>>156497
>I dont think it can anymore. Iran has been courted by china and asia for a long while
They aren't exactly compatible ideologically though, one is a hard line single party Marxist state and while it doesn't necessarily force you to be an atheist it certainly doesn't life easy for you either should you choose to be a practitioner of any kind of faith, Iran on the other hand is a quasi constitutional Islamic republic with a parliamentary system and one that is a bit more tolerant of non Islamic regions than say Pakistan is.
Also I'd imagine Iran isn't very fond of China's treatment of Uyghurs packed in concentration camps in East Turkestan either and their foreign policy is consistent with being sympathetic to various Muslim sects abroad like in Myanmar for example where they go against the grain with their
"ally" China.
Don't get me wrong, I'm under no delusion they'll start flying the Star Spangled Banner and drink cheap Bud light beer, it has more to do with the fact that like North America Iranian sentiment will eventually want to decouple from the Sino sphere of influence enough to not risk being economically subjugated to China like many other countries are now, Iran will use America like a temporary crux and then keep it around just in case. That's also why we see India buying more oil and gas from Iran despite the sanctions levied against them.
It's only natural, no country wants to be overly reliant on another usually.
>>156506
Cocaine used to be perfectly legal though, hell doctors used to prescribe it to patient. All we really need to do is throw the book harder at people who abuse those substances and then go out to commit violent crimes, of course the way our prison system works now the guards will actually release repeat violent offenders sooner because they prefer being in charge of the more docile inmates which should be illegal, that or we could just put known repeat rapists and gangbangers up in front of a firing squad of course if the prisons don't want to do their fucking job.
The war on drugs has been a massive failure just like prohibition was or modern gun control is now, the state is over stepping it's boundaries and like always causing more problems than it solves.
>>156460
Also wood burning stoves are another alternative to natural gas that's even easier and arguably better to install and both allow you to literally grow the fuel in your backyard.
The grid is vulnerable to cyber attacks so we should just create a dozen smaller disconnected grids and energy independent homes and then the next time say LA for example has a major blackout the effects of other near by homes and towns will be significantly reduced.
Of course like most things no one will actually do something about it until a serious problem has bitten them in the ass and given the times that's likely to come soon.
>>156548
I prefer buying coffee from a normal retail store anon, if I had to choose between paying a little more for the store brand or black market coffee from some lunatic who might try and behead me for the fun of it I'll choose the retail store coffee.
I guess saying something along the lines of most people will gladly choose not to risk their own skin in the name of coonsumerism would be more correct.
>>156470
Noice