• Freshparsnip@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    The biggest national security threats are Trump, the Heritage Foundation, MAGA, and Musk

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      2 months ago

      Not only to the nation, The entire world, Humanity, literally anything that is alive.

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        2 months ago

        There might be some bigger threats to the world elsewhere. Ever wonder WHY we’re sending so much money to- shot by a sniper

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        2 months ago

        Hey don’t trow indigenous groups, animals, fungi and plants it to this.

        The problem seems to be specifically people that live with computers.

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          I think you misunderstood. They are saying Trump and those in his cult/admin are a danger to everyone and everything. Do you think the MAGA movement isn’t a threat to indigenous groups, animals, or nature at large? Just the way they’ve already attacked environmental protections should show they check every checkbox.

          • Zwrt@lemmy.sdf.org
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            2 months ago

            Oh indeed, i thought they where saying humans are toxic and over generalized to “everyone alive” holding part of the blame.

            Definitely misunderstood.

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      2 months ago

      Imagine California, Oregon, and Washington form a pact, with the Rockies giving them a natural protective barrier. Then they form an alliance with Canada and Mexico, and surround 2/3 of the United States with hostile powers, who also control ALL shipping into the West Coast. If MAGA America wants their goods from Asia, they’ll have to pay California’s tariffs on EVERYTHING.

      Or, they could route everything through the Panama Canal, with all the extra costs associated with that. Perhaps CA/OR/WA can form an alliance with Panama, and close it to MAGA America shipping.

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        2 months ago

        That’s honestly the best case scenario. As unlikely as it is.

        This country is too big. Too corrupt. And far too corrupted to fix. To begin to fix this country we have to get both houses of congress and the president to overturn Citizens United. Now how many of those people do you think are going to vote to make the bribes being paid to them illegal?

        Now if for whatever reason the US was to balkanize. To break up into smaller “nation states”. That would make real change a whole lot more viable.

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          the best case scenario is the one putin wants? how about we get our shit together, purge the fucking conservatives, and live happily ever after?

          • Bouzou@lemmy.world
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            Exactly. We can’t just fucking go, “Whelp. All done.” and let trump and Putin destroy the United States.

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          This point is often dismissed but the United States really does need “a divorce”. At least a return to pre-civil war state sovereignty where incompatible ideologies can each find their home.

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            2 months ago

            I don’t want a soft landing. I want it to crash and burn so hard that the very idea of preserving any part of it is anathema. I want all the corrupt power structures that ruined us to be actively eliminated. Leave the failed experiment where it belongs. In the history books. Learn the lessons of its fall. Make something better. Which is an exceptionally low bar.

            It really isn’t hard. Put the welfare of the mass of the people first and foremost. “Mass” meaning the whole. All the people. Otherwise what’s the point of a government at all? Don’t recreate a society of slaves that serves a tiny fraction of a tiny fraction of the most wealthy parasites. Value human life beyond its utility to an oligarchy. Set a floor on standard of life. A base level that people can’t fall below and can build off of. Or not. If they want to just live their life let them.

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            I guess… Except I would not be able to accept another state just immediately resuming slavery or other terrible shit lol

  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    This is another step in Project 2025

    Provoke outrage with the mass deportations, then use that outrage to justify marshal law and deploying the military.

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    2 months ago

    In addition, the Secretary of Defense may employ any other members of the regular Armed Forces as necessary to augment and support the protection of Federal functions and property in any number determined appropriate in his discretion.

    As I understand, this is not a thing the regular Armed Forces can do, correct? I thought that only the National Guard could conduct non-training operations on US soil and/or against US citizens, barring an invasion or secession. Does anyone know more than me about this?