• BackgrndNoize@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    19 days ago

    I wonder what kind of long term damage this will do to the US, why the fuck did shit like this have to happen in my lifetime.

    • Silic0n_Alph4@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      19 days ago

      I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

    • MY_ANUS_IS_BLEEDING@lemm.eeEnglish
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      19 days ago

      US soft power is gone now. The sheer treachery displayed in this Ukraine move has completely lost the trust of all of its allies. There’s no way anyone can afford to rely on them for anything now.

      • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
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        19 days ago

        No, no. “The non-fascist candidate wasn’t exciting enough! It’s the Democrats’ fault I stayed home while my country burned.”

    • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
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      19 days ago

      You’ll probably see the BRICS countries ditching the dollar for their own currency within a few years. With USAID gone basically the entire global South will be looking towards China as well.

      Once oil stops being sold in dollars and the dollar stops being a reserve currency, you’ll probably start seeing hyperinflation and deficits and debts actually mattering a lot more than they currently do.

    • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      19 days ago

      Because the easy times made weak people… People like Trump and Elon. And now the hard times are going to have to forge the strong people… After the weak and wealthy are done harvesting the remaining wealth of America.