ColDonald Trump has told aides he is willing to end US military action in Iran without reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Officials tell The Wall Street Journal the US president has decided that if diplomatic efforts fail, he will leave it to allies in Europe and the Gulf to get trade flowing through the waterway again.
foo ✅@kibcol1049 He's such a spoiled rotten child who makes a huge mess and walks away to let someone else clean it up...
@kibcol1049 The fact that ~30% of the populace think he's a great president just blows my mind.
@kibcol1049 When we finally get rid of him, imagine the unholy mess the next President will be faced with... and of course everyone will blame the mess on the cleaner upper.
@kibcol1049 It's like dysfunctional family dynamics writ large
@kibcol1049 I mean, the whole situation maps so cleanly to dysfunctional family gender stereotypes. The Left/Democrats are beleaguered unappreciated Mom. Mom cares about everyone and wants everyone to be happy and well cared for. Mom cleans up the messes. The Right/Republicans are merciless angry alcoholic raging abusive dad who is out of control and currently uncontrollable. ...
@kibcol1049 The dynamics are so weirdly obvious.
America needs to divorce it's abusive dad and go into therapy for it's collective daddy issues.
Tofu Golem@slashdottir @kibcol1049
The USA needs to collapse and serve as a warning to others about what happens if you allow conservatives to have too much power.
The USA needs to collapse and serve as a warning to others about what happens if you allow conservatives to have too much power.
Mysturji@Tofu_Golem @slashdottir @kibcol1049
Because that always worked before. Not.
People (mostly) don’t give a shit until it affects them personally.
Sorry, I’m increasingly cynical these days.
Because that always worked before. Not.
People (mostly) don’t give a shit until it affects them personally.
Sorry, I’m increasingly cynical these days.
lankohr@mysturji @Tofu_Golem @slashdottir @kibcol1049 How can you not be cynical these days? But i still don't get it: Let IT do evil on us, because if we try to do something IT will do evil on us?! What is there to lose at this point?
@lankohr @mysturji @Tofu_Golem @kibcol1049 It does seem like the regime is trying to work all the levers to inspire civilian violence. But that would just pump the levers harder to justify the increasing fascism. Everyone is very patiently waiting for the next election. If the regime succeeds in rigging those - it will be probably very obvious if so. Then we will likely have a big outbreak of violence. Which is what they are hoping for because daddy loves him some maximum violence...
@kibcol1049 @slashdottir @mysturji @Tofu_Golem That "big outbreak of violence" is the status quo of this planet and we are reaching peak, absolute, maximum hell on earth.
@lankohr @kibcol1049 @mysturji @Tofu_Golem Yeah, it's the internalized religion - we've all been taught since the get-go that god's will/the ultimate end-game is apocalypse. And now the christian Right is actually trying to speedrun that outcome - on purpose.
@slashdottir @kibcol1049 @mysturji @Tofu_Golem Like "final salvation" through "absolute annihialtion"?!