For what it is worth USA did require a purge before entering the bold civil oppression phase.

No individual is that stupid. They’re just evil bigots too cowardly to even put their bigotry on their own conscience so they seek other bigots that provide a fantasy and community where their bigotry is a virtue.

I don’t care. No one is that dumb. Religious people are just evil people too cowardly to be bigots on their own conscience.

“A weapon I wanted to be built against my countrymen was turned against me too.”

Putin is an intelligence operative, it does not seems unlikely that a country headed by one for decades would do well clandestine operations and falter in war.

American oligarchs are also greedy, base and overall pretty stupid so I think you overestimate the challenge of manipulating them.

I’ve had mental health professionals use that non-apology and insist it must suffice and absolution is owed, I do not think it is going away anytime soon.

Your sundial still isn’t showing time.

I got a good but not brilliant deal on mine at the end of 2024, and was feeling a bit apprehensive as better hardware started to inch into comparable prices. Well they sure ain’t anymore.