True but given that the American institutions bowed down to Trump, the sanctions on Russia will be relieved.

Yup. It’s like headlines of “finding cure for cancer” (which is actually misleading in most cases) but never heard from again. It’s what happens after that matters most.

I always think LBJ is the best anti-hero we’ve seen. He’s crass and rambunctious but willing to sacrifice his own career to uplift a cause for the greater good. While most politicians are afraid to alienate a huge portion of voters, he’s willing to alienate the Southern voters to legislate the Civil Rights Act because who cares about racists.

Crypto should be treated as alternative to payment not for investing.

The US really pissed away any strategic advantage it may have had with that little stunt sanctioning a few justices and prosecutors.

You don’t understand the fascist perspective. They think international cooperation and consensus is not a strategic advantage BUT a hindrance. They only think hard power is the only power.

But paradoxically, truth be told, there has never been an international order or law to follow. Joe Biden himself affirmed that US will invade the International Criminal Court if an American citizen is arrested. Trump and co. simply took the mask off.

Are there open source TVs?

Goodbye Washington.

Scammers in general, not just hackers, get hired by the government for countermeasures. Jordan Belfort, the real guy whose life was depicted in The Wolf of Wall Street, was hired by the government to identify frauds.

Arts and education are the first to be suppressed by authoritarians because it stop these natural outlet to voice dissent.

I wonder from which of the dark triad you mentioned downvoted your comment. Lemmy has been infiltrated by well funded bad faith actors.

It is through my father I realised that people love being hypocrites. They love to preach but never actually practice what they preach. It is about having a sense of power over those deemed inferior. In the case of many parents, it is exercising power over children.

Villager Herbert Owen, 76, said after voting on Tuesday that the independence referendum “isn’t just about Piddington,” adding: “It means everything our grandparents, our parents fought for. Today is the Battle of Britain.”

Herbert, Britain took hundreds of thousands of refugees when Nazi Germany invaded all of Europe. Many of those refugees fought for the Allies during the Battle of Britain when UK was left standing alone. You shame your grandparents and parents who fought during the war and tarnishing the name of the battle that fought for everything that is right.

No wonder the Scots and Welsh are right to push for independence. I would not want to be associated with England-- an old man yelling at clouds.

“Jews for Hitler”

I have a feeling the National Rally will capitalise on this to promise more funding for the police for votes, in exchange to oppress minorities. They could put an ICE-like quota for the police.

Japan taking notes from Cyberpunk 2077.

Look like Trump is in dire straits.

I don’t know about Griffith and Johan. I just thought they are of the same level of asshole-ness as Patrick Bateman, Tyler Durden and Joker because they are put together in this post 😅

Any posts you may have seen defending them are 100% trolls

I even met people in real life who hinted they admire toxic male figures although they won’t say it out loud. But in social media, they are vocal what they truly believe in. Although many are trolls, some indeed admire toxic masculinity. Social media merely gave these folks a megaphone to proclaim their thoughts.

I see more people saying that people are enchanted by those characters than i’ve ever seen anyone actually admit to it.

I don’t know about you but i see on social media defending and glazing toxic masculine figures such as Tyler Durden and Patrick Bateman. The profile of those admirers are typically lonely and insecure men, which another user has pointed out.