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I think Grump is physically and mentally uncapable of having any kind feelings of any sort, about another person. Not to mention he is normalising asshole behaviour on a scale like nobody has ever done before. How the hell are we supposed to teach our kids about anti-bullying when the world’s most mighty person is the worst bully and the most thoroughly sick bastard the world has ever seen?
To be honest, I believe that his vice bully J.D. is worse by far.
The fact that all of Europe has been kissing up to him up to this point makes me sick. It obviously has not worked in anyone’s favour.
It’s understandably sadly as he is as problematic as he is powerful… And Europe has so many dependencies not only political but also think of all the digital stuff…. Three more years to go…
Three more years to go…
I don’t think for a second that he will step down willingly. He’s proven that already, and all these jokes about a third term are not really jokes. He has now made a normal thing out of just talking about it, and that’s the first step.
Also, judging by how bad things have gone in just one year, I don’t think the world can stand three more years. I also have a feeling that something will happen before that. Either he goes stark raving mad and starts WW3, declaring martial law and cancelling all elections so he can stay in the White House until he rots, or maybe he becomes so visibly ill that Vance has to take over.
A Norwegian “shaman” of sorts, called Snåsamannen (who has since passed away), once said he had “seen” Trump get assasinated during his presidency. Will be interesting to see if that comes to pass, if he keeps straining the US and the world like he has in just one year. But I don’t really want to see that happen, as it will just make him a martyr for the nutjobs that still support him. I’d rather he keel over from natural causes. But then, of course, you have other madmen, like J.D. Vance, ready to take over. And I don’t think that’s any better.
I’ve readied myself for three more years with the Tangerine Twat, while I try to curate whatever exposure I can in the meantime (which is difficult, of course). And then still have hope that the USA as a democratic society will prevail in one way or another, and that they get to elect a Democrat in 2028. Need to have that tiny glimmer of hope, otherwise I go all depressed.
Yeah, the first president with a conviction says much… Given that even members of his Republican Party are not amused about everything anymore and even the Supreme Courte he placed sort of “his personal” in doesn’t give instant green light to everything leaves some hope… Maybe there are some resonable people still around there who just wait for the right occasion…
Waking up to the news of USA and Israel attacking Iran. It’s not surprising, as it’s been building up to that, and I have no love for the Iranian regime, but still — if there’s one thing the world doesn’t need right now, it’s another war.
if there’s one thing the world doesn’t need right now, it’s another war.
Yeah, all only so a certain person later can say he “ended” another one…
Anyone else experiencing crazy prices on everything?
I wanted to buy some fish yesterday, but 160 NOK for four frozen cod filets is insane. And 100 NOK for four frozen salmon, on the cheapest brand, is also insane. I don’t want to blame it on what’s happening in the Hormuz straits right now, but I have a feeling it “tentacles” out into grocery store products as well, not just oil and gas.
It won’t be costing that stupid orange twat or his war crime/mongering mate anything when they buy or fill up.
I think a new rule of politics should be to put poor people in charge.
We’ve tried it with the rich for years now and it ain’t working.
Fk em all 🤬
Sorry for the rant.Gas prices were literally the only good thing going on here in the US, and he couldn’t even manage to not fuck that up. There’s a solid 30% of this country’s population I would be relieved to see fall off a cliff. I know they feel the same way about me. The difference is, I’m not trying to legislate them out of existence. I know by the sheer weight of our influence, the US has an effect on every country in the world, but y’all, it is exhausting living here right now, if you…you know…care, at all, about other people. If that’s a rant, so be it.
Oh, I can totally sympathize, Sophie. It’s easy to lament all the world wide consequences felt up here in the corner of the world, but at least we don’t live in “ground zero” like you. Hang in there!
While it is beyond embarrassing that the US elected this developmentally stunted sociopath for president not once but twice, I sincerely hope that people outside of the US understand that among modern, industrialized democratic republics, the United States has the WORST system of government of any of them. The US does not have a parliamentary system. It was designed to benefit wealthy landowners. It also gives small, poor, rural states outsized power compared to large, productive states like New York, California, and Massachusetts – a tyranny of the minority. It is nearly impossible to amend the US constitution, and given how polarized things are now, it is very likely that most people on this board will not see another amendment to the US constitution in their lifetimes.
It is also important to note that, for years and even decades, the US Republican party exploited loopholes and weaknesses in the US constitution to rig the board and allow the sociopath to be elected in the first place. The Senate refusing to allow President Obama to legally appoint a Supreme Court justice is just one example of many.
If the sociopath has done a single good thing, he has revealed how flawed the US system of government is, and if we somehow survive his scorched-earth impulses, maybe the US will finally revamp its constitution and step out of the 18th century and into the 21st. Until then, we can only hope that the Democrats will retake the House and the Senate in November. Of course, the Sociopath will probably declare martial law and cancel the elections.
Yes, there seems to be a systematic flaw in place, compared to many other democracies. It’s a fascinating system, socalled “checks and balances”, but also one that is easy to take advantage of for a few powerful people. I cross my fingers for the November elections; we’re definitely watching with vigilant eyes here from the other side of the world.
For the moment, his eyes seem fixated on Iran – like Sauron – which gives Greenland a temporary break. Obviously, the Greenland issue is much closer to home, being a part of Denmark, our neighbouring country.
Seems many democracies have some problems nowadays with the general raise of right wing parties. Just read that in Sveden they discuss even building thet goverment including theirs. Interesting times…
As example looking at the US, I am not scared of that developmentally stunted sociopath. I am afraid of a people/mob that elects such a guy as their leader.
As a child I never really understood that fairytale “The Emperor’s New Clothes”. But today, also in my country, I see what it was about.
Seems many democracies have some problems nowadays with the general raise of right wing parties.
Not only right wing parties, but extreme right wing parties. It’s so, so dark. I can’t do anything but to live my life in the moment, day by day, and hope that the tide will turn at some point.
I was born only 25 years after world war II, probably the best time in world history to be born. People had still the memory and experience what they never want to happen again and had already developed a concept and a vision for a better future. We got the human rights declaration, the united nations, the NATO. 1989 the cold war ended. Somehow we thought we lived in a period of reason somehow. But already at that time scientific insights on climate change were ignored and the west preserved its colonialistic view on the rest of the world. So, already in the best of times things started going wrong. Now we start paying the pŕice.
Yes, I think we as Gen X have been the most adaptable generation. Not only in technological terms, coming all the way from hardcore analogue to hardcore digital, but also in terms of navigating the political landscape. Most of the controversies stem from the Baby Boomer generation (who are in power positions now – the Trumps and Putins and Netanyahus of this world) or young men in their 20s and 30s who are increasingly attracted to the extreme right. I have a feeling — completely unfounded by empirical studies, of course — that our generation steers away from controversy as much as possible. We’re sufficiently progressive, being the children of the ’68 generation (people who were 18-20 in ’68, hippies and everything), but not outlandishly like the far left has become (we sneer in silence at cancelculture). And we’ve been sufficiently warned of the dangers of right wing extremism in our early years, not to be tempted by it in adult years.
I don’t know, it’s just a theory I have, based on what I see amongst my community and in the media. So there is hope in that, that the evil old men will die out soon and a more reasonable generation will take over, but also worry in that the young generation will revert things back, unless they’re steered elsewhere in the interim.
As always, there are plenty of exceptions to this theory, of course.
The world was never simple or really better. But nowadys it feels as it has gotten more complex than before. Nothing seems “secure” or “fixed” anymore. You certainly can blame the internet with its quick access to and over precence of informations and its fake companions of all kinds you had to significantly research previously. Everything is at a finger tipp side by side. The cracker-barrel philosophy that was previously hidden in rather private, limited environments is now public. Benefit and curse at the same time.
Yes. In their youth the boomers generation was much less wealthy than the young people today. But they weŕe living with a conciousness of everything getting better and being on the good path. Now we find out that this path of globalization and western capitalism and western values was at the cost of environmental damage and heavy double standards. Now there are two different conclusions. First one: The basic idea was good but now equality and our moral standards really for everyone including enforcement by cancel culture. And the other conclusion: It all was a lie. Let’s uncover the selfishness and at least lets honestly be selfish. What both movements have in common: They are terribly agressive and not willing for compromises which are crucial for a peaceful living.
Obvious to mention that the agression on both sides is rooted in fear and uncertainty which is a consequence of lack of experience with handling of extreme life situations.My grandmother was an extraordinarily optimistic person. And she lost everything twice in her life. Once in the economic crisis in the.1920s and once in world war II.
This experience of losing everything and getting back up on your feet helps you a lot to face challenges in life and to remain modest.It is really a dilemma that mankind does not get its act together although all people all over the world just want to live their lifes… And I just read that Ethopia and Eritrea also may head into yet another conflict again…
cost of environmental damage
Yeah, since my school days this is a topic already and “nothing” happened…
Well done, Hungary, for getting rid of that scumbag Orban. Of course, Magyar is also pretty right wing-leaning, but still a better alternative. Let’s hope the EU and NATO bonds are strengthened after this, and that they can send that financial EU package off to the Ukraine now.
In regards to what we were speaking about earlier in the thread:
It pleases me so that they’re removing the Tangerine Twat’s name from the Kennedy Center as we speak.
Why does the UK change prime ministers so often? Like just now. Starmer got, what, two years in the chair? It’s barely news anymore.
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