We are ripe for another Luddite movement with this giant AI grift the Tech Bros are forcing on us.

They are just imagining they will wield that power someday so they don’t want to rock the boat.

They are all temporarily embarrassed ruling party. Otherwise they would want to remove or restrict these powers. This did not happen overnight either.

We have known for several decades now the extreme problems with executive overreach. The President should be a figured head only and Congress should increase in size and do its job.

This is blatant corruption and a dereliction of their duty. It really is disgusting to see how little regard these jokers have for their positions. Electing a literal carnival barker and giving his team of racist rejects the keys to the country is mind bogglingly stupid.

Lives in a nation with more gun deaths than a major conflict every year.

“We need more guns!”

If guns stopped fascism we should be the least fascist nation ever. Since we are the most fascist nation it is more likely guns are part of the problem, not the solution.

I hope it turns out to be just a big embezzlement scheme like everything in the US.

It is a little bizarre those that were screaming about Obama’s death camps are now cheering on Trump’s Alligator Alcatraz. Truly propaganda, misinformation, public relations, etc. should be tightly regulated or just outright banned in order to have a functional society.

Almost four times the Marines request for the budget. Why the fuck do they need that much money!? Oh right, ggrrrrriiiiffffttt!

Lol, thanks for that. We have always been a fascist oligarchy.

But brain damage is sooo sexy.

Rule of law for thee but not me!

Great shot!

Alex?

Projection, it is secretly what they wanted the whole time.

What is wrong with building towns in the desert?

1. Bust the unions, less pay for truckers.
2. Cheap China meth available in truck stop vending machines
3. AI assisting in maximizing profits so truckers are guaranteed to work more and get paid less.

FTFY

We choose to invest our money where it is important. Blowing up people in the Middle East is way more important than feeding or educating children.

Dozens of empires came and fell in that region. They have no unique claim and believing they did reeks of Zionism.

There is no good solution to the monstrosity that we helped created. Israel is like our little genocidal child, a regular chip off the old block.

Ding ding ding, we have a winner!

Looks like this post triggered a lot of American Exceptionalism here on Lemmy.

The US put economic pressure and sanctions that helped lead to the failure of the USSR. Without the US Putin would never have rose to power.

Hitler didn’t fund the Nazi party, wealthy people from the US did.

WWII would never have happened if the US didn’t turn its back on the League of Nations.

The US put Sadam Hussein in power.

The US helped create the instability in China that lead to the cultural revolution.

The US bankrolls, arms, and was fundamental in the creation of Israel.

I can go on and on. Trying to ignore history, GTFO!

It is hard to understand this as I grew up around a lot of conservatives who actually had values and decency.

If you told me even ten years ago that Republicans would be calling for US citizens to be deported I would have said you were crazy, but here we are.