Carmakazi @ Carmakazi @lemmy.world

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Perhaps some genuine criticism could be levied at the specifics of their immigration policy, but this is JD Vance, that's not what he's here for.

When he talks about "shared values" and "what you are fighting for" he's talking about white Christian dominance in Europe and defending it with the sword. The far right has long seen Europe as a failure of progressive decadence and moral weakness and this speech was a blatant expression of that.

That is why the far right rejects European countries and cozies up to Russia, because the American conservative and the Russian nationalist have quite a lot of "shared values."

suppressing free speech

Shutting out far-right racists and literal foreign agitators

mishandling migration

Racism

and ignoring populist concerns

More racism

Feels like the New Axis is starting to take tangible shape.

That's an entire toothpaste factory they would have to unsqueeze. It would be less Emperor Palpatine dissolving the senate and more Yugoslavia circa 1992.

If the regime's intent is to make a vast array of deadly weapons even more easily accessible...my idle advice would be to take advantage of that situation while you still can.

This trash is another example of "real estate developer Trump" coming through.

He honestly believes that he just needs to order "the help" to landscape everything prim and proper to fix wildfires. The fact that "landscaping" millions of acres of wildland is INCOMPREHENSIBLY IDIOTIC simply does not occur to him, and he can never be wrong so he's sticking with it.

The founders didn't even want to give the country a standing army. What precedent is there, contemporary or modern, where the judicial has its own direct enforcement arm?

In theory, police fill this role...it's kind of in the name "law enforcement." But in practice they are something else, they can be captured and corrupted like anyone else.

In theory, the military swears an oath to defend the Constitution. The Secretary of the Navy could decide, for instance, to order a military coup, storm the White House with Marines, and arrest Trump, Musk, et al. But this is extremely risky, both in tactical terms and in public image. At the end of the day, The People elected Trump, and they would be dishonoring that essential choice. Unless Trump does something like send B-52s to carpet bomb Los Angeles, the military will be determined to stay apolitical.

You're all looking for some play-by-play guidebook or ruleset in breaking the rules. You will not find one, it is an oxymoron. The founders risked arrest and death by hanging by setting this country in motion, they were not following the rules either. I obviously won't extol their moral character in whole, but they knew that the divine right of kings was wrong and that representative government was the future, and they acted upon these beliefs.

I think people from all stripes, especially those from more conservative cultures, are simply attracted to the performative hyper-masculinity Trump and his rhetoric put off. "Get shit done, beat your enemies senseless, feel no remorse for being great" resonates.

"Soldiers like ammunition, but not when it's fired at them."

You don't know what I am or am not doing.

His appointment has not been approved by the Senate yet, so he's not supposed to be...directing.

This has been a problem with other Project 2025 appointments too.

This saga has been a ride so far. There is no way this guy is mentally stable at this point, he is going to do anything and spend every dime he has until he's either found it or he brushes his teeth with a .38.

I've always thought you can make a lot of sense of Trump and his actions if you remember he's a degenerate real estate developer and looks at many issues through that lens. The cost of building materials (steel). Wind turbines fucking up "the view." His weird spat with low-flow toilets. His stupid wall.

"I LOOOVE MINORS!" - some bald guy

I mean, barring the immense cost, a hospital ship capable of launching an entourage of aircraft for medevac or search and rescue would be invaluable to global humanitarian efforts I would think. Particularly after earthquakes, tsunamis, etc.

Says something about us where we can justify that expense for war but not helping people.

The insinuation that if you see any woman or person of color in a position of power, prestige, or even competence, they got there because of identity politics and not their own merit, is directly bigoted, not even concealed by the first or second degree. The corollary, of course, is that you can only trust white men to do these important jobs correctly.

Most of the people I'm around are not rich by any means, but they are not living paycheck to paycheck. Rising cost of living is worrying, but manageable. They can afford to pay even the littlest bit of attention or concern, but they don't. Because then they would have to admit that things are collapsing around them week by week, and that's too frightening for them.

Frankly I'm tired of justifying the behavior of the average American with infantilizations like we are some lower form of life without sapience. At some point we have to own up to it, even if it's painful, even if all we have is ignorance, cowardice, and apathy.

As George Carlin said, selfish ignorant people elect selfish ignorant leaders.

Personally, talking to anyone about politics here is unnerving. Most people are in this fog where current events are only an ephemeral storyline that they tune into periodically like it's a TV drama. Never a big deal, never anything that could affect them or those they care for. It's a position of privilege, frankly. Maybe some of them are just that dumb. I think a lot of people, though, are scared, either of their ignorance or their powerlessness, so they simply avoid being involved or educated out of discomfort. That's probably the nicest interpretation I have for my countrymen's behavior.

Otherwise you are spot on. The uniquely tasteless brand of brash American chauvinism that we were globally lampooned for during the Invasion of Iraq has metastasized. We are long overdue for being knocked down a peg. I wish I could say the fallout from this painful reckoning would stay within our borders, but it most likely won't. We have a very uncertain year ahead of us, let alone the next five years.

I could keep this joke going, but I'll instead say that you're forgetting about the broad daylight assassination of UHS CEO Brian Thompson, where the shooter used a suppressed pistol. Sure, it's one incident. But frankly, with the current political climate and perhaps the coming economic climate driving people to desperation...I would not be surprised if we see copycats.

Yes, it appears that the shooter used a 3D printed suppressor and glock frame. That is not a good excuse to deregulate factory suppressors. Saying that there is no tactical value in the signature reduction suppressors give is disingenuous.