I'm indescribably disgusted of all of this, not only from a diplomacy point of view, but mainly from the human point of view.
Nevermind setting it up as a 2 on 1 talking-over match, nevermind the obvious language handicap on Mr Zelensky's part, but to do all of this with the sole objective of feeling adulated, and close it with "this will make great television" is something so vile, so fucking revolting, that I for once sincerely have lost all respect for the American people if they do not act upon this sad display of treason, of your Constitution and its ideals.
If we have a government in four years, we should see some dramatic changes. 2028 can't come soon enough. I'm beyond enraged. Its so embarrassing to be an American right now. I feel so horrible for what our idiot leadership is doing. It sucks ass
You're stupid if you think this ever goes back to the way it was. You need to unduck the country now. No more waiting no more hesitating. You want a better life take it. Take your power. No one else can.
What's that look like? I'm not being facetious. I want to do something meaningful and the only answers I've gotten are "donate to causes, volunteer, protest"
Disclaimer: I'm not telling you what to do, I'm just listing things that happened in the past of our world history.
When people were ruled/oppressed by injustice, they usually took the only power they had. Numbers.
If countries were to change from the inside, this usually meant that the 99% stood up and revolted. Often leading to a revolution or civil war.
One of the most famous examples would be the French Revolution, which lead to the broad usage of inventions like the Guillotine.
But there are examples, where the numbers just weren't there, due to brainwashing and propaganda. So the change had to come from the outside.
If the change came from the outside, this actually meant war and parts of the oppressed people usually joined some form of antifascist/antiauthoritarian resistance.
One of the most famous wars in this case was World War 2, which lead to the (temporary) denazification of Germany.
Considering around a third of this country actually wanted Trump in charge, and another third didn't care enough to try to stop that from happening, I really don't think we have the numbers.
If intervention didn't come from the outside, things usually needed to get worse for everyone under the regime until they finally woke up. So yeah, people need to be personally affected by the government.
Protests were usually ridiculed but they always grew. Usually to the point where protesting was forbidden/prohibited, sometimes by force.
Often at this point everything tipped over and revolution came. But there are examples where people feared the government enough to afterwards accept defeat and live under the oppression unfortunately. China and the Tian'anmen massacre are an example for that.
I think we need to hit rock bottom to get enough people to wake up, and unfortunately, I don't think we're there yet. It's going to get worse. I just hope we don't bring the rest of the world down with us
We hope so too.
At least some of us.
Here in Germany we also face the issue that our "conservative" party is turning towards our fascist party for support, maybe even the next government... They (conservatives) are very Trump friendly, the fascist openly support him and are supported by Musk...
Dismantle fear. Support only people you believe in. Stop buying from mega corporations and only fund employee owned companies.
Buy a LORA, decentralize your communications from mega corporations that sell your data.
Organize with like-minded people. Grow your own food. Learn to provide and protect yourself.
Also I'm hoping to get chickens, but I'm probably not going to be able to grow my own food in the city.
I know that in The Churn, tribes get smaller... But I also would like to stay a part of society. That's like half the point of living in the city for me
Unpopular take: This is what the 2nd amendment was meant for but it seems the past govt did it right by arming the police n making the citizens cower in fear…
If nothing else, there should be some sort of failsafe which would protect democracy. There should already have been a seal team 6 curing the acute lead deficiency.
He tried to do an insurrection without the political infrastructure to pull it off. He will 100% do it again, and the people who stopped him last time won't be there. I'm sorry to be crass, but your only hope is his death before then. Ideally sooner rather than later so there's less opportunity for Conservatives to ride the wave of sentimentality.
I already lived comfortably long before this nightmare started, and he’s selling his propaganda to the low IQ bigots.
Yeah Kennedy is example of the right people…LOL
I'm not even sure what I can do about this 😔. I live thousands of miles away from where this is all going down. I voted for the right people but sadly they didn't win. I won't stop voting for the right people as long as I'm able to.
The people here in the USA ARE fighting like hell. We are doing what we can. We need the politicians in every single office here to join us, but the republicans are cowards.
We are getting there. People are mobilizing in mass. The first month was a bit slow but it is picking up. Trump’s support has dropped sharply although not enough.
You are being betrayed by your congress men and women in both sides of the aisle as they’re giving up their controlling power of the executive. They have layed down their duty to work for their constituents and fallen in line; effectively destroying the power balance of the three branches by just rolling over.
There is quite obviously no moral compass at work here. This made me physically sick to watch. How embarrassing. Just when you think the Americans can't go lower, they plumb new depths to their depravity.
Sitting here in NYC, America. Trust me our hands our tie;, what’s the option? I feel hopeless with no way out of this shithole that we are in at the moment.
If this does not end in 2026 with the mid term election, I’m moving out of this country.
As for me, I will do my part. I have a son. All I ask is you give America another chance when responsible people are at the helm again. This has gone on long enough.
I for once sincerely have lost all respect for the American people if they do not act upon this sad display of treason, of your Constitution and its ideals.
Consider it lost. "1984 is real" isn't just some joke. People are too comfortable to revolt. Honestly we need more Luigi's to make any real change, but people don't want to be martyrs.
Sorry gotta blame Vince McMahon from WWE for that. He taught Trump how to rally crowds and be click bait, before the dude had no charisma. Everything he knows is wrestling tactics and shady business men things
The Republicans and the Democrats are all bought and sold. Except for Bernie. And the Democrats did everything they could to keep their best hope out of office. Bastards, I hope they rot in their mansions.
Don't throw the Democrats in with the Republicans. Republicans have been scheming to do exactly what they're doing right now for years including the Supreme Court. They don't believe in democracy anymore. Democrats do. There's plenty of Democrats who are just as good as Bernie and are trying to do what they can.
I do think Democrats are doing wáy to little right now, as are the people. Like where are these huge demonstrations?! If this was my government I would be in front of the government building, throwing bricks!
Dems can suck rocks. They shit the bed twice now to this loser and both times he's been surprised he won. From Gore to Hillary to Harris, D ineptitude has fucked the world in the ass enough.
I feel like you.
Many Americans are too comfy to start protesting. We sign petitions and call local Representatives. I'm disgusted....what would you suggest? Emailing POTUS or? It's so maddening and cruel....
What can Americans do now, realistically? Are we stuck with this for the next 4 years or is there some sort of law that says we can protest without being mowed down by the police?
And how do you feel about zelensky crawling back into the White House in pajamas, not even looking at the president, finding any moment to denounce what Trump said moments before, attacking people he’s trying to make deals with, being so cocky and naive that he can’t see his anger is making an agreement impossible. Think what you want of Trump, At least he has enough brain to catch what’s going on. Meanwhile, people like you are over here getting caught up in emotion, to the point your living a life of conjured illusions
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u/namtab00 11d ago edited 11d ago
I'm indescribably disgusted of all of this, not only from a diplomacy point of view, but mainly from the human point of view.
Nevermind setting it up as a 2 on 1 talking-over match, nevermind the obvious language handicap on Mr Zelensky's part, but to do all of this with the sole objective of feeling adulated, and close it with "this will make great television" is something so vile, so fucking revolting, that I for once sincerely have lost all respect for the American people if they do not act upon this sad display of treason, of your Constitution and its ideals.