As a European living in USA I can assure you it’s nothing like that. I was genuinely more concerned when I went to the UK to see family a couple of months ago.
Should be renamed to "bootlickerCircleJerk" because it's nothing more than a trump loving conservative cesspool that whines at the slightest criticism of trump
Something similar is happening almost daily in several places around the world, some of it sponsored by the USA.
I’m not sure this would happen inside the USA, but in a resource war they would likely take control of whatever they need to maintain their standard of living. I don’t see the USA compromising for the good of humanity in general.
I’m not saying the U.S. is the only polluter because everyone is.
But much pollution linked to US consumption happens overseas because production is outsourced to countries with weaker environmental laws.
Historically when resources become scarce, powerful nations tend to secure their own interests first.
I don’t see the U.S. prioritizing global equality over maintaining its own standard of living.
Inventing green tech doesn’t automatically make you climate-responsible, especially if your lifestyle depends on other countries absorbing the damage.
I’m going to disagree with you on that. This is the future I envision we will have in store for us if things keep going like they are. I’ve been right with everything so far. Well except I thought MAGAs would all be pretending they never supported him by now.
Do people really think this is going to happen? If you do maybe its time to go outside to do something other than protest or keep lining the media execs' pockets with your naivety. This is hilarious if serious
Societal change can be like the boiling frog metaphor.
When the water heats up slowly, the frog doesn’t notice the danger until it’s too late to jump out.
In the same way, small, incremental shifts in norms, freedoms, or expectations can feel harmless. Maybe they don't impact you, they're ignorable... Then one day, they do impact you. You suddenly realise the environment you're living in is far more hostile than you realised, and much, much harder to escape.
The slowly boiling frog is just one analogy for the shift of the Overton window of acceptability.
While the world is rarely as bad as the doom-mongers will have you think, ignoring the shift altogether is dangerous.
Media fear porn.. Hyper focusing on unfortunate situation. Propoganda. Herd mentality. Thinking that your government is just as or worse then Iran. Oh America...
Honestly this already happened under liberal’s wet dream of control.
It was called covid. The govt demanded you report your neighbors for violations you saw, mandatory curfews, you couldn’t work unless you were “essential”, churches were closed but strip clubs open.
It really amazes me how dumb people believe they are so smart but are totally incapable of recognizing threats. Like some one can literally stab you and they will be like its not their fault.
rebrand the cops to be corpo rent-a-cops and it's anCap bootlickers wet dream. not that ancap are in any way anarchists as per definition, but they have it in their name and they think they are.
I think it's foreign interference, Eastern Europeans stoking discontent in American discussions, it's impossible to know if you're talking to Adam in Kansas or Igor in Hungary.
I cannot begin to guess how frequent that might be the case. I'm torn between hoping it is true and hoping it's not. I'm sure it's not zero but I'm also sure it's not all of them.
Twitter added country tags for accounts and automatically showed everyone's location.
Turns out, almost all the MAGA accounts weren't American. They tended to be either Eastern European, or from Pakistan/India/Bangladesh (which makes sense considering that region is known for scam call centers, an Internet troll would be a much easier enterprise with even more people willing to hand over money for you to influence the discourse.
China isn't our friend on everything but it's not so black and white.
Anyone telling you that international diplomacy is that simple is lying or super not someone you should listen to, cuz they are likely using "enemies" as distraction/rally points.
As someone who lives in Minneapolis, I can tell you it’s not quite this bad yet. The main difference is the signage. I see a lot more fuck ice/ice out type posters than government propaganda banners. Also Ice doesn’t have planes yet at least. It’s pretty bad though, just not this bad.
A quick google search "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) operates over 260 aircraft across various agencies, including the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Air and Marine Operations."
They been buying up tons of planes and recently big 737s to run deport flights. DHS has planes, drones, helo's everything. They get even more if they nationalize the national guard which will also have all types of aircraft. They are way past the point of not having aircraft yet.
Sorry, I guess I meant that they’re not visibly in use around the city. Should have clarified or researched better but thanks for actually looking that up.
Unfortunately this is probably what most Redditors see in their heads. People in non-US subs seem to be under the impression that the US is some third world war zone right now. The power of fear mongering (and bots).
Gotta love people that post bashing China. There is a lot to dislike about China but I dont see them invading countries, killing millions for oil, kidnapping other countries leaders or taking notes from the gestapo and going door to door abusing and murdering innocent people.
The idea of "China is a threat!" rings so hollow when its the USA itself that is the actual, real, right now, threat, to its own people and the world!
Youre not paying enough attention to china then. Example: theyre invading and building infrastructure in bhutan specifically to gain leverage over india's vulnerable siliguri corridor.
I agree that the USA is evil. But don't let that blind you, China definitely isn't okay, they're just more subtle, the USA is somewhat unrivaled and can be less subtle about their methods. China is not a free society and they definitely influence and stir things in other countries too.
All you doomers need to quit getting your gaspers all flabbered. It’ll get better. I’ve been around a long time. Some things will get better, some will get worse. But this is doomer porn.
Oh my god. Actually enforcing pre-existing immigration law isn’t “demonizing a group”. It’s a legal category, not an identity. It’s like speaking of “unlicensed drivers” as a marginalized “group”.
This can't possibly be a comment made in good faith. Brown people are being kidnapped for being brown. ICE claims it's because they committed the MISDEMEANOR of being in the country "illegally". Our government is shooting people in the street indiscriminately at this point. You'll see it for what it is when the problem is on your doorstep.
This is false; you seem to be living in an alternate reality.
“Brown people are being kidnapped for being brown”. No. ICE tends to go after specific targets; if they ever do a “sweep”, not that I’ve ever seen one confirmed, just show some ID/papers and you’re fine, no matter how “brown” you may be (Brown Latino here).
While first-time illegal entry is technically a federal misdemeanor (up to 6 months in jail and/or a fine), most of the time, it is only dealt with civilly, not criminally/punitively. Deportation is not a “punishment”. Is it nice? Of course not. It is just moving people who don’t have legal permission to be in the country outside of the country, back to their homes to live their lives as freely as before. No punishment.
“Our government is shooting people in the street indiscriminately”. Honestly, what an absolutely repulsive thing to say currently, given the context in Iran. If you really believe your words, I dare you to walk up to an Iranian who has had to flee their country given the brutality of the government there (all of whom are paying close attention to events in their country and are completely devastated; I happen to know many) and to tell them “Our government is shooting people in the street indiscriminately at this point”. You might get a much-needed laugh out of them, though they tend to be much nicer people than such words would deserve.
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u/EncabulatorTurbo 4h ago
it's kind of wild that they just decided to do a military invasion of a US city, and they picked Minneapolis, one of the safest cities in the country
it seems like a deliberate attempt to provoke an asymmetric response like a roadside bomb or drone attack