Susurrus

joined 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

So essentially the same thing as the US 50 years ago? And in some ways, kind of like Russia 200 years ago? Except it's progressively getting more civil.

Dealing with superpowers and empires is always unpleasant, and everyone would rather stay as far away from them as possible, but it's not always and option. Well, it seems we either continue the cycle, and swap US partnership for China partnership (then probably same thing again in a couple decades), or we break the cycle somehow.

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

Personally I'd prefer if 'memes', if you can call it that, like this one were kept to politics-centered communities.

In any case, I think the message is true for most if not all countries on the planet. No politician from any major party is a good person, and they most definitely don't care about you enough to do anything for you. You will probably have a hard time finding any politician that isn't a liar, or worse, but the major parties are the worst of the worst.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I think you're bringing up good points about important issues. However, what the current US administration is doing doesn't seem to solve any of those problems in any capacity. In fact, the previous administration did a lot more on that front, without collapsing the entire global economy at the same time. Also, as some other comments pointed out, almost nobody on the planet is 'caving in' to the tariffs. The vast majority of the world is simply cutting trade with the US wherever possible, resulting in Americans paying several times more for various goods, for no apparent reason or benefit.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago

Personally I've been of the opinion that advertising, at least in its current form, should be illegal since I was about 15. I'm not 100% sure if it should be completely illegal, or just very heavily regulated. Even after all those years, I'm still baffled nearly every day that people around me seem okay with current advertising.

view more: ‹ prev next ›