• Dr. Moose@lemmy.world
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    > americans think they have power
    > americans start a war
    > americans lose the war against a bunch of dudes in sandy flip flops

    Let’s see history repeat itself. Again.

  • Furbag@lemmy.world
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    Before the invasion of Ukraine, Russia was feared as a great military might of the world.

    Now the curtain has been drawn back on the wizard, and it turns out they can’t even properly subjugate their neighbors.

    Makes me wonder how much of the military bravado from China and America is just a fancy veneer and how deep the corruption has managed to hollow out their ability to fight a real slugfest of a war, not these one-sided invasions and subsequent 20 year occupation.

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      The difference is that Russia didn’t have dozens of military bases in Ukraine, nor was its digital infrastructure provided by Russian companies, nor did its military rely extensively on Russian materials. Meanwhile, this is the case with Europe and the USA, and the sad reality is that Americans have so much leverage that they can do everything they want with Europe.

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      At the end of the day… in a 1v1, I like to think USA would legitimately eradicate any country it fought. The problem here is, the way we are treating the rest of the world… when a fight eventually does fully break out, it won’t be 1v1… and in that scenario, shit can get wild. I’d like to think USA would stand its ground pretty well, might even fuck up a country or 2. But to think we could do it without incurring any sort of loss of our own is just plain silly. I think at a certain point the rest of the world is going to get sick of our shit, and that point might be a lot closer than any of us would like to admit. I’m not sure what’s gonna happen, but it ain’t gonna be fuckin pretty that’s for sure.

  • Lucky_777@lemmy.world
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    A united earth would fuck the united states. Changing the world currency would crush us and while you would have a huge shock of military might. Sanctions and no allies would drain the united states pretty fast. Remember, we don’t have the manufacturing capabilities to isolate and keep up a war machine. We would have to convert every single manufacturing company into wartime production. Which wouldn’t hold a candle to the world capabilities. Stop selling shit to the US. A united Earth changes currency standards and the US falls quick.

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    I know fuck all about geopolitics but surely China and Russia at this point should just start doing crazy stuff to America.

    Like Xi could kidnap Vance and put him on trial for something.

    If the EU lets America take Greenland then there is no illusion of security anymore and America is how I’ve always seen them, bullies. At least now they own it with pride and I kinda respect that a little.

    I hate violence but if Europe wants me to join a fight against the USA. I’ll sign up tomorrow.

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      To be honest I don’t see what’s so interesting about the place. USA’s got enough uninhabitable dirt already. We don’t need more of that.

  • Sam_Bass@lemmy.world
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    He might live in that world but the rest of the world doesnt see it that way. Thats been a problem with trumps boytoys since day one.

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    Senator Bernie Sanders, independent of Vermont, denounced Mr. Miller’s remarks soon afterward, saying on CNN that “Mr. Miller gave a very good definition of imperialism.”

    that’ll get him

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      What would you do?

      If you were Bernie? Go in and blow millers brain out? Thats one way to rally support for the republicans.

      Or something else? Easy to sit here and make useless comments online.

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    I’ve always wanted to know if the US can survive if the rest of the world bands together and attack the US from all sides.

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      We don’t need to do that. We should all divest from America. Stop using American companies, stop buying their products etc.

      I already do this but I’m talking about governments we should treat America how it treated Cuba for so long

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        Nukes weirdly are the thing that ultimately have kept the elite on top for as long as they have. The US can, has, and does fuck with any potential movement, group, leader, or uprising anywhere that might one day threaten the wealthy, and no one can do shit about it because the oligarchs in charge of the US would rather destroy the fucking world than give up a cent.

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      It can, it’s 50% military, at least budget vise. It can’t survive if they detach from the world and burn all the bridges.

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    And how do you have that power? Because the rest of the world gives you money.

    How about we stop?

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    American Democrats believe that Power allows them so sleep soundly, knowing that our nation can defend itself.

    MAGAs believe that Power is useless unless it is being wielded at all times.

    The problem is that Dems have become so complacent with their responsibility over Power, that they will do anything to keep from actually wielding it, even to protect America from an active, ongoing national security threat…

    …While MAGA is enthusiastically using that Power to beat the rest of us, and the world, into submission.

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      The problem is that Dems have become so complacent with their responsibility over Power, that they will do anything to keep from actually wielding it, even to protect America from an active, ongoing national security threat…

      Do you have an example of this?

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        How about the fact that Biden should have had all the MAGA leadership rounded up the moment he was inaugurated, and sent them all to Guantanamo for extensive interrogation. There we would have discovered the ongoing stolen documents treason, and much more. The Biden administration would have controlled the narrative, and charged and prosecuted the traitors, and starved them of the media attention that they so pathetically crave.

        Instead, he appointed the most feckless Republican in existence to be his AG, and lead the prosecution of Trump and his henchmen, who then proceeded to dither and slow walk the cases, giving MAGA a two year head start on running out the clock, which they eventually did, aided by the mind-boggling negligence of the Biden administration.

        Because of the Biden Administrations weakness, we may be stuck with this psychotic government, at least until it collapses under its own virtuosic incompetence.

        That’s one.

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          How about the fact that Biden should have had all the MAGA leadership rounded up the moment he was inaugurated, and sent them all to Guantanamo for extensive interrogation. There we would have discovered the ongoing stolen documents treason, and much more. The Biden administration would have controlled the narrative, and charged and prosecuted the traitors, and starved them of the media attention that they so pathetically crave.

          So what you’re saying, is that you wanted Joe Biden to do the exact same thing Trump is trying to do to the democrats now, is that correct? You wanted Biden to break the law and direct his justice department to prosecute his political enemies. Is that right?

          Do you understand why exactly it’s important for the justice department to be independent of the president? Why do you think it’s such a big deal when Trump directed Pam Bondi to arrest his political enemies with a fucking tweet, then a week later Letitia James and James Comey get indicted? You want the democrats to do that shit too? So you’re fine being ruled by a tyrant as long as that tyrant arrests YOUR political enemies, right?

          Because of the Biden Administrations weaknes

          TIL a president following the law is “weakness”

          • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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            So what you’re saying, is that you wanted Joe Biden to do the exact same thing Trump is trying to do to the democrats now, is that correct?

            Now listen to me very carefully because I have two things to say to this.

            1. I will not tolerate anyone “quoting” me by opening with “so what you are saying…” followed by an outright lie. That is a cheap shot with a shallow argument. I said what I said, not what you said I said, based on the worst interpretation of my actual words possible.

            2. Joe Biden took office only days after Donald Trump openly announced, planned, organized, promoted, rallied, and LAUNCHED a violent Insurrection with the primary objective to destroy a Constitutionally mandated ceremony to transfer power, and claim Dictator-For-Life.

            The secondary objective was to kill the disloyal Vice President, and probably his family, and more. The chatter on all the Conservative media, long before and during the Insurrection, was hunger for vicious, violent retribution on their most despised enemies, like Pelosi, AOC, and others, mostly women. Photos of insurrectionists with handfuls of handcuffs on their belts, illustrate their intentions to take hostages.

            And there was the ferocious attack by the mob, on the police that they purported to support the day before, and they claimed to support the next day, but on that day, they were trying to kill every last one of them. Watch the body cam footage of those cops in the tunnel, and imagine the feeling of those cops, fighting with everything they’ve got to defend the building, while trying to stay alive, and looking out on what must have looked like an endless wave of faces twisted in mob insanity. They had to have thought they would die that day, and several committed suicide within days of the battle.

            The only thing that finally saved America was that the Traitors finally got hungry, and decided to go back to the local bars and drink to their victory.

            When Biden took office, he was taking it from the biggest TRAITOR in American history, probably bigger than all other American traitors COMBINED, and that was before we knew about the False Electors Conspiracy, and the Stolen Classified Documents Scheme.

            It would have been fully within his Constitutional rights and RESPONSIBILITIES to declare Donald Trump, and every single person who took any part in the conspiracy to overthrow our government as extreme National Security Threats to this nation, because THEY WERE, and still are.

            The fact that we are in the situation we are in today, only proves how much of a national security threat they truly were, and only reinforces why the Biden should have acted boldly and decisively back then.

            Biden, and hopefully the next Democratic president, would be arresting Trump and his henchmen because of their CRIMES against this country and it’s citizens - a long list that we ALL know about. He is not being punished for his ignorant policies, except where they are used to commit more crimes.

            But Trump is using the government’s resources to settle personal, political scores, as well as to cover up his crimes by trying to silence the prosecutors who have had the courage to stand up to him.

            Using the judicial system to target the crimes of the biggest national security threat in our country, is not the same as punishing one’s personal enemies. If Trump has actual crimes to pin on his enemies, then he is welcome to charge them, but so far, the courts have rejected EVERY one of his vexatious lawsuits, because they are ludicrous.

            So here is what I am saying:

            Trump needs to account for his many CRIMINAL violations, and be punished for them. It’s as simple as that.

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      I’m not kidding we (Denmark) just ordered more f35s and are in the process of buying a couple of US electronic surveillance aircraft and patriot systems… Our intelligence services use Palantir for all our personal info btw

      Our politicians are still thinking that we can appease the US by funding the US military industrial complex.

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        You are not kidding, looking at the latest press releases from the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), Denmark has been ramping up its arms purchases from the U.S.

        Just in December 2025, they submitted four separate requests, totaling $6.5 billion.

        Edit: Source

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      That’s crazy talk! Instead, Denmark will send a formal letter and order a few more billions $ worth of equipment exclusively to US makers. That should teach them!

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      To stop buying US weapons could be seen as aggressive and an escalation. It is better to buy even more US weapons so they lose more if trade between US and EU is interrupted. /s if it is not obvious