• dhork@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    The author of the post that Trump is the “most powerful man that ever lived” is probably correct. Think about it: the US has the largest military in the world, and can project power anywhere. Historically, while this power has been built up, in America the ability to wield it has been carefully constructed so that it has to go through several layers of responsibility before being used, and different parts of government can perform their own checks on that ability.

    Then Trump comes along, and many of those checks and balances dissolve. Somehow, he has successfully aligned enough of our government to his agenda that he can launch a war (and lose it!) without being held responsible for the result.

    That is Trump’s superpower - the ability to do whatever he wants, with impunity. That’s not supposed to happen in our modern society, but he figured out how. Perhaps the key is having no shame, so he can ask for things that no other politician would think is appropriate? But with that kind of power, he really is ruling like a king, with the largest military in history (and all those nukes) at his command. Who’s gonna say “no” to him at this point? He got rid of everyone who might.

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      13 days ago

      On the other hand how effective is the US military really? Its got a lot of fancy toys but sure did just fall flat on its face despite what should have been overwhelming advantages.

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        13 days ago

        It’s the big difference between grand strategy and tactics. You can win every single battle and still lose a war. Grand strategy comes from the top. If the mad emperor tells his troops to make war on the sea, is it really on the troops when they lose?

        “War is a continuation of policy”, so what happens when there is no policy? What would “winning” even have looked like?

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        13 days ago

        I mean do you think that every person on all the weapons of war really wanted to win against Iran or were they just showing up for a paycheck because they didn’t really believe in their orders. Like doing just enough to not get fired and everyone collectively being like yup we know it’s bullshit and stupid but let’s kill some kids I guess, I mean the computer told us to so it’s not like we can get fired over it

  • Jhex@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Maybe Americans will finally realize their cute “No Kings” parade, mean nothing to this administration? maybe try it on a weekday so the economic impact does the talking for you?

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      13 days ago

      Every worker in the US could stop working and it wouldn’t matter much, since the economy nowadays is mostly just a handful of big tech companies shoving money around in a circle. This alone is sufficient for the stock market to go stonks, and the rich becoming richer as a consequence. We normal workers are completely irrelevant and no threat to them and their wealth.

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        13 days ago

        the fact that you see taking 1 day off to defend your erodinc rights as an affront confirms everything we see from the outside… yet instead of fighting the powers that put you in that place you rather attack me instead…

        Exactly like the people who don’t complain about their own poor wages but complain others are getting paid too much

        good luck with that bud

  • slothrop @lemmy.ca
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    14 days ago

    From another article:

    Trump said the document came from a “historian,” but Haberman and Swan later found that its author was Dave King, a longtime caddy and confidant of golfer Gary Player.

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      13 days ago

      Hardly call him a POWER bottom. That implies he has the ability to move his shambling corpse in a way other than a lurch.

  • billwashere@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick… will you just go away already … or just die. Either is cool. Hopefully from a stroke on the toilet. Because anything else would make it worse.

    I am so tired of hearing about all the stupid shit he says on a daily basis. I will be so happy when he is a distant memory.

    I have some very expensive whiskey just waiting.

  • Absurdly Stupid @lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    What a terrifically stupid claim. He has no idea what is going on.

    Historian David King is even more frightening, check this guy’s hard drive.