If you think standing up for our allies is expensive..wait to see what happens when you abandon them.
this post was submitted on 18 Feb 2024
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This is the refrain of conservatism. If you think carbon taxes are expensive, wait for climate change, social programs... Crime, healthcare... Death. They do not actually give a shit about expense.
Conservatives do not see Europe as our allies. The GOP famously despises Europe and would very much like to see Putin take control of it.
The sooner we disabuse ourselves of the foolish idea that republicans work for America, the better off we’ll be.
I just don't understand why Trump is simping so hard for Putin. These Maga fascists are just blindly following that asshole.
We have trump and his ties to Russia, seven republicans being the first delegation to visit Russia since it illegally annexed Crimea, Russian oligarch investment in McConnell's state, NRA facilitating contact between Russia and republicans, and the list goes on. It just doesn't seem to matter to enough people.
They want it. These people are fed up with democracy.
When democracy sees them losing power, rather than adjusting their platform or working toward compromise, their decision has always been to subvert the system. Gerrymandering, voter restrictions, election fraud, insurrection, and openly courting the enemies of the country are all preferable to losing power, to these people.
In a country where democracy makes their kind a minority, it's democracy that must yield to them, not the other way around. They're only American as long as doing so gets them their way.
Dirt.
1930s appeasers thought Hitler was willing to draw a line and stop at some point too.
These aren't just appeasers we're dealing with. These are silver shirts.
Pretty sure most of hardcore Maga and the Freedom Caucus are fine with Hitler. Jan 6th was their Beer Hall Putsch. The ones who find Hitler a bit extreme have no objection to Franco, Pinochet, or Mussolini.
U.S. Congress is not to blame. U.S. conservatives in congress are to blame.
The GOP works hard to support Putin. Delaying/denying any defense of Ukraine is a huge win for them as they support Putin's efforts to invade Europe.
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