They have nukes and military bases everywhere, it’ll affect everyone, there’s no way the mess stays contained within the US.
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There’s a certain type of person that is actually willing to shrink the pie as long as they get the largest part of it. You can criticise neoliberals for a lot (and you should), but their stated goal was to grow the economy and lift all boats that way. Obviously they ended up creating a system where most boats had holes in them, but they did lift the tide.
Trump is going to shrink the world economy, but him and his friends will end up owning an even bigger part (percentage wise) of US assets than anyone before. It’s basically going to turn into post-communist Russia. Trump is the Yeltsin figure, the American Putin is waiting in the wings somewhere.
jonne@infosec.pubto LeopardsAteMyFace@lemmy.ca•'We're not playing': DHS spokesperson reveals plans on CNN to arrest members of Congress6·17 hours agoThe way this typically works is that a cop will attack someone, knowing that the bodycam doesn’t show anything up close except shaky footage while exclaiming ‘stop attacking me’ or something similar. It looks bad for the victim and juries fall for it. Let’s hope there’s footage from a wider angle.
jonne@infosec.pubto Australia@aussie.zone•Gina Rinehart published a lengthy statement lamenting that voters were “very short on understanding”English5·2 days agoI did notice that the Murdoch media lost a lot of the influence they once had. The only ones that still care about the front page of the Australian are politicians and other media.
jonne@infosec.pubto World News@lemmy.world•'No option left other than full blown war', says Pakistan's Khawaja Asif amid escalating tensions with IndiaEnglish5·2 days agoThe US supports the current military dictatorship and is apparently fine with the former prime minister bring locked up for no reason. And that’s bipartisan policy, most of this happened under Biden.
Not sure if Imran Khan would’ve let things escalate as far as it has (or even would’ve allowed those initial terrorist attacks to happen).
And as for Trump, I don’t have high hopes of him successfully negotiating a peace between 2 nuclear powers that have been at war since the 40s.
jonne@infosec.pubto Cyberstuck@lemmy.ca•Tesla tells Model Y and Cybertruck workers to stay home for a week6·2 days agoNot really their fault, most of the issues are design related.
jonne@infosec.pubtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•We'll have plenty of camps to have them sent to by then.2·2 days agoYeah, if you think the manhunt on Luigi Mangione was over the top, wait until someone takes a shot at an ICE agent ‘trying to protect the country from illegal immigrants’ or however Trump would frame it.
If anyone wanted to try it, they’d need impeccable opsec, because everyone in law enforcement will be looking for them.
jonne@infosec.pubto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•We'll have plenty of camps to have them sent to by then.18·2 days agoYep, the lesser Bush and Trump I shows that Democrats are not interested in punishing crimes committed by Republicans.
jonne@infosec.pubto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Kids are short circuiting their school issued Chromebooks for TikTok clout Ars TechnicaEnglish16·2 days agoThat’s a great idea. Solves the entire issue in just a few generations.
jonne@infosec.pubto News@lemmy.world•Newark mayor arrested at ICE detention facility in New Jersey for alleged trespassing15·2 days agoProbably most of them. Cops routinely arrest people for no reason.
jonne@infosec.pubto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•US to ban Canadians from entering border friendship libraryEnglish16·2 days agoNot after they start taking offence to the books contained within.
jonne@infosec.pubto politics @lemmy.world•New FEMA head tells staff: "Don't get in my way… I will run right over you"3·2 days agoI bet he meant that literally and gets his car T-Boned every other week.
The merge with the Microsoft account was never done properly and it means I’ve got like 3 different accounts that don’t fully work with Skype, Teams or whatever else you need Microsoft for.
Good thing I rarely need any of them
jonne@infosec.pubto UK Politics@feddit.uk•After-work drinks in decline outside London, peers told6·3 days agoAnd it’s wild to think after work drinks are somehow an alien thing. It’s a thing pretty much everywhere.
jonne@infosec.pubto News@lemmy.world•Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of killing poor children by cutting foreign aid, and says he's giving away his wealth11·3 days agoYep, and he’s using that charity money to get influence with research institutions and universities. Meanwhile he privately holds stock in big pharmaceutical and energy companies. Not sure if anyone has done the work to trace the money, but I’m sure his charitable donations end up benefiting those private investments.
So the money he would’ve otherwise paid in taxes went to a vehicle that buys him PR and benefits him financially through his other investments.
jonne@infosec.pubto World News@lemmy.world•'Civilized People Do Not Starve Children to Death': Sanders Rips US-Backed Israel's 68-Day Gaza Aid BlockadeEnglish19·3 days agoAt this stage Israel controls the Rafah crossing, so Egypt doesn’t have a way to send stuff in unless they try to force the issue with military involvement.
And obviously they’re dependent on the US for military aid, so if they tried they’d get cut off immediately.
With the amount of followers he’s disappointed, he’ll be dodging bullets from his own followers left and right. The people that have already tried were all followers of his.
jonne@infosec.pubto politics @lemmy.world•Trump appoints Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as top prosecutor in DC4·3 days agoIt’s kind of weird how he keeps hiring drunks when he’s a teetotaler himself.
jonne@infosec.pubto News@lemmy.world•Trump names Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as D.C.'s top federal prosecutor13·3 days agoJudge Judy would probably be a reasonable justice compared to most others currently there.
Wasn’t she rumoured to have blown him as well?