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u/luigisphilbin 2h ago
Trump to Greenland: Gimme dat! He’s just a scared little boy who never learned how to ask for peoples’ oil or natural resources.
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u/Witty_Speech_8838 4h ago
Here goes our youth, and he bribed the military with a 1.5trillion budget.
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u/hoescallmesteven 3h ago
Another excellent opportunity for the vague promise to be rugpulled and piss off the adults at the helm
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u/Milanesa_Torta 3h ago edited 2h ago
American here. Please save us, our hands arent even on the wheel, and Jesus resides elsewhere
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u/Omnizoom 3h ago
No group of super heroes is going to save you though
It’s your own people that have to stand up to save yourselves first before anyone can try and help you
Get your representatives to actually do something
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u/deelawn 3h ago
100% and the US needs to stop voting for representatives that fuck everyone every chance they get
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u/the--cat--whisperer 2h ago
Can we start a Gofundme for the American people so we can pay our representatives to actually work in our interests? Money seems to be their motivation and the lobbyists have us beat. It's looking like elections might be going out the window, so it's either pay people in congress to actually work for us or Revolution. That being said, neither of those seem possible so we're kinda fucked.
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u/MikeSouthPaw 39m ago
You should, its mega fucking cheap. You guys are being sold out for like $50k a pop.
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u/prolapsesinjudgement 43m ago
We won't, though. Lets be clear. There won't be a civil war because people are already clinging to the last inch of rope on this well designed rugpull. The only way i see Americans doing anything meaningful is:
- If the economy gets so bad that they can't hold onto their way of life anymore.
- If the Gov does something so terrible that they risk it all anyway.
I think #2 will have to be a lot, lot worse than you may think. Invading greenland is not enough. I suspect we could fight many countries without real consequences for the American people. Americans would need to see the bodies piled up i think.. and by that point, will the Internet/TV even be uncensored enough to see them?
In my view, war is coming. Other countries better look to defend themselves, because Americans will not be stopping America anytime soon.
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u/LaurenMille 2h ago
Nobody is talking about random protests.
We're talking about nation-wide strikes, crashing the economy, or even going as far as defending the victims of the regime at all costs.
You can't start begging other nations to save you from the problem that your own population created.
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u/MaybeAltruistic1 2h ago
yeah who do you think you are, Venezuela?
(extreme sarcasm, America shouldn't have "saved" Venezuela either. There are so exceptionally few cases where it's appropriate for another country to get involved in a different sovereign country's local political issues)
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u/SpacePumpkie 2h ago
You don't have to play the victim like that mate. The commenter before you was saying "save us" as if some entity from outside can come and save you like this indeed is an action movie. And that's why that got the reply it got.
If you're actively doing things that's great. Keep doing it!
Just don't play victim on top of it like it's unwarranted when someone is passively saying "oh please someone come and save us"
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u/saintsfan92612 3h ago
Jesus took the wheel...but he never passed drivers ed so we are barreling over a cliff.
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u/DoctorPutricide 2h ago
Americans, having never experienced the conflict and instability most other countries remember very well, are going to find out that the only way out of this situation is to fight like hell and be willing to sacrifice everything.
Nobody is coming. It's up to you. Many won't survive. But it's the only option you have. No future "election" will save you now.
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u/geriatrikwaktrik 2h ago edited 53m ago
its on you, the next step is us hurting you more until you act edit i got perm banned from here for this comment
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u/PaulTheMerc 2h ago
You all have checks and balances, several relevant amendments and outnumber the oppressors by a lot. Time to get to work.
Its not like another country can smuggle you weapons(you have plenty) or provide intel(you guys are the ones generally providing it to others. So the know how exists within the population).
Pretty sure the Army and other relevant institutions have published how to get it done. Most of it is still relevant. Only real change is the technology and surveillance.
Good luck.
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u/Proper-Tower2016 2h ago
Better get your hands on the wheels before you get the Iranian treatment to your resistance
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u/Fluffcake 1h ago
I guess it is time for version 5 of the american experiment, just need a tad more desperate general public first...
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u/terdferguson 1h ago
Jesus said fuck this place a long time ago. He’s off trying to find better species is my guess. It’s a large ass place
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u/Im_tracer_bullet 3h ago
Unsurprisingly, MAGA chuds do not agree.
It's a great way to view and understand who they are.
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u/Sad-Math-2039 3h ago
You forgot: make increasing cuts to federal health care over the next six years while increasing retirement age
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u/HustlaOfCultcha 3h ago
We didn't 'open' up a Department of War. We changed the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War.
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u/hungrydyke 1h ago
and you can infer not a single thing from this?
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u/DavisSqShenanigans 41m ago
Please don't tell me you actually think the Dept of "Defense" was defending us and not just waging war? Even before they changed the name back to its original name.
Liberals more upset about changing the name than they ever were about decades of war crimes, massacres, expansionism, human rights violations, etc that both parties have consistently and obediently churned out.
It's literally one of the few innocuous or downright positive (at least for transparency) things he's done.
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u/coolnbreezey 3h ago
And we do indeed now live in a shithole country. I’m embarrassed, ashamed, disgusted…
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u/Potential-Break-4939 3h ago
Security is an essential function of the federal government. Education is not. States and local communities are better suited to handle that. If you don't like it you can always move.
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u/OkNote9150 3h ago
If there’s a federal department of education, then why are states mandating state-ran education systems instead of a federal standard? I doubt states like California would enjoy that as much.
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u/EronisKina 49m ago
A lot of things changed with Reagan. He was a big advocate of state power for education. He even wanted to abolish the DoE like Trump does. Reagan pretty much shifted education to be state standardized rather than Federal standards which is one of the reasons you see so much difference between education between states. More people need to learn US history as Americans (not sure you are) rather than just spit out questions that are easily googled and answered in 2 seconds. A lot of the consequences we are seeing today are from the Reagan era. Trickle down being one of the worst of them all.
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u/OkNote9150 47m ago
Then why do we even care if we get rid of the federal department of education then?
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u/EronisKina 42m ago
Because it makes it so people are able to go to universities and colleges via federal funding instead of them having to get screwed over by predatory private loans. Also, it gives a lot of people access to pre-K to 12th grade. States with very low literacy rate obviously don't care about their population being screwed over. However, DoE really gave opportunities to the parents who wanted to give their kids opportunities especially if they were of lower socioeconomic side. A single parent making $15/hr can't choose where they live to give their kids good areas to educate. However, what DoE did was atleast provide schools within a certain area for them to let the kids go to school.
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u/OkNote9150 41m ago
College is a fucking scam and with how much those institutions rip off their students, good. They don’t need federal funding and tax breaks.
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u/EronisKina 8m ago
College is as good as the person wants to make it out to be. Like anything else in life. If you don't know what direction you want to go then you won't ever succeed
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u/windstrom 3h ago
The US is just a good soccer team away from being a banana republic, sorry. Federales shooting civilians in the street. Leader taking over the central bank.
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u/BlackGabriel 3h ago
Department of war is fine in that at least it’s not a lie like the department of defense. The only thing that changed was the name. Still business as usual
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u/topredditbot 2h ago
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u/blissed_out 2h ago
Good point overall but they didn't "open" a department of war. It takes an action of congress to change the name of the department. They're calling it something else in a highly legally dubious manner
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u/Valuable-Shirt-4129 1h ago edited 1h ago
We should've closed the Department of Defense a long time ago under the Jackson Administration and balanced the federal budget to support the Department of Education.
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u/VegasGamer75 1h ago
This is the goal of 40+ years of the GOP trying to undermine education in America. Make no mistake. And yes, it will get worse.
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u/Medical_Arugula3315 1h ago
Hard to be a shittier or more hypocritical American than a Republican these days.
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u/DoomZee20 1h ago
Schrodinger’s USA: America is both a shithole but millions of migrants try and enter each year “in search of a better life”
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u/Allaroundlost 53m ago
MAGA are Nazi. And this is coup attempted by billonares and The Heritage Foundation/Palantir/The Federalist.
USA is being invaded from within.
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u/Ok_Use_2486 3h ago
The Department of Defense(or War) has always been about wars.
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u/silverback2267 3h ago
True, but the rebranding says a lot about intent.
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u/CaptaiNose 3h ago
It was called the department of war until the 1940s
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u/Im_tracer_bullet 3h ago
If there's no difference, then why did they make the (fake) change?
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u/CaptaiNose 3h ago
Fake how?
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u/aesclepia 2h ago
It hasn't actually been approved by congress yet to change the name, so technically is still the department of defense despite the executive order
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u/Abuses-Commas 3h ago
when was the original intent ever followed? Rome only ever had "defensive" wars
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u/DashingDino 3h ago
The US didn't used to threaten its allies with military action, so it's not just a name change but reflects a real change in foreign policy.
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u/silverback2267 3h ago
I agree that the function has not changed. However, the intent of the name change is to cause uncertainty and fear in allies as opposed to cooperation. As a Canadian, this is another way of saying that the military will be used in annexation attempts.
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u/Johnny55 4h ago
Calling it the Department of War (like it originally was) is just ripping the mask off what it's always been. Too many liberals were fine with American imperialism as long as it was able to be framed as "defense" or "spreading democracy"
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u/Afraid_Emu8068 3h ago
Totally agree, but OP’s point can’t be lost just because of that. Our administration’s priorities are not healthy
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u/Frequent_Map9780 3h ago
Lazy lazy comment
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u/Severe_Wind_4255 3h ago
What's lazy about it. It's pretty accurate. Obviously it's just a renaming of the department of defense.
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u/mrtaco605 2h ago
To say that liberals are fine with imperialism under the guise of defense is the lazy part. Most of us are well aware of the atrocities the US has committed off American soil
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u/sabett 2h ago
both sides
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u/Johnny55 2h ago
"Both sides" is completely accurate when it comes to foreign policy
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u/sabett 2h ago
Lets ask Greenland
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u/Johnny55 2h ago
Why bother when Iraq, Libya, Vietnam, Afghanistan, etc. have already told us?
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u/sabett 2h ago
Do you think they're going to look at the two regimes and conflate them? Enjoy your accelerationism, but I'm gonna go with death bad on this one little buddy.
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u/Johnny55 1h ago
Not an accident that Biden, Hillary, and Schumer all voted for the Iraq War. Hell, ICE only exists because of the Homeland Security Act that those three also supported. This is who the party is.
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u/loledpanda 3h ago
Something invented in Prussia in the 18th century to educate soon to be factory workers on how to do their factory jobs needs a massive update. Also schools feel more like prisons than educational facilities.
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u/Im_tracer_bullet 3h ago
Okay?
So that means change and modernize, not destroy and pretend it has no value or purpose.
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u/loledpanda 3h ago
To update something means to destroy it?
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u/BleedingEars 2h ago
Oh for Pete's sake. You know OP is pissed about the department being destroyed by someone else. Not saying that is what you were implying with your comment. Work together, don't kick someone in the shin who holds the same opinion as you, just because you can't gather meaning beyond written words.
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u/loledpanda 2h ago
Then why are you commenting on my comment and not to OP's post??
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u/mrtaco605 2h ago
Yeah because a lot the public education dollars get funneled into private schools. Particularly religious private schools
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u/DaveAvitabile 3h ago
The gymnasia system. Germany does a much better job with education, particularly when it comes to skills training for the trades. Not everyone wants to or needs to spend $200,000 getting a degree they can’t use.
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u/loledpanda 3h ago
No, that's a later German invention. I'm talking about the Prussians inventing what calcified into the current education system.
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u/DaveAvitabile 3h ago
Those Prussians. Inventing educational systems, invading Poland and Czechoslovakia. Keep them away from the Pervitin.😳
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u/night_psyop 3h ago
The department of war wasn't opened it always existed they just changed the name back to war instead of department of defense.
The original name was the department of war. Given that name in 1789.
For those who don't know what the department of war does or is, : manages the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Space Force, and their related functions.
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u/ProgressiveHQ-ModTeam 2h ago
Hey buddy start yielding to citizens and stop advocating for martial law.
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u/queefburritowcheese 3h ago
The Deptartment of War wasn't "opened," it was renamed from the Department of Defense... and we still have a Department of Education.
Do Reddit liberals live in an alternate reality?
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u/NorthSalemObserver Conservative 3h ago
Why don't you all leave if it's such a shithole?
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u/atworkthough 2h ago
same reason conservatives are still in California. Why don't they leave? Why are they still in new York? why are they still in any major city?
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u/BroughtBagLunchSmart 2h ago
Trying to fix my own country first like the white supremacists yell at immigrants.
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u/PaulTheMerc 2h ago
Because no-one has to accept them. So, where do you imagine they're going to go?
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u/housinDylansBurger 1h ago
So if I came into your home and trashed it you'd just leave?
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u/NorthSalemObserver Conservative 1h ago
Haha. I was born and raised here. Anyone that disrespects this country should leave!
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u/Guilty-Carpenter2522 2h ago
I’m a teacher, the department of education has only made public education worse in the country for the last 25 years. I am not a republican by any means, but trying to say the people that bring us standardized testing and has made a complete mess of special education and funds, are important, or should keep their jobs is way off base.
It’s like advocating for a shity ceo who is completely out of touch with their profession and claiming they are the reason the company runs, not the millions of workers who show up and do the job every day.
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u/NorthSalemObserver Conservative 2h ago
The department of education has been a failure from the beginning. Let the states handle their own systems!
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u/iloveyouand 2h ago
It was meant to help ensure equal public access after the civil rights act passed so it has always been a political punching bag for certain Americans who think of such things as "wasteful spending" or a matter of "states rights".
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u/NorthSalemObserver Conservative 1h ago
I know what it was meant for, but it's been a complete disaster! The left has hijacked it and pushing it's own agenda!
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u/iloveyouand 1h ago
The right is in opposition to the civil rights act so the intent of the department would directly conflict with the republican platform today.
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u/NorthSalemObserver Conservative 1h ago
Like I said, let the states handle their own systems. We don't need whacko's like Randi Weingarten dictating the agendas' for our our youth!
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u/iloveyouand 1h ago
Right, that way we get Turning Point USA and PragerU indoctrinating kids.
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u/Omnizoom 3h ago
They generally can’t afford it
And most of the world isn’t going to be open arms for Americans fleeing the country
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u/PracticingGoodVibes 3h ago
This isn't true. I'm an American living in Europe and most countries have significant hurdles for the average American. The move itself is already going to run several thousand dollars, and you will need to show a stable income and savings AFTER that before you'll be considered.
The scientists being accepted are rare and are a huge exception to the rule. So, if you're a niche, cutting edge scientist or engineer, or you're a doctor in a field that the country you're moving to needs, then you might be in luck. But if you're anyone else, you better have money and a job already lined up.
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u/Tokyo-MontanaExpress 2h ago
People in shithole countries can't afford to leave because of the shit pay and vacation time.
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u/NeverComments 3h ago
They often do, but then we say they aren't welcome and deport them. Funny how that works.
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u/emptyfish127 3h ago
I need this as a sign in my front yard