Buffalox

Keurig

Oh for fucks sake, IMO people buying that shit are asking for it.
I completely stopped buying Pickwick tea because now they are owned by Keurig.
Something that is a bit cumbersome to find out because they have removed that fact yet another level from the Pickwick wikipedia page.

But Pickwick -> Douwe Egberts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickwick_(brand)
Douwe Egberts -> JDE Peet's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douwe_Egberts
JDE Peet's -> Keurig https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JDE_Peet's

It's well hidden, owner or parent isn't even stated on the Pickwick page anymore! You have to comb the text to find that! But I checked it out because my favorite tea was no longer available where I shop tea, and the closest alternative was Pickwick, but since Pickwick is now owned by Keurig, I refuse to buy that crap.

Be vigilant! Don't buy American, and don't buy from companies who's business model is to provide lesser products at higher prices. Keurig is both.

democracy has never done that historically

It absolutely has, Scandinavian countries are good examples of democracy actually working. They rank highest on the democracy index, and they also rank highest in satisfaction in the population and quality of living, and quality of public services.
The better the democracy, the better the results.
Problem is that USA is an awfully bad democracy, and for half a century nothing has been done to improve it. Not even making gerrymandering illegal, or remove the idiotic FPP voting for federal elections. Which are so obvious and a bare minimum to move forward.

For now our democracy here in Denmark where I live is working very well, but that is not an automatic thing, it is something we need to continuously protect, and in general Europeans are better at that than Americans.
We (EU) have the same problems USA do, like AfD in Germany and Le Penn in France, the difference is that here those extremists although popular, cannot take total power of the system, because in functioning democracies you have representation of many parties, and no government is allowed almost total power like the US president has.

The US system with a very powerful president is based on an idea of efficiency to get things done, not an idea of democracy and fairness like most European democracies.
Don't judge democracy based on the flawed democracies that exist, democracy is the least bad system we have, but a flawed democracies like USA and UK, are doomed to make HUGE mistakes in the name of efficiency, because too much power is concentrated with 1 person. Except when it comes to it, they are only efficient at maintaining the status quo of the power structure, and never really getting much done to benefit society as a whole.

But that's exactly what democracy is supposed to prevent. Democracy is all about respecting each other, and making a better society for all. But in USA that is failing completely, and has instead lead to an intolerant hateful society, where a living wage and healthcare are not for all but privileges. Only USA has not figured these things out among democracies with a developed economy.

Yes you are right, this is just new heights.
When we say bbbuut Israel is a democracy, we are getting to a point where it's as meaningless regarding USA.

USA is not just a rogue country, they are decidedly criminal.

Absolutely, infinite greed and total lack of morals.

Not respecting US patents would be huge.

This has been true for some time, it's just that with Trump it's gone to another level.

Obviously that is very different and way more acceptable. You see Russia selling cheap oil to USA benefit USA which is good. Russia selling cheap oil to India doesn't really help USA, which is bad.
If India paid a 10% tariff to USA for the oil they import from Russia, it would be much much better.
It's not really that hard to understand. America first!
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The double standard of USA is insane, USA is a despicable country reserving rights to punish others for what they do themselves.

Also USA should now b sanctioned by the rest of the world for doing exactly what they demand others don't. USA is a traitor to their allies, and that should not go unpunished.

but Micron, SK Hynix, and Samsung aren’t stupid:

No they are not, but it seems the industry has a bit of a gold digger craze, and think this AI thing will continue to grow forever.

the big box consoles will be replaced with computers.

I think you are wrong, the PC is dying, and the consoles will have even bigger advantage from mass production in the future.
Most people don't care to maintain a PC just to play games, and most people don't really have any other use for a PC anymore.
Even without subsidies from Microsoft and Sony, the current gen consoles were cheaper than an equivalent performing PC when they arrived. But in the future that may not be true, it's all down to profit maximization, because there is no doubt a console can be sold cheaper than an equivalent performing PC.