• Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz
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    23 hours ago

    Trump has already stated he is imposing 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, in direct violation of an agreement he himself set up during his first term. On top of that, he’s already threatened the invasion of at least four allied nations. He is showing the world that he has no intention of honoring anything he says, nor respect for any existing relationships with other countries.

    Sanctions only work if other nations cooperate. Why would anyone choose to cooperate with someone like this? Trump is acting like the whole world should bow down to him, while the world is laughing in his face.

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      10 hours ago

      It will be an interesting world indeed if the USA loses all its allies. For all its power, it’s not strong enough to stand up to the whole world.

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        4 hours ago

        That’s exactly why I’m concerned about his boasts of leaving NATO. The US has made a lot of enemies through our own military actions against other people and nations, and Trump seems to think the US doesn’t need anyone else. Can you imagine if all those countries decide that now we’re vulnerable? 9/11 will look like a cake walk.

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          This is exactly why the USA formed NATO in the first place. People think it was to defend Europe, but it was really to defend the USA from the Soviet Union, which left to expand would have taken over Europe and then had 2-3 times time economy and military and population of the USA. No coming back from that.

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          I doubt anyone is interested in going to war with the US. Even if the EU decided that was their goal it would take years to build up their military to where it wouldn’t be a clear loss (the EU should have the economic might to pull this off and win). However even if they win the war they don’t gain much and they lose the opportunity costs about the other things they want to do instead.

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      11 hours ago

      We aren’t laughing. My wife and I sat down with our in-laws the other day and had very serious conversations about watching the rise of fascism, and wondering if our country would go the same way.

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        9 hours ago

        Yup, especially when we’re all being bombarded by the same propaganda in the places that we meet online and spend a considerable amount of time in, we’re all in this together. I’ve seen the discourse about the USA and the culture wars over the last decade in my own country. And from what I’ve gathered through my years of lurking is that shit is darkening the skies and affecting everyone from the UK to Sweden to Australia.

        And as far as I can tell, all of our governments have been mostly happy to sit back and watch everything slide into enshittification and misinformation and ruin. Like they all thought the fight was won and the job was done and they could just spend the rest of their lives collecting bloated paychecks and sleeping in parliament. Even Australia’s recent effort to curb social media for children is too little too late I fear.