@oberstenzian
I have never used the corporate bs of twit, fb or bsky and I won't. But go ahead, feel free. I've given links :-) I always provide references to my bs rants! ;-)

edit: please do copy/paste and take it as your own on those corporate platforms.

@Legit_Spaghetti @aprilfollies @mpjgregoire

@DoNotPunchDown
When you can jump outside and look at the big picture... it's just what the USA does. Who cares who they blame internally? The results are the same for us out here.

@Legit_Spaghetti @aprilfollies @mpjgregoire

@DoNotPunchDown
I wish @aprilfollies could see that I recognized a mistake in wording and my apology. Ah well. I feel bad that I set them off.

@Legit_Spaghetti @aprilfollies @mpjgregoire

@disorderlyf
> You don't think it's statistically significant that the Republican party is younger and their wars are within a smaller time frame?

No. No I don't.
If we were doing science on something then that argument would make sense, for sure. But we aren't.
This is politics and economics. Power and people.
I view the USA as a unit over its whole existence.
It doesn't matter which party is in the White House, because the usual suspects always control it.
The USA is a warlike country seeking cheap resources to enrich its corporations, no matter what.
Point final.

@lp0_on_fire
> The USA didn't start either of the two world wars

Agreed. Absolutely, although a few of its corporations and banks were instrumental, I didn't mean to imply they actually started either. The triggers, as it were, are well known for each of the two world wars.
Think instead then of involved, engaged vs started or declared, b/c the USA mostly doesn't bother declaring.
Here, try this on, just for sport:
The Perpetual Wars: A History Of USA Military Engagements
"The United States has been at war for 222 out of 239 years since its birth in 1776. This means that the U.S. has only been at peace for less than 20 years total since its birth. The U.S. has been at war, or at least in armed conflicts of various sorts, often in distant lands, for more or less my entire life. Yes, for some of those years, that war was “cold” (which often meant that such carnage, regularly sponsored by the CIA, happened largely off-screen and out of sight), but war as a way of life never really ended, not to this very moment."
https://shunculture.com/article/how-long-has-the-united-states-been-at-war
Random link. Easy to find more.

I look forward to your defense of the USA as a peace loving country spreading joy and democracy around the world vs simply using its military to bolster its capitalist corporations - and I say this as one born in the UK, also not well known for spreading peace and joy *and* being a canadian, which is simply a toady in all the USA's engagements.
Or, more likely, you were simply pointing out some sloppy wording of mine that made it seem like the USA's govt actually started WW2/3, for which I apologize - I type faster than I think clearly quite often. Sometimes I seem to assume people can read my mind and intent. Sorry about that.
Also, I just woke up, haven't even had a cuppa, still in the grip of some gripp with a cough and I'm just generally a bit cranky.

@Legit_Spaghetti @aprilfollies @mpjgregoire

@Janne_O
I am given to understand that the two parties kind of switched around that time. Thank you for confirming that in my mind.
However, it's been said that only the USA can afford to have one party with two different names.
From out here, it just looks like USA! USA! over and over again. It doesn't matter which party dominates in congress or possesses the white house. The USA simply uses its military to beat up other countries for their resources in order to benefit their corporations. Point final.

@Legit_Spaghetti @aprilfollies @mpjgregoire