nexusband

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[–] nexusband 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Meh. The U.S. probably are also going to be one of the most affected and if Trump enacts all his economic ideas, the U.S. Economy will tank HARD, meaning the contribution to climate change will shrink regardless.

[–] nexusband 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

US military power already far exceeds that of every other country on Earth.

That isn't entirely true. Looking at soldier numbers in general, NATO without the U.S. has ~ 1.2 Million active, the U.S. as a whole over all branches has roughly 1.4 Million - that's however including National Guard. Without that, it's 1.1 Million. Most NATO countries however do reserves different, Germany alone has 930k in Reserves (meaning, they either had military training or are receiving it on a rotational basis), the U.S. has ~ 300k. All of that combined gives Europe roughly 2.5 Million Soldiers that can be put in to service very fast. Since organizational structures are very similar on all accounts, if need be, that would happen fast. Remember, the EU also has very similar guarantees as NATO, meaning if one is attacked, the others vowed to help. If Europe actually tried with their military spending, we'd be able to outspend the U.S. by a lot - easily. Keep in mind...we're (=Europe) supplying Ukraine with more than the U.S. does, and most of our arms industry is still not even trying. Airbus, Rheinmetall, BAE, KMW, Navantia, Safran, ThyssenKrupp...they are all "trotting along" right now. Except Nuclear Threats, the U.S. hasn't got much to "best" others, IF Europe actually kicks in to gear (granted, that all needs the European Union not to crumble as well...) even technology wise the U.S. isn't that "overwhelming". Look up U33 and U32 - they both sank entire U.S. Carrier Groups in many simulations regularly - they still do. Hell, they even put two Los-Angeles class U-Boats to shame, they sunk them too. Most of the European U-Boats are pretty similar on that aspect as well, the Italians actually have the same and the French Triomphant-class isn't that bad either.

Germany's "collapse" of a Coalition is not necessarily something unprecedent. It has happened a few times and is also a sign for a very healthy democracy. In Germany, most of the governing power comes from ministries and state secretaries - those do not change with the collapse of a coalition. Our system is more robust than that of the U.S. against those kinds of issues (it isn't when the truth just get's thrown out of the window) - however, i also believe that the U.S. System is more robust than most of you give it credit.

And i agree, it's unfair, but as an educated immigrant, actually wanting to work and putting the effort in to learn the language and be considerate of the culture - you'll be fine, even with more right leaning governments throughout Europe.

[–] nexusband 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

And now do some basic Google Foo and find out what is manufactured in Taiwan. If China gets it's way, because Trump thinks Xi is cool and he's a good guy, China will just waltz in - TSMC, ASML and Trumpf have some safeguards in place as far as I know to destroy anything valuable. So while you might want to buy shit, you can't because the Cheeto and his cronies collapsed it.

[–] nexusband 2 points 2 weeks ago

A lot less though. Keep in mind, Ukraine help is also a big plus in all the financial books, even though it looks like they just "get the money"...

[–] nexusband 1 points 2 weeks ago

Hitler had a lot of help, the economic hardships were a lot different and the Weimarer Republik was already weakened thanks to Heinrich Brüning and Paul von Hindenburg. The Weimarer Republik also did not have nearly as much safeguards as both the U.S. and for example modern Germany have. Not only that: There are still people that care and still people to fight. Trump and his cronies still have quite a bit of work to do - not only that, i believe they will stack their cards so badly and defund so many things, many Systems will just crumble. Hackers around the world are licking their fingers right now. ODNI, the FBI and CISA are instrumental in fighting all of that. Tanking them will wreack havoc and open so many doors, i'll be surprised if the U.S. makes it unharmed to the midterms.

[–] nexusband 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The thing is...what if they are going down the Putin route and start throwing nuclear threats around? Anyone remember Trump trying to nuke a hurricane? Fascism and having a very rough 4 years is one thing...but as a European, that actually scares me a lot more. Because if they decide, well, Europe is unfriendly...we'll just nuke them...whose going to stop them this time around?

[–] nexusband 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Silver lining could be, they'll just do a lot of infighting and bickering and do not get stuff done properly. There's a very slim chance that the U.S. Democracy can withstand that again.

[–] nexusband 2 points 2 weeks ago

Interesting. Thanks!

[–] nexusband 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks for the clarification.

[–] nexusband 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Vaccines and medications help in stopping the spread of diseases. If the rest of the world can't make sure the US plays after international rules, they can't let anyone or anything from the US in

[–] nexusband 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Not only are a lot of people going to die, the EU is going to be on some "bad" list very soon, because free travel and any kind of "free" shipping won't be possible anymore - and I'd say even some Asian, African and maybe even Australia are going to follow that, heck, maybe even Canada. Although I'm not sure if Canada is able to actually do that...

[–] nexusband 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Berlusconi let others do the job of governing...people that lined their pockets as well, but at least we're somewhat decent at actual governing compared to what Trump's second cabinet's probably going to be.

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