in4apenny @ in4apenny @lemmy.dbzer0.com

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More tarriffs will surely help Americas recession.

So do your witty remarks on Lemmy, that'll really show the billionaires! Now go back to work, obedient American.

A human being. Why would I be anything less?

I'd rather the Americans did it rather than making others do their work for them as usual.

Then perhaps we should be so ruthless against that sort of practice, that it just doesn't look worth the gamble. Yes I agree, we need to get to the root source, but the billionaires are standing in the way of that arent they. Once upon a time they used to call social programs and such "Riot Tax" so we don't go after them, but we've clearly proven we don't even need a "riot tax" since we've proven to them we won't brutally deal with them in the most humiliating and painfully scary way possible. They're not worried about maintaining their social code because we're not giving them the appropriate consequences, so yes, as long as we don't sufficiently scare them another billionaire will take a crack at it.

It's a strange tactic coming from someone who supports Israel, where "human shield" is used as justification to destroy said shield along with the target.

Perhaps if we made a strong enough example of him it'll make other billionaires think twice. The De Witt Brothers come to mind, tell them "It's either this or 92% wealth tax on assets, you pick."

They're MAGA Gestapo, it should be in the countries interest in national security to shoot them on sight (but alas, shooting Nazis is illegal now.)

I wonder why he always brings his toddler kid to public gatherings...

"But if I lick boot hard enough maybe one day I'll get to be an owner and control them!"

"Elon Didn't Kill Himself"

That's why we need to stop relying on idols and figureheads. I dont even necessarily think we need to organize, but to act as individuals capable of operating independently from central leadership. Most of us have the same goal, after all. It's just most of us are still too comfortable or afraid to do anything, and that's because we invested too much in leaders or orgs that we watch get assassinated and destroyed. But they can't get all of us, especially if we act independently, and soon.

Probably to hide the decades of evidence of US foreign interference and deliberate instability they helped create or facilitate. Do the CIA, NSA, and Pentagon next plz.

Is Elon so mad that he wasn't in the game Cyberpunk 2077 but Grimes was, and wants to spitefully create his own Night City and Arasaka tower in real life to have his little fantasy?

Isn't this sorta how the Corporate Wars started in the Cyberpunk universe?

China is still an immoral authoritarian state, and the EU should definetly not overdo any possible deals with them, as not to get dependant on yet another bully.

Unfortunately I feel like this is unavoidable, but isn't China a lesser evil? I mean instead of doing what USA is doing by foreign meddling and destabilizing for profit, China is actually making proactive relations to help build up countries (for profit) rather than exploit them, China Africa relations for instance. I also think the China Africa relations is a huge factor that isn't considered enough, as China certainly offers a better deal for Africa than America or Russia's Wagner gold-mine psychos are offering. USA and Russia appear to be in the business of isolating themselves and will suffer for it like every country in history does. Iran and North Korea could be placated by better trade agreements that could be facilitated by China. Africa is rising fast, thanks to China's help. China's rising fast, and are building more positive relations than negative. Even their politics and social progressiveness is becoming less authoritarian, and is currently a more progressive place than America is. Europe has a better chance of being more progressive under China than it has been under America. Again, I agree that China isn't ideal and is certainly a bully, they just simply offer a better deal.

The cheeto man may still straight up team up with his russian overlords and try to screw us in the butts. However, if we play the cards right, stay united, and keep russian-funded politicians away from our parliments, we just might come up on top.

100% agree, but in our current reality of being a global digital village Europe can't just unite amongst themselves to be part of the future, they have to make relations with everyone. The geopolitical landscape is moving at breakneck speeds right now, it's fascinating to watch, mostly because now more than ever it looks like anything is possible (for better or for worse.) If I were to think about what's in Europe, China, Middle East, and Global South's best interests are is to unite in a way that was previously impossible due to America Russia tensions. Whether it be a new Russia/USA Axis, an isolated USA and/or Russia, or both (which I believe without confidence is happening just looks that way) it is in everyones best interest to create a new global partnership without USA and Russia, at the expense of USA and Russia.

I'm likely not well informed enough to know for sure, but from what I've been gathering is that China Russia relations are more or less based on weapons deals while otherwise remaining neutral and shakey at best. As in they're sort of "fair weather friends" but I think China has a better future in weapons deals with a United Europe and a collapsing USA and Russia Vs. a future with a collapsing Russia and the likes of Iran or Hungary (Turkey is NATO btw). China certainly wouldn't approach Europe with a deal, but rather I feel like China is in the position to choose between deals that are coming to them, and while China is certainly not an ideal Big Daddy I feel like they'd do a better job at overseeing more peaceful relations with themselves on top instead of America. Iran and North Korea would get a better deal out of it too than this new Axis of Evil you're proposing. Everyone just wants USA to collapse so they can get on with their countries without USA's meddling interference schemes and paying dues to Uncle Sam, that alone would placate a lot of these "Evil Countries" to be more willing and able to be less "evil". It's not a solution but it's progress.

AGAIN i'm most likely wrong, would like to be enlightened further if anyones got some good reads/vids for me.

Am I the only one that's not worried about the future? As a non-American I mean, it feels like we're about to have more global unity and prosperity entirely at the expense of America, whereby it'll become the futures new "No Man's Land" of proxy-wars, weapons testing, and religious fundamentalism to satiate the MIC while everywhere else gets to make new trade partnerships and are free to explore more political possibilities without having to pay their dues to Uncle Sam.

Maybe i'm being too optimistic, but it sorta feels like the winds are blowing towards a new global alliance of Europe and NATO teaming up with China, purposefully excluding and at the expense of Russia and USA. Feels like the Cold War superpowers have both lost, Russia successfully defeating USA but not without collapsing themselves too. Almost as though this war in Ukraine was just part of the mechanism to collapse the USA/EU Atlantic alliance, and the war can only be over once Russia and USA are through.

NRA? You mean the gun organization funded by the Russians? No doubt the Russians would want to keep an open flow of weapons to militias and extremist groups, like America did to the Middle East. Not only is it an effective way to destabilize things, but it creates a channel for arms dealers/manufacturers to make a fortune from the proxy-war hellscape that the country will descend into. What happened to the Middle East from circa 1970-present is what's about to happen to the United States... From a model society to a bombed out ruins sprawling with militants.

But hey, at least a few people stand to profit. Not like Americans can't see this coming and still have the ability to stop it...