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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 week ago (5 children)

These sanctions are designed to weaken the US. Voting an obvious foreign intelligence asset into power is really the greatest self own in history.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's clear at this point that Trump and Musk's strategies are beyond shortsighted. Now it's in our face—it will harm America's long-term stability, both militarily and economically. Trump's directives to undermine economic growth with his tariffs, dismantling trade ties with Canada and threatening our neighbors with more pain unless it becomes a fifty-first state, cozying up to our adversaries and idolizing dictators, abandoning science, health, and services while worsening food shortages and increasing food costs—America is going to be far from 'great.' Their focus on redirecting resources, like California's water, shows a lack of care for environmental and social issues; drilling for liquid gold isn't going to bring affordable food to the table. And this isn't the half of it.

Appointing people with controversial backgrounds to key positions will weaken and suffocate important institutions. Elon Musk and his army of sycophants have now reportedly taken over the inner workings of multiple government agencies, including the Office of Personnel Management, the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration. Trillions of dollars in the hands of an unelected billionaire—the ripples of these moronic decisions will ripple around the world, something has to give.

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

Honestly why bother with the wall of text at this point? It took them less than a month to set up the first concentration camp. They are speed running fascist tyranny and we are cooked.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah you have a point, I think I just needed to write it all out in an attempt to purge some frustration.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I don't know, they might just be high on Atlas Shrugged. You know, never attribute to conspiracy that which can be explained by stupidity.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

No doubt they are intended to cleave the U.S.A.’s greatest asset from it. Our allies and the rules based global order. Russia and China can not defeat it.

But they can defeat a weakened isolated USA. Or better yet they can establish their own regional hegemony when the USA that has no further interest in foreign intervention.

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

It certainly feels like that, but "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

It can absolutely not be adequately explained by stupidity and all these people have demonstrated their maliciousness time and time again.