JTarrou
1d ago
Europe is and always will be our friend
Europe isn't a country and we've been enemies with most of Europe one time or another. We're friendly now because none of them have an economy or a military that supports their self-image as "first world nations". Their choices for international big brother are Russia and us, so they side with us, but they hate us for it. The US' ability to influence international politics and project military power is a thumb in the eye for nations who used to be able to do similar things.
They gave it all up for cradle-to-grave welfare, 20k average incomes, tens of millions of muslim migrants and a military capacity roughly equivalent to my family reunions. The nation that once gave the world the Rollo and Harald Hardrada now gives the world Greta Thunberg. A seafaring adventurer of a different sort, it must be said.
JTarrou
2d ago
Can people on the right not be centrist? You just described the center-right. The hard right may or may not be pro Trump, and is DEFINITELY not pro-Israel, and may or may not be pro-Ukraine.
"Has right-wing guests on" - We're still doing this? Having people to the right of you on a show to talk means you can't be a centrist? The nested assumptions here are wonderful. Let's get some data:
1: What percentage of the right half of the political spectrum do you think is centrist, moderate and extreme?
2: What percentage of the left half of the political spectrum do you think is centrist, moderate and extreme?
3: Do these numbers match?
JTarrou
3d ago
The Wild West is not back, the internet is mostly caged. This is just the anarcho-tyranny of the ruling class.
Remember, to these people Tim Pool is not a "centrist" but the hard right edge of literal Nazis murdering black and brown bodies on the daily. The hyperventilation some years back about "stochastic terrorism" was projection.
Obviously it's incompetence, the question is whether the brass at the FBI intentionally put their dumbest guy on the case so they could continue to tie it to Trump for five years. Or is this just how they roll?
Just as obviously the Secret Service's performance protecting the president is dogshit, the only question is whether they intentionally put the dumbest hundred and fifty staff all on his team, or if their performance is representative of the SS.
Either answer is pretty bad.
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