WideEyedStupid

600k? You dropped some zeros there. It’s $600,000,000.

He’d have to go a lot higher than 10k p.p. to even make them consider it, so that’d be billions. Luckily he has millions of tax payers who can fund his little obsession!

I think we agree on this pretty much, but what you saw as a freak-out was just me pointing out that this parade stuff is typical dictator shit (on top of all the other typical dictator shit). He’s bad enough without the parade, it’s just emblematic.

Honestly? I don’t think anyone is going to be convinced of how bad Trump is anymore. Anyone who could be convinced probably already is. More people deported, a parade, more tariffs, more departments dismantled, imperialistic rhetoric, whatever. Too many people have already accepted all this, accepted too much. I doubt any of his followers can still be persuaded. What needs to happen is those cowards in congress need to step up and do something about it.

Yeah, you know, I’m not actually American and I don’t pay homage to any army. And I hope you didn’t truly conclude from my post that this parade bullshit is the only thing I dislike about Trump, or that due to a lack thereof somehow I approved of Bush? Come on, even you know that’s just a poor straw man.

That said, I don’t disagree at all with the other stuff you’re saying, you are absolutely right. I’m just telling you that no normal (and by normal, I don’t necessarily mean good!) leader (i.e. one who is not a megalomaniac, a narcissist or a (wannabe) dictator) would demand a military parade for their birthday. Honestly not. And even if you don’t care because it’s “symbolic,” you should still care because it shows you the type of person he is. The fact that it’s “also the army’s 250th birthday” is irrelevant, because it’s irrelevant to Trump. HE wants a birthday parade for HIS birthday. He thinks he deserves it. He thinks his birthday is worth a 100 million dollars and he doesn’t give a fuck that the tax payers are footing the bill.

Trump sees himself as the institution. That’s the whole point. The U.S., that’s him. The government, it’s him. L’État, c’est moi.

Now if it were me I’d abolish military parades completely, because imo it’s just a waste of money. But the fact that Trump wants one for himself is just another page out of his Dictator handbook.

It is a very important distinction. I can’t even imagine the prime minister of my home country insisting on a military parade for his birthday. He’d be laughed out of parliament, because it’s fucking ridiculous.

Having a parade as part of some event, for an anniversary or something, that’s one thing. But this is Trump wanting one for his own personal glory. That’s actually something only dictators do. Kim Jong Un loves parades. Hitler loved parades. Mussolini loved parades.

I guess maybe it’s not so weird that Trump wants one too, considering who he wants to emulate.

I agree.

Whenever I see discussions about Libertarians, I always think about that town, Grafton, that got overrun with libertarians. Human nature indeed.

https://newrepublic.com/article/159662/libertarian-walks-into-bear-book-review-free-town-project

The book is a very nice read.

That’s exactly it. I just don’t get it. Seems like a no-brainer to me, but apparently I’m wrong.

I guess it’s about money? Or they still think that being against genocide will lose them votes in the future? Or something.

Oh I can definitely not claim it either. Someone said it ages ago, and I stole it.

Yeah same, I guess time flies when you’re bombarded with shit 24/7

I should go. <3

The mierdas touch!

That’s the thing. There are probably a lot of people thinking the exact same thing, you just haven’t found each other.

Hmm, I would hope, but I doubt US power and influence will disappear that easily. It’ll probably just be more negative.

Ha, and France is the largest country in the EU!

I was going to say this. Trump thinks the EU already is what I wish it will become.

Maybe his efforts will push us further into that direction though?

Lmao. I actually laughed at this and my husband too, when I told him. Jesus christ, haha.

It’s funny how so many of these nicknames are so obvious, but I never would have come up with them myself.

That one, yes. And the Txt STOP one too. That one actually had me laughing.

If they pulled something like this, do you think people would finally get into action?

It really feels like they’re testing the waters before going full-on Nazi and dragging their political opponents off the street.

I mean, really all they need to do is arrest her on some bullshit charge, drag her into a black van and put her on a plane to El Salvador. Who’s going to know about it, or do anything about it? It’d be a chilling message to all their enemies.

My god, it’s so petty, seriously.

If I were Canada, I’d make a new door on the Canadian side and then I’d build a brick wall right at the demarcation line. Let the Americans have their 40% of the building, devoid of books and stage. They’ll have a bunch of chairs to sit in.

Fucking enjoy.

Wait, South Africa? Did I miss something? I know about all the other ones, but what is his beef with SA? Did Musk complain about something?

This one is clever, I love it.