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[–] darkernations@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

He's my favourite US president; he's the most personified form of the phrase "capital sows the seeds of its destruction" and he does it with such unintentional levity.

If you had to point to a single document that so quickly conveys that the material always come before the idea then it would be this; the two brain cells that strained to write this would not have any power if it was not for a whole system that allows it.

It lays bare naked the dictatorship against the global proleteriat; capitalists are but servants at the altar of capital.

[–] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 26 points 1 week ago
[–] MasterDeeLuke@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The US billionaire class has gone full on drunk and it's certainly something to see.

[–] Maeve@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 1 week ago

The ~~US~~ billionaire class has gone full on drunk and it’s certainly something to see.

At this point, I'm just gonna start calling them the epstein class

[–] OrnluWolfjarl@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Why is he capitalizing Complete and Total Control? Is this going to be his trademark? Will the next letter have a little ©️ or ™️ at the end of the sentence? Will this be abbreviated in the future (e.g. we demand CTC of Spain)?

I could write a whole essay on how comically written this letter is. And how joyful it is that the Empire is finally eating itself. And how ironic it is, that in some dark underground conference hall, some European deep staters are probably contemplating asking Russia's or China's help. But I'm not going to, because this will be just an insignificant blip compared to the next gem this idiot will produce.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 week ago

Consider how much Trump hates the Europeans. Remember what they were saying about him when they were sure Biden would win? They called him every name under the sun, and he has very thin skin. So, now that Europe is on its knees he's making them eat shit and say thank you daddy.

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

it's a boomer emphasis style

[–] GrainEater@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

he (or his ghost writer) always capitalizes regular nouns for no apparent reason; "Wars", "Peace" and "World" in this case

[–] Maeve@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

At first thought it was inadvertently hitting the "up" arrow on the handy, TIL.

[–] DonLongSchlong@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"Up arrow on the handy"

Do you mean the shift key on your smart phone keyboard? Handy means something different in english 🙃

[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Easy way to spot a German speaker, no one else uses that term to refer to a mobile phone. The adoption of these sorts of pseudo-anglicisms into various languages is actually quite common.

[–] Maeve@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 week ago

😂 Shift key.

[–] big_spoon@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

a president making a tantrum to the international community because he didn't get the crappy and overvalued prize that he "deserved" now he's gonna take over the world

sounds like a script for a very stupid spy or hero comedy movie or cartoon with a dumb villain...but it's the freaking real world

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the most hilarious part is that this will likely become an important historical document once the US actually annexes Greenland, people will have to study it in history class 🤣

[–] cornishon@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 week ago

Wait, you guys study historical documents in your history classes?!

[–] v12riceburner@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 week ago

This world is not real

[–] Envylike@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 week ago

Leader of the most powerful nation on earth, everybody.

[–] Swinging6917@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Go ahead Trump, destroy NATO lmao

[–] Twongo@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 week ago

wow this is not a big game of 5d chess, it's just a petty pedophile! what a twist!

[–] NothingButBits@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's funny that he's doing this to white people.

[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

90% of the population are indigenous Inuit peoples : (

[–] NothingButBits@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I confess I don't know much about Greenland. But of course Western media only shows the white minority getting angry, that is still funny to see at least.

[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 week ago

No worries! Greenland is an incredibly niche locale!

The island is about as close to a Native American nation that currently exists, however Inuit peoples often have relatively light skin in comparison to other American Native groups owing to their northern location, and at a glance they can easily be confused for certain "White" groups. So oftentimes, the people being showcased in the media aren't even really white.