Morally, we made a commitment to preserve democracy and we keep our word.

Geopolitically, microchips.

It tells me that most people prefer an eternal cold war to escalating to a hot war. If China backed off and made it clear they would not attack, those numbers would change.

I hope he pays you for this kind of oral service.

You're probably thinking of Michigan.

He wasn't hardcore anti-queer until the last few years.

Generally someone who makes justifications and/or excuses for totalitarian communist regimes and their atrocities.

It came from still supporting Stalin after he sent tanks into a rebelling territory.

It's also possible that Wagner did it to themselves to create a casus belli for action.

Typically before you even leave the womb, these days.

And either way, your mother starts treating you differently based on apparent sex.

https://psycnet.apa.org/buy/2005-02259-007

You might not believe in the social construct at birth, but the social construct believes in you. Children are treated differently based on assigned gender from birth.