• @TommySoda@lemmy.world
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    1546 days ago

    Jesus fucking Christ. The fact that he is getting away with so much bullshit based solely on the fear that he might do something is absolutely infuriating. Like, I get it. I understand that it’s a complicated issue and these people caving to him are trying desperately to appease him to save their own countries or themselves. But this man, and whoever is backing him and possibly pulling the strings, is purposefully destroying society for more money and power. So much shit going backwards because less than 1% of the 8 billion of people on the entire fucking planet felt like they didn’t have enough.

    And at the end of the day, when everyone is done appeasing a madman, what will be left? What kind of world will we create as we bend the knee to the man that wants us all to suffer? If you appease the madman to save yourself, the only thing you will get in return is a life of fear in a madman’s world.

    • @Paragone@lemmy.world
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      13 days ago

      Hear hear!!

      ( that is parliamentary-speak for “Absolutely Right!”, just in case anybody reading didn’t grow up in a parliamentary town : )

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      • @thelivefive@startrek.website
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        5 days ago

        Oligarchic authoritarianism has been on the rise worldwide for the last 20 years at least and people go on about Trump like he’s the cause not a symptom. He’s about to be dead and these dumbasses will sit around wondering why everything isn’t better now that bad man gone.

    • @jimjam5@lemmy.world
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      86 days ago

      He can get fucked by a huge pine cone. He and those that back him are enemies of humanity at this point, willfully choosing to be cruel and sacrificing lives for money and power.

    • @realitista@lemmy.world
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      25 days ago

      With or without Trump, I don’t think Europe has a choice at this point. Yes, if they US held up their part against Russia, Europe would have to spend less. That’s the one area where Trump screwed Europe, but that being the case, Europe needs to spend this much on defense. Trump can just be a convenient excuse.

      • fantoozie
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        05 days ago

        Now the question is: will they demilitarize if/when the threat dissipates? Methinks the EU is repeating the fatal appeasement strategy of the 1930s.

        • @realitista@lemmy.world
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          15 days ago

          I hope so. Though I think the only way the threat from Russia goes away is if it’s broken up into smaller states which is unlikely.

    • @JigglySackles@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      The part that really gets me with this bending the knee shit is that he can have a dementia fit the day after they cut funding for their programs and they’ll be in the same spot.