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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

You're absolutely right, and, as an American, I encourage it. These people don't stand for us, and they need to face consequences. One thing I'll always disagree with though is treating all the people as the same entity. No matter where it is, this is a class war. We need to work with people in every nation to fight against rising fascism, wherever it is. We're in this together, against them. We need allies to fight it though.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

There are lots of Americans I like very much. USA has some very exceptional people and many good people.
Unfortunately they are not the ones in power, and the ones in power are not just a little bit bad and a little bit selfish.
They are lead Trump who is a flaming malignant narcissist, with a White House filled with Sociopaths. It's an absolutely insane government that doesn't give a shit about causing harm or breaking up old alliances if they think they can profit from it.

As gravitas_deficiency wrote, the US government is forcing our hand, and we can't treat USA like 2 countries, we have to treat it as 1 country. Last time with Trump we waited it out, but Trump has made that an impossible option this time. And the American people has made it an impossible option by electing Trump twice.