• Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    I’m not even in the same hemisphere as the US, I’ll be watching with a mixture of fascination and horror.

    Good luck though!

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      1 month ago

      Oh trust me, the watching with a mixture of fascination and horror is coming from inside the states too.

      I wish you good luck as well. I hear the US is known to fuck around with other countries occasionally. (And that’s not supposed to sound threatening - it’s just a recognition that we fuck with other countries even during “good” administrations, never mind when we have a dictator-loving wannabe in the office)

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      1 month ago

      Yeah, great fun watching the planet we all share start boiling and ruining the future not just for our own species but for millions of others.

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        1 month ago

        Privilege for you to type that. For others, like Ukrainians, the consequences are much worse.

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            1 month ago

            The country with the biggest military of the world, who they have received a lot of support from, just elected a president that supports the dictatorship committing crimes against humanity in their country. Do you not see how that is problematic?

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                1 month ago

                First: The commander-in-chief doesn’t control the military?

                Second: Even if he didn’t, how would that matter for Ukraine? Removing both their support and the sanctions on Russia would still hurt them a lot.

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                  1 month ago

                  First: The commander-in-chief doesn’t control the military?

                  Only with unilateral approval from Congress.

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                    1 month ago

                    Both houses of which are under Republican control. So you’re only going to argue details instead of actually responding to the content?