Putin is laughing his head off. Everything he could have ever dreamed of is playing out right now.
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#162Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can protest or go on strike, for example. Refuse to buy from any company that supports the current administration (like Microsoft). End contracts where they exist.
You can also put a bumper sticker on your car decrying world events and this would have about as much effect as your suggestions.
striking is extremely tangible compared to protesting
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#163If the EU is good at one thing, its definitely putting out statements.
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#164"Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times."
Yeah, we've been here before. Empires don't necessarily fall by the hand of their enemies as much as they fall by their own hands and hubris. See: UK, Germany, Russia, historical China and other asian countries, hell even the Romans, and so on and so forth, we've had it all. Trump is nothing new, just another fool in a long line of fools.
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#165I wonder how the current events in Greenland will impact the safety and sovereignty of Taiwan.
The US is Taiwan’s most important military ally, even if that relationship remains unofficial. It is also the most critical power in the First Island Chain. If the US stopped being a global superpower, countries like Japan and South Korea might not be willing to aid in defending Taiwan on their own.
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>"I still can't tell whether Trump is actually an asset of Russia, or just insane." Why do people keep looking for Putin under their bed in the mornings? Trump does not give a flying fuck about Putin. He has no problems sanctioning Russia. Trump just does what he wants to do. Meanwhile EU kept sucking up to him instead of standing up. Now the EU reaps what their rulers sowed.
Because, when all of Trump's moves just happen to benefit someone, a person might ask whether that is more than just a coincidence.
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#167Earlier quoted context omitted.
You are getting downvoted because people see their own reflection in that statement. And they don't like what they are seeing.
Thinking in memes isn’t going to lead us to a better world. Least we can do is downvote it.
Thinking in memes is exactly what the right is doing. It’s short, succinct and pretty much a termination point for all further thought on the matter.
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#168Americans, your Mad King is putting us all in grave danger. Would you please do something about it?
Republicans love this, legally speaking we can do nothing.
Legally speaking, the Republicans have been losing in court over and over. That doesn't mitigate the damage they're doing during the lag, and the consequences for breaking the law have never been as strong as they should be when officers of the law and elected officials are the ones breaking the law.
But it is important to acknowledge the wins. They do have an effect, and that's the only path we seem to have toward slowing down the march to autocracy.
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#169Americans, your Mad King is putting us all in grave danger. Would you please do something about it?
Blame all the HNers who voted for this admin because they "didn't want any woke business regulations" or whatever.
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Unfortunately our federal government is more than powerful enough to take Greenland and mow us all down. I am genuinely sorry that Atlanticism came down to a few hundred thousand of the dumbest Midwesterners we could find.
Don't the Americans have the second amendment to save themselves from their government?
Well 40% of the population or so approves of the administration, so it's more like "to save themselves from their government and 40% of the rest of the population". That means resorting to the 2A is, at the very best, a rather weak bet.