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One question is if there is something needed on Amazon is it the lesser evil to go get it from aliexpress instead cutting out the middleman and going direct from what is most likely from China anyways?

Sentiments of "most" Americans matters as much as "most" Russians. Useless equivalent of thoughts and prayers when it doesn't stop the people in charge.

America is pro Russian anti Europe. This charade of pretending like the US isn't is a waste of time.

Can it be called a minority when more people voted for trump? And can't just assume people who didn't vote wouldn't support him.

Bigger question is how many Americans not in the military would willingly sign up to fight against Canada, and what would happen if there started being drafts. Even supporters of wars turn out to be cowards when they or their children are actually forced to participate.

So that is likely the scenario that would turn trump supporters against the US and lead to inner conflict and unify both sides of the political spectrum.

Hopefully Canada jumps at this too and tries to recruit these former government employees. It'd be too good a chance to miss out on with them sharing the border with a very hostile country.

That assumes most Americans are against what Trump is doing which is not the case based on election results. And unlike the civil war for slavery its not like opposing sides are neatly divided by regions this time around either.

It's more like a random mixture of differing sides living side by side, so rage against the machine would end up looking more like neighbors carrying out reenacting their favorite moments from the Purge movies and just what looks like indiscriminate mass murder between civilians. Not even state vs state.

US assurance means as much as Russian assurance anyways, and US is known to go back on deals they themselves proposed and signed like what they are doing to Canada. So if the US isn't even making a good faith attempt at a deal they likely wouldn't stick to in order to protect Ukraine it just shows how corrupt negotions were from the start.

I pay for email so I'd be fine paying for a version of Firefox that is stripped of AI and other shit to support them.

I couldn't even make it through a minute without rage building up and had to turn off the video. That he could sit there and put up with that ridiculous circus without getting up and leaving or punching them in the face is amazing. I could not do that. I'm pissed off again writing this and being reminded of the short video I watched.

Before completely cutting off ties from the US showing the public attempts had been made for diplomacy and providing evidence of what a bad actor US has become is important.

Showing is way more impactful and supports moves made afterwards than just making claims and cutting ties.

So not completely pointless, since the public needs to be able to come to the conclusion themselves first before drastic foreign relation changes can be made.

Brings up memories of the South Park episode of the CIA or FBI where the boys found out the organization was trying to project themselves to be more powerful than they actually are, and intentionally wanting people to believe scary rumors about them.

He could eat a baby in front of them and they'd go from being shocked to figuring out how it was justified. I don't think anything can shatter the hold he has over his cult followers at this point.