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[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 week ago (6 children)

American here:

I would like for the civilized world to do a full trade embargo on the US. I want the economy to nosedive so hard that either the GOP votes to remove the motherfucker from office, or get crushed in the biggest electoral landslide in history in 2026.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

the unfortunate thing here, is that the US and the USD is so integral to global trade, that we would probably experience a global economic downturn similar to that of the great depression.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That's happening either way, my dude.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

depends on how stupid the admin is. It shouldn't happen. But we're moving a lot further towards it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They're a perfect mix of people that are stupid, evil, and greedy that will absolutely devastate the global economy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

yes but i'm hoping that someone will knock some sense into them, somewhere along the line, ruining an economy is a good way to get yourself killed, as the leader of a country.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

The only problem with accelerationism, is that sometimes it accelerates in a direction we didn't expect or want.

It's very possible that whatever terrible consequences befall our political body have been planned well in advance by people smarter than us, or those in the cameras, and this whole thing is the groundwork for actually seizing and abolishing democracy.

Best case, we depose a wanna-be despot because things go to shit.

More likely case: we get both concentration camps AND a dictator.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

It’s very possible that whatever terrible consequences befall our political body have been planned well in advance by people smarter than us, or those in the cameras, and this whole thing is the groundwork for actually seizing and abolishing democracy.

grade A cope

this is some sector C level copium right here

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't think you know what that word means, but it's okay, even if you're illiterate that just puts you in the lower 25-fucking-percentile in the nation.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

that's unfortunate for you, since i am probably more educated than half the people on this site.

Including you, call me when the NWO doesn't take over the government and the US just collapses (or doesn't, which is much more likely)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I genuinely have no idea what you're babbling about mister "I'm smarter than half the people here" big shot super important dude.

It's wild how the people who are most eager to profess their own intellect are always the ones who can't communicate worth shit and are completely ruled by reactionary responses and surging emotions. Again, it's ok. You fit right in with most American median voters. Pull up a chair and take a number. All the numbers are #1 so you feel important and special just like everyone else.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I genuinely have no idea what you’re babbling about mister “I’m smarter than half the people here” big shot super important dude.

i know, unfortunate that the illiterate retard (me) on the site is smarter than like 50% of the user base, truly some trying times we live in.

It’s wild how the people who are most eager to profess their own intellect are always the ones who can’t communicate worth shit and are completely ruled by reactionary responses and surging emotions.

i'm so mad rn lil bro, you couldn't even perceive how angry i am right now, no cap, fr fr.

Again, it’s ok. You fit right in with most American median voters.

the american median voter has an overwhelmingly overlap with people being ok with donald trump. So.

Pull up a chair and take a number. All the numbers are #1 so you feel important and special just like everyone else.

so true, we stopped past that number, just didn't need anything else, binary ftw.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As a Canadian, it really really sucks that we have to hurt our friends to help them, or you'll hurt us all worse. It really sucks that you, personally, had to say those things too, but it's also brave, and makes me hopeful that we can get through this.

[–] Pyr_Pressure 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Another Canadian with the same sentiment.

I feel like the sane world needs to make a global Alliance where if America tarriffs any country in the membership, everyone else responds with similar tarriffs.

America needs to learn that it isn't alone in the world and it can't survive in its current state without friends.

Poor Columbia having to give in to America's demands over coffee, if they had an alliance with other countries maybe they could have said fuck you Trump.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

German here, I stand with the same statement the from the guy above me that referred to the guy more above.

Anyways - In the first tariff "war" trump unleashed in after 2016 we tried to tariff stuff from the US, but since we don't import a lot of things from the US, we only had tariffs on Whisky and Jeans (I'm not even joking, this happened).

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That is probably the most effective thing that could happen. But if they won't do it to Israel for committing genocide then I doubt they'd do it for it's political doppelgänger.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

I think it's more likely they'll go after us than go after Israel, because the world doesn't have centuries or millenia of anti American bigotry stored up that in a twisted fashion leads them to let the Israeli government do whatever it wants to poor Muslims as long as that means there's a Jewish state.

What complicates matters is all the military power we have and the certainty most people have that Trump would order it to attack anyone who embargoes us.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The world has that option. Come to think of it, it's pretty pitiful they haven't the humanity to stand up to this monster looming across the sea.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

I'm almost as disappointed in the rest of the world not standing up to the USA as I am disappointed in my fellow citizens' abdication of social and civic responsibility, common decency, and basic humanity.