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by andriesm 488 days ago
What makes Musk so utterly rotten? Otherwise "it's just like your opinion, man..."

"Requires a shadowy threat actor such ad Russia and..."? Trump is trying to normalize US-Russian relations.

"This is American capitalism operating as designed" - Honestly what do you mean?

Trump and Musk's reforms looks different enough from anything else tried in the last 25 years that I am super curious to see where it goes. I'm not into fear porn that this is the end of the world, H*tler, or whatever.

I'm also curious about Billionaires being independently evil - what do you mean, are virtually all billionaires evil? Are they really morally worse people than the average or do they just have access to more resources and influence?
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freejazz 488 days ago
>Trump and Musk's reforms looks different enough from anything else tried in the last 25 years that I am super curious to see where it goes. I'm not into fear porn that this is the end of the world, H*tler, or whatever.

Arbitrarily firing arbitrary amounts of federal employees on the belief that this will make the gov't function better? Are you also currently in talks to buy the Brooklyn Bridge?

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fjjjrjj 488 days ago
> I'm not into fear porn that this is the end of the world, H*tler, or whatever.

Are you are okay with Trump splitting Ukraine with Russia and blessing Russia's war on Ukraine?

There are historical parallels with Hitler annexing other countries. You not being into that reality is a choice.

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andriesm 488 days ago
It is possible to be unhappy with the end result of Ukraine or Trump's views of Ukraine without psyching ourselves up that these two dudes are literally H*tler.
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AlecSchueler 488 days ago
It's possible but the concentration camps, the removal of trans rights, the push towards a unitary executive, referring to the disabled as "parasites," the scapegoating of minorities, talk of annexations etc etc etc all add up to one thing.
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fjjjrjj 488 days ago
Trump has blood on his hands. Full stop. He made Putin's war his own and embraced the idea of the US annexing other countries.

Things will get better once more brown people are at Guantanamo. /s

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rightbyte 488 days ago
I guess the alternative to cut the loss and move on would be to go for the global extended suicide option.
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