USA is not just a rogue country, they are decidedly criminal.
this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2026
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Yes you are right, this is just new heights.
When we say bbbuut Israel is a democracy, we are getting to a point where it's as meaningless regarding USA.
democracy only goes so far when there's a significant section of the population that are psychotic.
But that's exactly what democracy is supposed to prevent. Democracy is all about respecting each other, and making a better society for all. But in USA that is failing completely, and has instead lead to an intolerant hateful society, where a living wage and healthcare are not for all but privileges. Only USA has not figured these things out among democracies with a developed economy.
I mean, that might be the ideal idea, but democracy has never done that historically. Its main benefit is that it averages out the opinions of the populace so extremist dictators can't steer a state as fast as possible into collapse, which is not something you can do much about when so many people are so willing to vote for a demagogue or a populist without explicitly antidemocratic protections, like, say, a filibuster. Alcibiades, Caesar, Robespierre, Netanyahu, Trump, Modi, Farage, the list goes on.
It's also worth emphasising the role of the far-right captured media headed by Murdoch and Russian disinformation attacks on democracies globally. Obviously, there is blame to be had with the people who choose to vote for these fuckers, but at the same time, it's no coincidence that the right is winning across many Western democracies simultaneously with AfD, Reform, the GOP, etc. in recent years making significant gains.
democracy has never done that historically
It absolutely has, Scandinavian countries are good examples of democracy actually working. They rank highest on the democracy index, and they also rank highest in satisfaction in the population and quality of living, and quality of public services.
The better the democracy, the better the results.
Problem is that USA is an awfully bad democracy, and for half a century nothing has been done to improve it. Not even making gerrymandering illegal, or remove the idiotic FPP voting for federal elections. Which are so obvious and a bare minimum to move forward.
For now our democracy here in Denmark where I live is working very well, but that is not an automatic thing, it is something we need to continuously protect, and in general Europeans are better at that than Americans.
We (EU) have the same problems USA do, like AfD in Germany and Le Penn in France, the difference is that here those extremists although popular, cannot take total power of the system, because in functioning democracies you have representation of many parties, and no government is allowed almost total power like the US president has.
The US system with a very powerful president is based on an idea of efficiency to get things done, not an idea of democracy and fairness like most European democracies.
Don't judge democracy based on the flawed democracies that exist, democracy is the least bad system we have, but a flawed democracies like USA and UK, are doomed to make HUGE mistakes in the name of efficiency, because too much power is concentrated with 1 person. Except when it comes to it, they are only efficient at maintaining the status quo of the power structure, and never really getting much done to benefit society as a whole.
I would argue the problem is merely of the scale of crazies. Granted, a lot of the European democracies are doing a lot better than the US or UK, but at the same time, fundamentally, no system other than a dictatorship that actively acts against its own people can withstand a large enough population that vehemently decides to be evil. Israel's parliamentary system is a pretty good example. On paper not a bad system, the problem is that so many of them are completely captured by the right and far right that even the leftmost parties are still pretty damn horrendous when it comes to the West Bank and Gaza.
Like, I'm not saying a democracy can't work, it obviously can and has for a good number of decades, but, like any other system of politics, it has a failure condition.
True, but USA has more crazies as a result of the society being sick. The inherent number of potential crazies is the same in all countries.
It's not new, we just see and hear about it more.
Openly now
I hope that there is a global Revolution after Trump's term ends if he, his family and co-conspirators are not all dealt with properly.
It's not just him.
No but they're a great start
Exactly! We need to set an example. Wait...am I an authoritarian?
No.
It's already happened.
The trade agreements that were negotiated after the tariffs, and intended to route trade around the US rather than through it, take up to two years to take effect.
The Big Beautiful Bill's good provisions were timed to expire after the mid-terms, but expire they will. The pro-billionaire stuff in it will be permanent. This is going to make affordability even worse, which will likely strengthen socialist candidates in the coming years.
Iran has irrevocably shattered US hegemony by destroying our bases in the Middle East and making the military afraid to rebuild. The US is even, evidently, afraid to park planes in allied European countries now.
The revolution's already happened. People just haven't seen the full effects of it yet, but they will.
Good, hopefully they pay with some prison time too.
Murder is the right word, and it's important to remember, this has been a thing far longer than Donald. Donald just isn't hiding it or trying to PR it.
People in Gaza have been murdered with US WMD's for decades. Obama murdered people with drones. Genocide Joe earned his nickname doing everything Bibi asked. Bush tortured and murdered people in Cuba, Iraq, and elsewhere. Clinton's "peacekeeping missions" killed many innocent people. Reagan's many international scandals exposed the extent to which his admin was murdering civilians and shuffling WMD's to genocidal regimes.
And historically, most of it has been supported by a majority of Americans, who can't think their way out of a wet paper bag or simply do not care until a war affects them personally.
The anti-war sentiment is only recent, and specifically with Iran and the new extremes Israel has taken in their campaign of terror against Gaza. Some of you may not be aware, but part of what got Donald elected was that he was vocally anti-war and promised no more forever wars, and it was actually feasible because he had pulled the US military out of Syria and negotiated the withdrawal from Afghanistan to end the War on Terror.
Then the Epstein Files dropped and he needed a distraction. Bibi was happy to supply it.
Trump admin are a vile bunch of idiots.
Up a scale and he can't see that a fuel blockade is exactly what is being done to him. Something about reaping and sowing comes to mind.
More crimes for the ICC to prosecute.
You need to incarcerate them first for this statement to matter. Something nobody seems willing to do.
USA: Hey ChatGPT, what are the odds this fast boat is a drug boat?
GPT: There are lots of fast boats in the Caribbean, at any given time only a few are going to be smuggling drugs.
USA: so it can definitely be smuggling drugs then?
GPT: Yes it definitely can be.
USA: triple strike it!
GPT: Ive sent three missiles at it. I also sent 2 missiles to the cruise ships within 1km because they're likely support vessels and also have drugs on them.
The US started on the world stage fighting Barbary pirates, now en route off the stage becoming Pirates of the Caribbean
But there's no money for healthcare
Hm. US is a pirate. So many parallels.
So who's gonna stop those pirates?