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  • Here are a few things to keep you hopeful despite how awful it has gotten:

    • The trends are not in favour of the G7 or NATO, at best they can delay the inevitable.
    • Turkiye is increasingly asserting itself. To think there was a time when it wasn't even allowed to make ammunition. See: TAI TF Kaan.
    • Yemen forced the US into a ceasefire.
    • Russia surmounted what was supposed to be unsurmountable sanctions, its economy has out grown the US's and the UK's in 2024.
    • More science and technology research is happening outside of the US, specifically in China.
    • Israel has never been more unhinged and honest about its intentions. In the past they would deny the Nakba, now they openly call for a Second Nakba. In the past they would claim that all they want is to live in peace and to defend themselves from threats, now they are openly threatening Qatar and Egypt.
    • The US and Israel are acting violently and irrationally -regardless of party- because they know they are running out of time.

    Of course none of this make the genocide in Gaza anymore bearable, and it is depressing that the world is watching and no one is trying to stop it. But the system -rule based order- that allows it is being weakened even if at a slower pace than we would like.

  • I have been feeling the same and been constantly sad for a while. Over the past 2 years things played worse than I expected. The only upside for me was that Iran survived the last onslaught and inflicted pain the Zionists aren't accustomed to. On a personal level I am doing great, but I feel guilty, hopeless and helpless to the state of the world around me. Just going on with my daily life as nothing is happening when things are not fine at all.

    That said, I'm still hopeful. Maybe the liberal are right for once and Trump will destroy the USA.

  • I have seen Arab Christians go through additional screening upon entry to the US despite their obvious Arabic Christian names and the crosses they are wearing. Hatred of Islam is still widely acceptable in the West and they use that to hate on all peoples from south and east of the Mediterranean even those who aren't Muslim. Otherwise they will have to admit that they are just racist, which many sometimes can obviously be, see how Sub-Saharan Christians are treated in Europe.

  • The USSR wasn't perfect and there were some mistakes that they have done, such as supporting Israel early on. But one lasting good thing it did was help People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) develop their missile program. We are seeing the lasting legacies of this now.

    An interesting source on this: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP06T00412R000200350001-0.pdf

  • Yes, I am not overly concerned. As I see it with enough cheap energy and technology, it is a livable problem, if only the entire region had peace and stable governments. Some cities in the more prosperous countries have outdoor air conditioning, and what luck cooling is a more efficient process than heating. I personally hope we develop nuclear energy and use outdoor air conditioning in all cities.

  • If they are Chinese then the liberals can’t blame them for not voting for them.

    They don’t realize that they are destroying their credibility and are doubling down on the most gullible of voters who believe their increasingly absurd narrative

  • I am from a country where the pictures of the dear leader are plastered everywhere. The vast majority of us despite “Nationalism” being a subject we are taught in school wouldn’t take a bullet for the dear leader. We will fight for our country but not the monarch. I expect true-believer monarchists to be less than 1% of the population. Most people won’t rise up to keep the peace and stability not because they are infinitely loyal.

    I have no reason to think it is any different elsewhere. People will stand by the leader to defend their country and maintain the peace and stability but not out of blind love or devotion.