But it’s a delta.

This needs to be its own post maybe. Jesus of course. It’s very on brand for America.

He’s honestly one of the most savvy and intelligent statesmen I’ve ever seen. Maybe his understanding of humor lends to understanding how power dynamics work. He is extremely good at figuring out a message quickly that pivots him into a position where he is able to defend himself and his country while calling to and tying himself to greater powers.

He does this in a way where allies would lose face or have to take an aggressive stance if they reject Ukraine. And at this point taking an aggressive stance against Zelenskyy is making yourself a soft ally of Russia. That’s partly due to Zelenskyy’s constant pivots.

He runs a good gambit. I wish other world leaders were half as caring or savvy.

She’s a medic. I know many American veterans who had a similar gut reaction. Many of them volunteered for military service for a few months in Ukraine to fight against encroaching fascism.

Hell, I wanted to volunteer but I’m not trained as a soldier or a medic. If I was, I’d probably do a round there too. Many Medics aren’t much different in spirit than the veterans I know who served in Ukraine already. It’s not surprising that she felt this way and chose to do a tour.

If you are service minded, and can also see that the war in Ukraine is already a World War, then the choice is more obvious.

Sure, she has children, but she also has valuable medical skills. There are many doctors that volunteer in war zones who also have families. This has always been a call of duty for medics who have a heart like this.

Last time, Canadians declared war against Germany immediately after Hitler invaded Poland. Then, Canada actively discouraged sending troops and preferred sending arms and training. Now, we do not have a declaration of war, but we do have similar behavior of sending arms and training.

We also similarly have civilians volunteer to join the front before their countries officially do.

Do people forget that Canadians and Americans chose to fight the Nazis, as individuals, well before their country officially declared war?

Do we look back on those volunteers with negativity? No, we don’t.

So, why would I look negatively at a medic following in the footsteps of the Greatest Generation? I can’t. If I had her skills, I’d do the same.

DARVO is all you need to avoid blame. Deny. Reverse Victim and Offender. Incredibly effective with everyone except the genuinely principled.

Hard agree. I didn’t realize how awful this felt in practice and how much I genuinely missed conversations until Lemmy.

Every popular thread I got into the habit of ignoring the top comments because I’ve seen them 1000 before. Like being forced to watch the most unfunny 90’s sitcom.

I realize now that I would only comment on other comments— deep in comment chains.

Coming to Lemmy felt like the difference between trying to fish a pre-packaged snack out of a vending machine (Reddit) verses sitting down for a high quality all you can eat brunch (Lemmy).

He’s going to run out of things to tariff at this rate!

It’s similar to how Americans can have domestic terrorism be a constant occurrence but it barely is a concept. It’s not uncommon to have small cells blow up and sabotage electric grids during the dead of winter now. It’s common enough where every winter I have some prep just in case my grid is attacked.

Or even more regularly, lone wolves mass shoot people waiting for a 4th of July Parade, or the movies, or the grocery store, or a school, or anywhere really because being shot dead for no reason is always a consideration for an American. My family always has eyes out for mass shooters. There’s a few in my city every year.

Hell we even had domestic terror cells plot to kidnap and murder a Blue State Governor.

But still Americans generally won’t connect all of these things and call it what it is: an irregular war on a domestic level.

Americans who haven’t gone to war themselves, or haven’t studied this issue, think of war mostly and only as Total War. Where everything is bombed out 100%. There is no functioning anything and there’s only apocalyptic style survival. More like a zombie apocalypse scenario.

They don’t realize that “war” for normal people…is just life and life keeps going. Which is not unlike what most Americans live under every day—living life as best they can while trying to avoid massive hits of destruction and violence. (Ukraine is obviously a much higher grade of actual war.)

This concept of, the only real war is Total War, is partly why it’s so easy to sell to American Conservstives that Ukraine should just give up because they’re already dead. I think that the Americans who believe this propaganda would be shocked to know that anything still stands in Ukraine. I assume they assume that 95% Ukraine looks like post-bomb Dresden.

I have come to suspect they do absolutely know this. And it’s why they put stops in at every turn. I can’t say what’s actually going on in their heads but it’s not winning elections and it sure as hell isn’t representing their constitutents desires. Democrats are a Conservative Party—classically liberal. They do not like or want actual progressive policy.

There’s no way they don’t know that progressive platforms win.

Look at all the flipped party double agents over the past few years who ran as progressives and flipped to Republican as soon as they got into office? They absolutely know.

Kentucky’s largest city is staunchly deep hardcore blue.

I ran a roleplay spy organization that had tighter INFOSEC and OPSEC than this.

More encroachment on First Amendment rights. Schools have argued successfully that they have jurisdiction over children outside of school if what they “say” outside of school makes it back and causes a “disruption.”

This is ripping the mask off of that final push. I’m not sure what the goal is here, but the effect is that children will have no right to privacy and will face active punishment for thought crime from the age they start school.

I mean, they’re already doing this but now even harder

Yeahhh ive supported discord for about 5 years now with full nitro and if they’re going to show me ads no matter what then I’m canceling right now.

I had hope when they rejected Microsoft’s offer. But they were just waiting for the bigger fish.

Would love an interview from his “best friends” from childhood. I’m sure their recollections would match perfectly

Thank you so much I joined there and it’s my main account now. Everyone is so nice. I hope you have a great week. :)

I’m learning German now and it’s insanely logical. I’m angry people dissuaded me as a kid from learning German. I truly love the language and Germans are also very kind.

Side note: are there any German communities on Lemmy you know of? I’d like to join. I’m a fan of Staiy and Spacefrogs.

Listen, I come here for the latest breaking fruit platter news and I won’t have you shame me !