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it's like you believe you can tariff them expecting they won't do the same. Why do you believe the rest of the world is not going to retaliate and why do you believe America can prosper without the rest of the world?

What's the point of having a military alliance with countries you puts tariffs on? That's unfriendly to say the least.

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[–] aseriesoftubes 104 points 18 hours ago

If they were capable of thinking critically, they wouldn’t be Republicans in the first place.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds 80 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

They don't care about cooperation, everything is a deal to them. If some other country has something, we don't. The entire worldview of Republicans is just capitalism, if something can't be framed in terms of profit it's not worth pursuing.

They're fucking Ferengis

[–] [email protected] 29 points 17 hours ago

Ferengis were meant to be a caricature of our current society, so yes, Ferengi fits.

[–] db2 12 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Don't insult Ferengis. They're actually smart.

[–] SouthFresh 17 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

They've been whitewashed over time as ST gets farther from the left. The OG ferengi would only have complied with a contract if they thought they'd get caught breaking it, which is honestly a more accurate satire.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 15 hours ago

Rule of Acquisition #17: A contract is a contract is a contract... but only between Ferengi.

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[–] Rhynoplaz 86 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Good luck finding many of them around here. They find out pretty quickly that they aren't welcome.

[–] finitebanjo 8 points 14 hours ago
[–] Sanctus 53 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

To cripple the US so it is no longer a threat to Russia, and they can move in to "reclaim" all those Baltic nations and maybe even cop the EU.

[–] tburkhol 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Not just Russia. Any kind of meaningful restraint on multinational corps & billionaires requires international cooperation, or the entity just changes the region where it stores/performs/recognizes whatever thing.

[–] Sanctus 9 points 16 hours ago

I think we're gonna learn the hard way its actually not okay to let corporations become more powerful than most nations.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 17 hours ago

It's the most obvious powerplay in my memory. Isolate and remove America on the world stage from the inside. And it's being highly successful. You couldn't get a better Russian agent then trump.

[–] DrSleepless 20 points 17 hours ago

The president is a Russian asset

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

They are extremely low trust and simply can't believe they're not getting fucked by everyone else secretly

[–] [email protected] 19 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

So that when the oligarchs assume full unchecked control of the US, no one will lift a finger to help the rest of us.

[–] grue 3 points 14 hours ago

You're speaking in the wrong verb tense there, buddy.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

I don't even think the majority of American conservatives are on board with most of what's happening anymore. ~~Some~~ Like almost half are, but they're especially stupid and usually ideologically oriented to Trump rather than to the traditional brand of US conservatism.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 17 hours ago (5 children)

The traditional conservatives are suspiciously quiet right now, so I count them as fully complicit.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 17 hours ago

they're especially stupid

You know, I always try to avoid thinking that people with different opinions to mine are "stupid", but it's getting more and more difficult to credit republicans with being reasonable.

[–] esc27 13 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Simple bully logic. If you are bigger than someone else, simply hit and threaten them to get whatever you want. Works really well until all the victims gang up and fight back together.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago

Do you think there are many republicans on this site?

[–] groats_survivor 8 points 16 hours ago

The question isn't stupid. But asking it here is

[–] 7355608 10 points 17 hours ago

To create the enemy without.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 17 hours ago

Is this question rhetorical? The people you’re addressing this question to aren’t on Lemmy. Try Fox News, lies social, or wherever other sewers the maggots live in.

[–] MisterCurtis 6 points 17 hours ago

I imagine it's so no one would be willing to come to our aid as he destroys the country.

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