shalafi

You are correct I believe! Been some time since I've watched the videos, but I remember feeling the same.

Spell it out then. Mod's opinions are not evidence. Chapter and verse please. I'm willing to defend my words, and none defended pedophilia nor were transphobic.

Hitler did much on the same, though there's no 1-to-1 comparison. At least Hitler's regime brought the population up from staggering poverty to plenty. American fascist policies are failing to show such an upturn. ATM, they're bringing slightly cheaper gasoline at the pump.

Kind of a big deal! People notice those prices and petro-economies (basically all of them) run on gasoline. American voters are simple, cheap gas good. Sounds OK so far.

That's it. And most other economic factors are worse. (Don't look up the "Buffett Index", for your own sanity.) The GOP has pulled all the supports that were to keep us from Great Depression 2.0.

See how the Trump regime loses support? In any case, he's clearly suffering dementia, which only gets worse, and god knows what other health ailments. Once the cult leader is dead, anyone taking his place catches ALL the blame for ALL the things. But by then, too late.

Interesting times indeed.

I am both disgusted and wanting to try one again. Even though I know damned well I'm getting corn syrup, Jägermeister, eye shadow and Cure songs in my mouth.

Why would you do this to me?!

I often wonder if the General Staff isn't cooking something behind the scenes. You know they've gamed scenarios to defy Trump launching nukes.

Maybe that's just hopium. 🤷🏻‍♂️ I'm having a hard time seeing the leaders going in for a strike against NATO. Also, I can't believe I just typed that sentence.

Anyway, as I told my little kids last Christmas, the 80s and 90s were pretty fucking cool, sorry.

The US Supreme Court often goes against Trump. Not putting any hope in them stopping him, but at least they apply some breaks. Also consider, they owe Trump nothing. He put three of them in there, 1/3rd of the seats, but they defy Trump with impunity, holding their seats for life.

If we could eliminate Alito and Thomas, even replacing them with un-bribed conservatives, it would be a whole new ballgame. Rulings would still suck, but not like this.

tl:dr; SCOTUS is conservative, not partisan.

Mainland Europe stood aside as Putin invaded their backyard. This inaction was not lost on the American fascists. See where we're at today?

(And I am not excusing America's lack of action, but FFS, we can't do it ALL. And certainly can't now...)

Makes one wonder how much they planned this out. The Epstein files could picture Trump balls deep in a 13-yo girl, nothing would happen.

The fascists have larger goals in mind. They're speed running WWII, trying to avoid the Nazi's mistakes, so good so far. But like the Nazis, giddy over the lack of internal or external resistance, they're biting off more than then can chew, way too fast. Cheap gasoline at the pumps only goes so far. They're not energizing the whole economy like the Nazis did, people aren't feeling it.

No idea what comes next. But the American Empire is over. Our economy is just too large to fall over quickly. But AI gives us hope! (Of crashing...) The Buffett Index is higher than either during the Great Depression or the 2008 recession. We have 200%+ more fake money in the stock market than our GDP. The cost will be staggering.

Can all y'all grow potatoes? I can, but I'm not very good at it.

Many have outlined Trump's mafia-style speech. Like the truly wealthy, the mafia is a group he admires, was never allowed into, wants to imitate.

It's so clear I want to scream. The US watched the man make a fool of himself in the 80s and 90s, he was tabloid trash. Even The Apprentice made fun of his bombastic nature, but apparently neither Trump not his fans were in on the joke.

If Europe had fought Russia over the Ukraine, this wouldn't be on the table. It's clear to the world Europe won't fight, even to defend their own backyard, so here we are.

To be clear, I fucking hate it. I have been screaming for Europe to fight back since day one, all while it was clear America was half-assing the fight. But they didn't, the fascists gauged the reaction, now they feel free to strike.

Want to get really cynical? The US is expelling and torturing their slave labor. Immigrants do not receive any federal benefits, yet contribute hugely to the economy. 13,000,000 is the number I've heard, and that only covers undocumented immigrants, but they're going for all of them. Does anyone expect expelling 3-4% of our cheap workforce works out?!

No matter how cold-blooded one's take, this is fucking stupid.

We took the oil fields, which Hitler failed to do before starving his war machine of gasoline. We're letting things settle in Venezuela before we take Greenland. Greenland is strategic as the Arctic sea lanes open and prospecting and mining become easier. Good place to defend the continent from air and sea.

Next? Mexico? No idea. But it looks like the US is making the same mistake as the Nazis, biting off more than we can chew based on the giddy atmosphere after initial wins and zero resistance. Yes, they're that fucking dumb. It's like they read the start of WWII history and called it a day.

Dumber even, Trump didn't pull the US from economic disaster into short-term prosperity, quite the opposite. At least Hitler had the population in thrall because their economic situation improved. That's, uh, not working out ATM, and there's no future where it does.

And worse, the cult leader is clearly dying of frontotemporal dementia. (Not my armchair take, many doctors and psychiatrists have outlined the clear evidence.) They're moving fast before Trump can't be stood in front of a camera.