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South America needs to make its own form of NATO to protect itself from America.
Maybe... SATO...
FAFO perhaps?
It wouldn't do the trick, not a single country in Latin America is nuclear armed, there is no counter threat deterrence to the biggest superpower threat, even if they would be a united military (which is already really unlikely to happen). Unless French Guyana somehow gets caught up in the mess, who knows.
People on X are celebrating as usual. They sure are owning the libs, with their leaders warmongering.
Middle America, Flyover America loves this stuff. Blue bubbles like Lemmy give the impression everyone is seething, but in reality average Joes (even those who don't vote) find this kind of authoritarianism warm and fuzzy, they equate their respect for the military with Trump by association. It'd be good if we all remembered that.
Oh absolutely, they get off on it!
Here in Denmark, a climate activist was pushed down by a guard during our kings new years speech a few days ago. Most rational people agree that force was necessary (He didn't move after being called out), and I agree. But the man was violently pushed to the ground. When he returned to the crowd, someone punched him in the face.
This was not a climate activist blocking public infrastructure, or sabotaging a grid. He pretty much just stood there for a moment with a sign, telling the public "Pull the emergency brake, climate collapse" before he was violently pushed to the ground and punched.
I'm not going to argue whether these things are appropriate, right, wrong, or what amount of force was necessary. But I do want to point out the glee, the frothing of the mouth, the absolute intense schadenfreude of every right-of-center person sharing his picture on social media. Everyone was roaring in approval, not just celebrating violence, but in many cases encouraging more of it.
People absolutely love this stuff. It's intense tribalism, and it's getting worse. I don't remember it being like this 20 years ago.
I am despair.
Hi despair. I'm dad.
GUYS!!! IT'S OK!!!! DAD IS HERE!!!! MY DAD CAN BEAT UP YOUR PRESIDENT!!!
Ok, Diddlydee. You're up. Go beat up trump! You can do it!
My exact feeling seeing the news while we ate lunch. Gut dropped.
Great idea to start riling up lots of countries that don't have to cross an ocean to fuck with you.
/s
Crossing the Darien Gap is substantially harder, though.
Those files sure have something
Is he starting a menagerie of South American leaders? He is so stupid
South America WILL be subsidising Americans. This will be similar to how Great Britain rules India with a local private army. That prevented India from developing anything, was asset stripped, and created the an industrial boom in Britain.