• Photonic@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Calling other people’s opinions stupid is rich coming from the country that elected Donald Trump…

    Twice…

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      The Far Right is rising EVERYWHERE. Before criticizing America, they should realize that we’re just the canary in the coalmine, and they should take care of their own countries, because THEY are next. They should be rooting for the Left to take back America, because that’s what they have to do in their own countries, too.

      Besides, wishing for America’s demise is stupid. The economies of every country in the world is tied directly or indirectly to the American economy. If America truly collapses, it will bring down the entire world. Like it or not, it’s the TRUTH.

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    Ya that’s how that works. Don’t talk shit about my homophobic, racist, pedophile billionaire loving shit hole! It’s my God dammed shit hole!

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    19 hours ago

    Europeans should be self aware enough to recognize that the most devastating criticism of Trump are direct comparisons to historic European tyrants. And forget about Hitler or Mussolini. Donald Trump at his worst can’t even measure up to Leopold II.

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      Ah yes. A whataboutism will make everything right. Maybe we should have sent some smarter guys back in 1492

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      Right? Trump’s nothing but a Temu dictator that was actually elected into that position rather than a proper tyrant dictator.

      The US can’t even do despotism right.

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      That is an insane argument. You are saying anybody whose country went through a genocidal dictator can’t criticize Trump because he’s not as bad yet? WTF?

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        Never mind that in those examples that they gave, none of them were elected like Trump was:

        • Hitler lost the election for president; but was later appointed as chancellor by the guy that won after political pressure;

        • Mussolini was appointed by the king after threats of paramilitary force;

        • Leopold II was a hereditary monarch

        Sorry US bros. I like you and I love you depending on the days. But just like the French will never live down the white flag meme, you will never live down that you elected a pedophile fascist TWICE.

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      As a Brit I fucking hate the royal family and their soft power and their wealth, but I’d argue that Trump has more of both and is heading for more than a royal has had in a Western country in living memory.

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        Man’s not heading for anything but the grave lmao, have you seen him lately? 50/50 odds he dies of natural causes before the midterms, I bet they’ll try to weekend at Bernie’s him for at least a few days.

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      My preferred comparison is to Napoleon III. It’s not a perfect match, but provides a lot of comparisons: the attack on freedoms, the incompetent political appointees, the unwise foreign wars, the puffed-up overconfidence and the sheer mediocrity…

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    I would never clap back a Europeans criticizing the USA. It would be impolite, and they’re usually right anyway. I’d love to move to the EU someday too; but it won’t happen because the only thing they hate more than USians are brown Muslims 😔.

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      only thing they hate more than USians are brown Muslims 😔.

      You forgot Romani people

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        God dude looking at comment threads of people in Europe talking about the Romani is genuinely sickening.

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          It is a self-serving circle. People assign certain behaviors to Romani, refusing to take them as a part of the society. Then the Romani will act that way, since it is expected anyway, and there is barely chances to do otherwise. And the cycle has continued for a long time, creating a culture that is not only shunned by the society, but also sees itself not being a part of the society, so their actions reflect on that. Stopping the cycle is incredibly difficult, as the racism is ingraved deep. That does not mean, that it should not be the goal, though.

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      Our Epstein class let in a ton of brown Muslims, it didn’t went well for the local population.

      To be fair, right now all EU is not high on any kind of immigration, because of above-mentioned + housing crisis + working condition going down.

      The second you speak the local language though, that perception changes 180.