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[–] MrPoletki@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago

What he wants to do, is fuck the fuck off.

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago

How... kind of him... always nice to see the richest man in the world having fuck all to do but shitpost.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

So between this and trumps statements on Canada are we getting the commonwealth back together? I could go for another burning down of a white house.

[–] GroundedGator@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago
[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 3 points 3 months ago
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Excited to see Elon Musk start paling around with King Charlies and talking about a return to Absolute Monarchy in a few weeks.

[–] uebquauntbez@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Yay, no X in the UK soon! UK will so be liberated.

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 11 points 3 months ago

I want to liberate Musk's body from his oppressive brain.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Given his role in the upcoming cabinet, it's no doubt going to be very cost-efficient and won't increase the size of either government.

Maybe NHS will make profit for the first time!

[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Yawn been there, done that. Let's set our sights to the future of America, not on assimilating the losers.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah, invade it and add it back to the EU as a vassal state, undo that Brexit.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

third grade troll

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 19 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Imagine that! Wannabe dictator asking whether or not they should invade a sovereign country! He's truly a good person because he asked his people if they should invade instead of flat out invading!

/s

[–] MrPoletki@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago

see, he is better than putin!

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm also positive that the pole was representative of the US population as a whole and not just his idiot supporters.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago

i can personally guarantee that none of the votes were artificial or meddl-

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[–] isles@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

And we can trust the reliability of the data, given the sterling reputation of Twitter and Musk himself, of course.

[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 13 points 3 months ago

I’m a Dane living in the UK. This is beginner level Trump/musk idiocy. Denmark is currently wrestling with the US demanding a piece of their kingdom (and yes, Denmark is a democracy, so using the word kingdom may seem a bit anachronistic, but in this case we are talking about Greenland, which is an autonomous region of the Danish commonwealth, so the official term is “kingdom”)

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Let's do an internet poll about invading another country.

If it was a 13 year old kid I could understand it, but this is musk

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

13 year old kid is a ceiling for Elmo when it comes to politics

[–] mogranja@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Functionally the same

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world -3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How many of the people pearl clutching didn’t even notice we just overthrew Syria?

But I guess white western countries are supposed to be off limits.

[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hmm, let’s see, one country was ruled by a murderous dictator using chemical weapons against his own people and crushing dissidents to a pulp in secret prisons. The other is a mature, functioning democracy with rule of law and a free press.

Yes, yes, I can see how you think that’s exactly the same.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

The chemical weapons claim has debunked many times since the claim was made by intelligence orgs, and the white helmets exposed as a western regime change operation.

Which country is the “mature, functioning democracy with rule of law and free press”? Would that be the UK, which is crushing pro-Palestine protestors, arresting journalists for criticism of Israel, arming genocide, and participating in CIA torture black sites? The country that has openly declared it will defy ICC arrest warrants?

[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one -1 points 3 months ago

Yes, as I said, it’s exactly the same. I’m really glad you’re here to make it so plain to everyone.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The country that has openly declared it will defy ICC arrest warrants?

You need to stop listening to the British right, that never happened. The conservatives threatened it and then they got removed from office and now it's not a thing anymore.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Let me know when Starmer starts supporting the arrest warrant enforcement.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/11/28/imkq-n28.html

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Not that it makes any difference because the government don't decide policy like that it would be the police that would arrest him should the impossible occur and he actually turn up in the UK

Also let me know when you can be bothered to actually put forward an article from a non-biased source. They're all forces out there that want to completely discredit the left-wing government and while they are absolutely not been the best they could be they're an infinite amount better than the utter corrupt nightmare that was the conservative party.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hold up. You think the local cops are acting on ICC arrest warrants?! LoL.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 0 points 3 months ago

Yes that's actually what the government was saying the entire time it was just idiots were construing something else from that.

I don't know what you think "local cops" are but there is such a thing as Interpol remember. There is a standing instruction to arrest them if for some reason they ever came here. You don't think the police consult the government do you?

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

On one hand, fuck that fucking assclown.

On the other hand, my god that would be one hell of a comeback in historical terms: former colony invades and ~~colonizes~~ liberates former rulers

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 3 months ago

Not that the empire still exists of course, so what you're actually invading is the land that used to belong to a society that no longer exists and a different society is there now and is unhappy about having to deal with this nonsense.

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