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Cake day: June 18th, 2023

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  • This is so sad, that he is a rapist, and ruin the economy, takes healthcare away from people, illegally arrest immigrants, while having his Gestapo forces shoot people in the face, destroys US democracy and fail to help old allies in Ukraine didn’t do it.
    Even entering an illegal war and committing war crimes didn’t do it.
    But the gas increasing 1 dollar, that’s the straw that breaks the camels back!! Except it didn’t totally.

    Paraphrasing:

    Today 62% said they were “very confident” in their vote.
    Another 21% of Trump voters said they were still “confident” in their votes but had “some concerns.”

    That’s a whopping 83% of Trump voters who are still OK with their vote and how things are going!!




  • The real problem is also that China will probably become even more powerful than USA, and being so powerful feeds arrogance.
    I’m just hoping China will see how arrogance is now destroying USA’s global dominance because they are alienating their allies.

    I am not aware of the fishing and plastic things you mention, but we’ve had lots of fishing issues here in Europe too. Even between countries that are fiends.


  • In reality the American population chose this insane administration, so it’s not the administration alone, it’s the majority of the American people.

    But on the upside, with USA pulling out as the global leader, the world might actually become a better place, where China and EU with much greater respect for national sovereignty and international law will have bigger influence.

    USA has a tradition of not respecting international law, this is not just the current administration, it was also Obama, who spied on allies illegally, and send drones into Pakistan and other countries illegally and caused 70000 civilian deaths.

    IDK why USA lost the respect for the law to that degree, American administrations also have a tradition of not respecting national laws, the current administration is just being the most obvious about it. But among previous administrations we know Nixon for Watergate, and Reagan for the Iran contra affair, I think Reagan may even have gained popularity from the Iran contra affair, for sure it had no political negative consequences, showing the public didn’t really give care about the law either.

    USA is a country where morality and respect for the law has been in decline for decades. The idea of individual freedom has become so excessive that sociopaths and disrespect for the law are things that are celebrated.



  • Luckily in EU we all want independence from USA now, and we are working together to achieve it, and we even have allies outside EU, who are eager to cooperate with on the same thing. Canada and Japan have both joined the EU SAFE program, and Starmer of UK has pledged tighter cooperation with EU on security too.

    I admit I’m beginning to tend more towards China, because they are way more trustworthy and respect national sovereignty more.
    But China does have some pretty serious issues too. But at least China has been moving in the right direction for most of the past ½ century, while USA has been slipping regularly since Carter lost to Reagan, and Reagan became president in 1981, just short of half a century ago.
    Even Obama who was somewhat a bright spot, had serious problems keeping within international law, with illegal intelligence even against allies, and illegal drone attacks into 3 countries, costing about 70,000 civilian lives.


  • Same here, but the preference used to be towards USA, that is no longer the case, because we can’t trust USA anymore. China is far from perfect, but at least they are somewhat trustworthy, and have declared that they respect international law, which USA has abandoned completely. Threatening wars against several allies, started an illegal war against Iran and committed several war crimes, and blocked Cuba from getting essential energy supplies to maintain their society, which is causing even hospitals to lack power.
    The list of atrocities for the past year by USA is long, and the American system and population have failed completely in preventing these things from happening. In that light China seems like the clearly lesser evil to most of the rest of the world.


  • Edges past

    China has a 5 point lead in approval, and 11 point less disapproval than USA!
    I think that’s a bit more than edging past. 5% is statistically more than significant, 11 point higher disapproval for USA is catastrophic for their desire to control global affairs.
    It’s also notable that USA has declined the most among allies, meaning USA basically doesn’t have any allies that feel comfortable about it anymore. All allies are reluctant allies at best, apart from Israel that decidedly is exploiting USA. The very thing Trump and Vance has been so pissed about other allies doing even though they actually didn’t, but actually contributed to US global dominance, that is now coming to an abrupt end.

    It’s not the world that is splitting between USA and China, but the world that is moving away from USA, and accept China more.