Trump has already stated he is imposing 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, in direct violation of an agreement he himself set up during his first term. On top of that, he's already threatened the invasion of at least four allied nations. He is showing the world that he has no intention of honoring anything he says, nor respect for any existing relationships with other countries.

Sanctions only work if other nations cooperate. Why would anyone choose to cooperate with someone like this? Trump is acting like the whole world should bow down to him, while the world is laughing in his face.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

We aren't laughing. My wife and I sat down with our in-laws the other day and had very serious conversations about watching the rise of fascism, and wondering if our country would go the same way.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Yup, especially when we're all being bombarded by the same propaganda in the places that we meet online and spend a considerable amount of time in, we're all in this together. I've seen the discourse about the USA and the culture wars over the last decade in my own country. And from what I've gathered through my years of lurking is that shit is darkening the skies and affecting everyone from the UK to Sweden to Australia.

And as far as I can tell, all of our governments have been mostly happy to sit back and watch everything slide into enshittification and misinformation and ruin. Like they all thought the fight was won and the job was done and they could just spend the rest of their lives collecting bloated paychecks and sleeping in parliament. Even Australia's recent effort to curb social media for children is too little too late I fear.

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