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[–] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 136 points 8 hours ago (5 children)

I know things were pretty fucked - I haven't been a lifelong cynic for no reason - but still, it's amazing how quickly snd completely the US has descended into screeching insanity.

And all at the hands of this demented lunatic, his psychopathic enablers and his legions of angry and stupid followers.

What a world....

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 87 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

And all of it because billionaires want to fuck children and not pay taxes.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 12 minutes ago

Exactly, that's all we want. Why is that so bad?

— billionaires

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 35 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It's unclear if Nigeria asked the US for help but they seem to be accepting it.

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-launches-strikes-against-islamic-state-militants-northwest-nigeria-trump-says-2025-12-25/

Nigeria's government has said armed groups target both Muslims and Christians, and U.S. claims that Christians face persecution do not represent the complex security situation and ignore efforts to safeguard religious freedom. But it has agreed to work with the U.S. to bolster its forces against militant groups.

[–] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 29 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

At this point though, that's just noise.

Unfortunately, the mass media is complicit in the insanity - they've abandoned principles, integrity, honesty and accuracy in pursuit of profit and/or the owners' agenda, whichever might be deemed more important in a given organization.

That's not to say that that story is necessarily false. It's simply that if it's a spin that serves someone's agenda, as this obviously is, then it will be published somewhere, entirely regardless of whether it's true or not, so the fact that it has been published means nothing at all.

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Mainstream media is just billionaire media.

[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

And the government is just billionaire government.

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

The only war is class war.

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Sorry for being picky, just wanted to point out this bit of redundancy:

in pursuit of profit and/or the owners' agenda

That agenda ultimately is and always will be profit for any company even a hundredth of that size, let alone a straight up monopoly.

Other than that, no notes 10/10

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 35 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 38 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

That's the most astonishing part of it to me.

Reality has gone completely off the rails. Virtually every day, I read another account of blithering insanity, and painfully obviously dangerous and destructive insanity, from this administration, and then I watch as all of the official entities that are meant to check that sort of insanity just treat it as another day and another press release from another President's office.

It's like The Emperor's New Clothes, only far far worse.

And all in less than a year...

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

People still doubling down on their actions in 24, not acknowledging that those very actions led to the orange idiot being elected. Again.

As long as there is no acknowledgement, we can expect a repeat of the very same in 28, possibly with the literal devil on the other side, while the voters smugly criticize the minutae of the more sensible candidate and sit it out.

Sometimes you put yourself aside in the interest of the country.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

oh look, another votescold so thoroughly convinced that everything would have been fine if only everyone followed their campaign strategy, that they're literally blaming anti-fascists for fascism. How about blaming actual fascists instead?

[–] BenjiRenji@feddit.org 4 points 1 hour ago

The scariest part is how surprised and unprepared the rest of the world was. "Sanity will prevail!" Really? Why?

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Quickly it was not. This has been in the works since Nixon. Now it just when it's coming to a head. And it'll only get worse from here.

[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago

No, that's what

I know things were pretty fucked

was seemingly referring to