I truly cannot think of a single time I’ve seen someone glazing the US on Lemmy lmao

I’m sure it’s happened somewhere sometime but a rush? I don’t think so.

I try my best not to be, but living in the west I will acknowledge the possibility that I have some bias towards my own culture.

But I am openly biased against governments because fuck the state.

Thanks. I knew about the Russian stuff but this is the first I’ve heard about Chinese actions in this vein.

In what way?

Should be but that’s not how politics works.

The MAGA true believers will do whatever he says by any channel. But this will reach fewer fence sitters which is good.

Well, he’d have to join first…

Absolutely. The reaction of workers to automation underlines the exploitation going on here. If you knew nothing about the economy you would be baffled that people would be upset to have robots doing hard work instead of them. But we all know we’ll be sent to the trash heap as soon as our owners find a tool they don’t have to feed and shelter.

I’d love for everyone to gain immortality although this would probably cause a pretty big risk of a Malthusian crisis. Still, that seems solvable and preferable to the insane amount of death and suffering associated with natural mortality.

They’re both awful but unfortunately I’m forced to agree as the US continues to roll out domestic policies we used to look at aghast when China implemented them.

Lol, empires don’t do nice things just for the hell of it. China is carefully increasing its soft power by presenting a benevolent international image. But if they become an unquestioned hegemon, that will change.

That said the US still has tremendous military power and I don’t see that disappearing any time soon. So I think that’s more a concern for the distant future, and by then China may have too many demographic problems to remain a sole world power.

If only that did turn them to ashes. Instead they just get a boner.

Above the law, as usual in our shithole country.

And almost 80 years later we’re still forced to put up with this BS.

Police said there was no threat to the public.

After gang shooting, no threat to the public, gang leaders say.

Bordering on copaganda

If there was some kind of secession crisis I feel like CO would be the most fucked state for sure. Surrounded on almost all sides. Although most of those states are low population so who knows what might happen…

Yeah I was just joking because it’s so obvious lol

I don’t understand. Just some picture of normal trees? Why the caption?

I feel like the oil could travel up the metal and get on you.