequently interact. At the time I thought he was crazy but now Im less sure.

Orban was at Cpac

Regulate an economy, maintain a border (meaning this is our stuff and everything outside the border is not it isn’t necessarily manning a border), and enforce laws. That’s the three basic tasks of any government.

The problem is free speech absolutism is very popular here with dumb dumbs.

Is there an obligation to service the least well thought out ideology in human history here?

Nothing in your comment is relevant to mine. Biden is not celebrating the decline in the Chinese economy. He is informed enough to understand that impacts the USA as well.

Ok that’s not a great methodology then. This really is a shit source.

What is this dumpster fire of a source? How do they determine bias and what qualifications do they have to do so? Their own about page describes none of these things. It smacks of techbros who think they can remove bias with algorithms.

He isn’t celebrating that fact. Maybe you should read the article.

It is the Peter Principle