It’s probably a downstream effect of the souring mood in the United States as the consequences of the current administration and our slide into fascism become increasingly apparent. Can’t speak for the rest of the world, but it’s hard to believe things are getting better out there.

I hope that people outside the US are aware of how quickly the rhetoric is shifting within the US. The right wing machine is rapidly spinning up a normalization of the ideas that: the US doesn’t need allies at all, the US has zero obligation to abide by international treaties, and the rest of the world is available for us to take. By ‘take’ I mean utter economic dominion and/or military conquest and/or territorial annexation.

The speed at which things are deteriorating here is shocking. An imperial US is a terrifying prospect. This deranged, entitled joke of a country has both an effectively endless supply of armaments and a depraved indifference to the suffering of people abroad and here at home.

The world has a metastasizing US problem.

There’s nothing redeemable about Russia’s oligarchic regime. People who do support it are either excited about doing right wing bigotry, or providing peasant-brained support for the idea of having feudal lords that will supposedly protect them.

As much as I hate the authoritarian regime in China, at least they have achieved meaningful outcomes for many of their people and seem to be investing in a long-term plan to continue that momentum.

As others have expressed on this thread, it’s important to apply your righteous sense of justice to the US as well. When you do, you will start to realize that we’ve been an unspeakably damaging force for both the wellbeing of our own people, and people globally. As an American, I can tell you that it’s quite a shock to wake up from decades of programming and realize the scale of violence my own country has perpetuated.

I hope that’s true and I hope it happens. I’m concerned because I see examples like the administration successfully exerting pressure on other states to relax their law enforcement in cases like Romania’s prosecution of the Tate brothers.

You think that things like ‘laws’ and ‘contracts’ mean anything here in the US anymore? How cute.

This little nation’s ability to fund and conduct war on so many simultaneous fronts on such a sustained basis without consequence is remarkable. It’s almost like they’re really just a front for the largest military machine in the history of the world.

I would just like to point out that this is entirely correct, but it’s the Democrats that always shit the bed on opportunities like this, not the left. The democrats have very little to do with ‘the left’ these days. Just sayin’.

“Israel says it has conducted extensive air attacks on Hamas targets in Gaza, the largest since the ceasefire began.”

This heading sounds like something out of The Onion. Israel’s got some real talent there, simultaneously doing a ceasefire AND repeatedly attacking Hamas.

That might be the most titan-looking expression that I’ve ever seen in a photo of a human.

What do you call a dozen burned teslas?

A good start.

I’ll be here all week. Tip your waiter.

Continuing to never hold Democrats accountable for their terrible decisions will surely improve the party this time, I suppose.

Thought exercise: Which assassination would have more efficacy in the long term, trump, Vance or Musk?

So, let me know if I understand what the US is proposing. In exchange for getting Russia to agree to only annex a large chunk of the country (for now), Ukraine must cede a huge percentage of its natural resources to the US as payment. Is that about it?

Yes, all my coworkers, including my managers are now younger than me. So when a manager takes everyone out, the waiters assume that I’m the one treating everyone to lunch.

A girl that stopped me on the street to ask directions concluded the exchange with “Thank you sir.”

Also, the waiters now automatically bring the bill to me when I have lunch with coworkers.

If this was a rules-based society, yes. It isn’t.

The trump administration has already started establishing a new slave trade system with El Salvador, so it’s entirely plausible that they would consider enslaving the Palestinians also. I cannot fucking believe the speed with which we are dropping into dystopia.

After seeing this sentiment expressed for the 50th time on similar threads, I’m more convinced than ever that: 1.) Many Democrats prefer beating up their left flank to actually opposing Republican ideology, 2.) Many Democrats are somehow pleased that the genocide is proceeding in this fashion because they both get to genocide Palestinians and beat up on their left flank. If Kamala had won, they would have only been able to enjoy half of these pastimes.

Thing is, when we actually empower Democrats they don’t really do much of anything anyway. So the ‘lesser’ argument is getting tired. Thanks DNC.

Tolerance for this nonsense attitude is why the Democrats never feel a need to respond to their own constituents. You are berating people for choosing the ‘burn Palestinians’ party instead of the ‘turn Palestinians into ground meat’ party. Neither vote would have changed anything about the circumstances on the ground, but for some reason, people like you want to perpetuate the myth that Democrats as a party are even slightly better than Republicans on this issue. Your attitude makes progress on this issue in US politics dramatically less likely.