Actually it was made with American money by an American production studio in English with a goal of being a crossover hit both in China and in the US.

That’s what happens when you put a trailer out. People critique it.

IDK. I appreciate the director’s comments on this. It’s at least good that we are having dialogue about these things. That’s what really annoys me about Damon. He’s so dismissive of people’s criticism.

Gee Matt, between this and your comments on diversity I’m starting to think you might be a douche.

It’s possible! But I think Trump tapped into aggrieved whiteness in a way that would have been nearly insurmountable for any candidate on the left, especially one as firmly establishment as Biden.

I think shilljoy was saying he would have struggled on the campaign trail, not been a worse president once elected. I’m pretty sure more people on this site are of the opinion that a ball of belly lint would be a better president and the proposed cabinet would be improved if it were filled with dishware.

You know he’s run for president twice, right? And neither time even made it to be the nominee? It’s because he has a tendency to say dumbfuck things every time a camera’s on him for too long, and while he’s more likeable than Hillary he also represents exactly the same side of the “risk versus the known” equation she…

He wouldn’t have saved us from anything. He’s a terrible campaigner and he does best as a politician when he’s not required to do any improving, and he literally has all of the same weaknesses Hillary does and few of her strengths, and the exact same politics. The man was called Senator Mastercard, for fuck’s sake.

Love ya, Uncle Joe, but you’re 74, and will be 78 in 2020. Time for the torch to pass to a new generation. Find a good candidate and put your moral weight behind him or her.

I don’t know who said this, but somewhere on Twitter I saw “Jill Stein is the friend who ruins your wedding but shows up for you during the divorce.”

It did seem a little odd that he didn’t at least have the sense to jump out of his car and furiously sweep the path with his curling broom.

I fixed it.

I don’t think it’s a binary thing. It is a democracy, it’s an oligarchy, it even has has residual new deal socialism hanging on by a thread, and (not but) it’s also a hyper-capitalist state that has seen corporate capture at the highest levels of government over the past few decades. That doesn’t erase its democratic…

Eh I still don’t like Jill Stein, but I like what she’s doing. (See also: Kanye & his music, Tom Brady & his playing quarterback, etc.)

Waukesha County was the site of a lot of suspected voting irregularities during the Walker recall election and his re-election, also, if I remember correctly. No surprise that they’re one of the counties that refused to do a hand-recount.

Steve Bannon just threw up in his mouth

To a degree the complexity of the system guards against fraud, but it also erodes transparency, therefore trust, and you can’t have a democracy if people don’t believe in it.

We are all about to find out what happens when oligarchs are allowed to run the system. Trump appears to be promoting a brazenly kleptocratic agenda. If there ever was a time for Hamilton Electors, this is it (so far there are seven).

Success wouldn’t be frowned upon under wealth distribution. People would love seeing people succeed because that rising tide would raise all ships.

There is a really good example: America in the postwar years. Tax rates on the wealthy were much higher (top marginal rate was over 90%), and a much higher percentage of income went to wages as opposed to return on capital, thanks to a combination of government action and strong labor unions. And the fruits of…