• HungryJerboa@lemmy.ca
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    16 days ago

    Don’t look up.

    Wall to wall moaning is nothing compared to the incoming shit storm of the next 4 years.

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      16 days 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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        16 days 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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        15 days 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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          16 days ago

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

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              14 days 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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                  14 days 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.

                  • goat@sh.itjust.works
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                    13 days ago

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

                    Only with unilateral approval from Congress.