politics
Saturday, January 3, 2026
My issue (same as what Regi said earlier) is in the grand list of shit I would like a president to focus on
statebuilding in S.America is so impossibly low on that list
Replying to Spooky Phijkchu #spooky.131 My issue (same as what Regi said earlier) is in the grand list of shit I would like a president to focus on statebuilding in S.America is so impossibly low on that list
Exactly, this is such a imperialist larpfest
If we just want to bomb shit (which doesn't work) we can do that
if we want to reform our borders/ports and actually stop drugs (which would be hard) we can do that
this is neither, and is just probably going to be a huge one-off distraction
It probably does improve quality-of-life in Venezuela
But I very much don't think that should concern us
Replying to Spooky Phijkchu #spooky.131 this is neither, and is just probably going to be a huge one-off distraction
Unironically just a distraction from the epstein files Wojackmeme_coomer
Annex 100m of Mexico on their side of the border and setup a military exclusion zone
well, if you actually wnat to stop drugs you'd have to reform how our ports work
which ain't happening
We could annex that small island Venezuela owns
and use it at Guantanamo Bay 2
American christians being really cringe in the 90s did more damage than the jews did
Racoons, how many times have you gooned to this character
Replying to Phijkchu_Pikachu #klombak Racoons, how many times have you gooned to this character
0, Edna is a slice of life romcom character https://archiveofourown.org/works/65625463
Racoons you will not believe this, I found a podcast about this story
Replying to Phijkchu_Pikachu #klombak Racoons you will not believe this, I found a podcast about this story (edited)
>the AI brings up the hat-snagging incident
Replying to Spooky Phijkchu #spooky.131 Annex 100m of Mexico on their side of the border and setup a military exclusion zone
A dead zone. Would work wonders. Does for the Koreas
Sunday, January 4, 2026
I feel like there's been this background debate through the last few years, on wtf we gain via "soft power" in 2026
I can argue there are merits to it in the abstract,
but considering how much gets spent/wasted (seemingly by design) it's kind of just silly
If the US was operating efficiently and was able to be more self-sufficient, then we'd reap less benefit from exploiting the rest of the world/
it's because we've been so dysfunctional and wasteful for the last 20-25 years, that we desperately need to keep these antiquated international systems churning for our benefit
but in its own way, if we don't correct root problems, we're leaving ourselves vulnerable for when these international systems eventually just break down
I think we've seen minor progress on some, but man if we get distracted we don't have that much runway left
and most of the world will get brought down alongside us
wellfare is so unsustainable its crazy
I'd love to just start ending programs and winding down benefits, but you'll never get that at a federal level
If you had a motivated governor, at the state level you could probably set in motion some alternative programs that wean people off of the dole (or essentially force them out of the state
stuff like /ss/ is fucked, and the only move is to just write-it off and start over with a new system, the model just doesn't work
Trump's doing his golden savings account thing, do something like that but as a mandatory IRA type thing
it's not good, but it's sure as shit better than social security