Off topic, but any other non-US people here, how are you reacting to the USA’s facism on hyperdrive streak?
I don’t think the US has ever been the most popular country, but now the president is trying to eradicate palestine, disrupt European security from Russia, and plunge the world into a climate apocalypse at an even faster than before rate, I feel a lot worse about any interactions with the USA. I’ve been trying to move away from using anything US produced or owned, which isn’t particularly easy.
Is it just me? Was I naive to think US was any better before? Am I naive in singling out the US?
Since Bush W, I saw the blatant writing on the wall of the direction the US was going. Trump version 1 seemed like a clown show and I assumed things would get worse but it would take 20-30 more years. I never once thought we’d see a Trump version 2.
I think this is probably the end of the USA as we once knew it. Trump is on a speedrun to crash everything. The American people are either cheering it on or apathetic. The public won’t stop him. The opposition in US government seems unable to deal with Trump because he clearly doesn’t give a shit about decorum, rules, or law.
I guess we all realize empires eventually fall. The US got itself here from it’s own hubris. It’s time.
I do worry being right next door and both the US and Russia eyeballing our northern routes and resources. More and more I’m coming to terms with probably dying defending my country from a direct attack. Something I never really worried about until last November.
I’ve always seen the US as a somewhat virulent imperial power, and it made a clear and decisive break with international law back in 2001 which successive administrations have never walked back, so it’s been a bit of a rogue/outlier state for the past 24 years.
That said I think what we are seeing now is different. The US has just undergone full legislative capture by oligarchs, and they are going ham on the rest of the world.
German here. We are 4 to 8 years away from Nazis becoming elected again, at least very likely. I’m looking with horror towards the US and just hope he burns it down so fast that the right shift looses it’s current drive in Europe.
Nah, we can’t rely on external signals doing anything like that. We need to make peoples lives better. The right surge is an emotional rectioan amplified by external propaganda, but fundamentally people are right to protest against the current system which keeps impoverishing them. The conclusion of voting right wing is wrong of course.
Doesn’t work. The more you make people’s lives better, the more the far right grifters will bitch about how you are giving handouts to migrants and inviting them here. The best thing you can do is make public advocacy for proto-nazi scum unsafe or impossible. Burn their flags, crash their rallies, slash the tires on their rental trucks.
Canadian here, it pains me to admit that my hope at this point is that Trump manages to crash the US so fast that it hits rock bottom before invading us.
Yep, at the moment I don’t think most of their military would follow the order,but in a few years they might. Best case scenario America balkanizes before then, and we can make friends with the sane countries like the New California Republic while ignoring the crazy ones like whatever the Mormon theocracy calls their new country
Hi, Aussie here. Entirely expected and unsurprising. I mean Hitler learned from the USA.
Been watching the usa destroy everything nice about Australia for my entire life and waiting for the other shoe to drop. Good luck, please don’t our government again if we elect another socialist.
Another Aussie here. We have elections coming up and looking at the US as a cautionary tale for reactionary politics. Hoping it does not translate to success for our Trump-lite candidate here.
This isn’t off topic at all. What brand are the chargers currently installed? And when the armored cybertrucks are mandated government vehicles, what brand of chargers will be reinstalled? And at whose order is all of this happening?
Off topic, but any other non-US people here, how are you reacting to the USA’s facism on hyperdrive streak?
I don’t think the US has ever been the most popular country, but now the president is trying to eradicate palestine, disrupt European security from Russia, and plunge the world into a climate apocalypse at an even faster than before rate, I feel a lot worse about any interactions with the USA. I’ve been trying to move away from using anything US produced or owned, which isn’t particularly easy.
Is it just me? Was I naive to think US was any better before? Am I naive in singling out the US?
I’m in Canada.
Since Bush W, I saw the blatant writing on the wall of the direction the US was going. Trump version 1 seemed like a clown show and I assumed things would get worse but it would take 20-30 more years. I never once thought we’d see a Trump version 2.
I think this is probably the end of the USA as we once knew it. Trump is on a speedrun to crash everything. The American people are either cheering it on or apathetic. The public won’t stop him. The opposition in US government seems unable to deal with Trump because he clearly doesn’t give a shit about decorum, rules, or law.
I guess we all realize empires eventually fall. The US got itself here from it’s own hubris. It’s time.
I do worry being right next door and both the US and Russia eyeballing our northern routes and resources. More and more I’m coming to terms with probably dying defending my country from a direct attack. Something I never really worried about until last November.
It’s a scary time
I’ve always seen the US as a somewhat virulent imperial power, and it made a clear and decisive break with international law back in 2001 which successive administrations have never walked back, so it’s been a bit of a rogue/outlier state for the past 24 years.
That said I think what we are seeing now is different. The US has just undergone full legislative capture by oligarchs, and they are going ham on the rest of the world.
German here. We are 4 to 8 years away from Nazis becoming elected again, at least very likely. I’m looking with horror towards the US and just hope he burns it down so fast that the right shift looses it’s current drive in Europe.
Nah, we can’t rely on external signals doing anything like that. We need to make peoples lives better. The right surge is an emotional rectioan amplified by external propaganda, but fundamentally people are right to protest against the current system which keeps impoverishing them. The conclusion of voting right wing is wrong of course.
Doesn’t work. The more you make people’s lives better, the more the far right grifters will bitch about how you are giving handouts to migrants and inviting them here. The best thing you can do is make public advocacy for proto-nazi scum unsafe or impossible. Burn their flags, crash their rallies, slash the tires on their rental trucks.
it’s especially hard trying to move away from US produced goods and media for me, as I am in the US
Yeah its tough… At least you can block ads when browsing and pirate digital media pretty easily 🤷♀️
Lithuanian here, a very popular Facebook page keeps posting “Trump is about to wake up, prepare for him saying something stupid” every day.
Canadian here, it pains me to admit that my hope at this point is that Trump manages to crash the US so fast that it hits rock bottom before invading us.
Yep, at the moment I don’t think most of their military would follow the order,but in a few years they might. Best case scenario America balkanizes before then, and we can make friends with the sane countries like the New California Republic while ignoring the crazy ones like whatever the Mormon theocracy calls their new country
100% chance we’re getting Ukrained if he gets the opportunity.
Hi, Aussie here. Entirely expected and unsurprising. I mean Hitler learned from the USA.
Been watching the usa destroy everything nice about Australia for my entire life and waiting for the other shoe to drop. Good luck, please don’t our government again if we elect another socialist.
Another Aussie here. We have elections coming up and looking at the US as a cautionary tale for reactionary politics. Hoping it does not translate to success for our Trump-lite candidate here.
dude also purged the generals yesterday
That’s kinda ominous.
This isn’t off topic at all. What brand are the chargers currently installed? And when the armored cybertrucks are mandated government vehicles, what brand of chargers will be reinstalled? And at whose order is all of this happening?