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    Handing over world leadership directly to China.

    China has offered to take in any international students who are now rejected from Harvard.

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      Handing over world leadership directly to China.

      Americans have decided to abandon their role as World Police and embrace the role of World Privatized Security Service.

      This isn’t handing leadership to China, it is extorting Chinese neighbors into paying for the privilege of American occupation.

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    Traitor.

    So then cut the DoD budget by 60% and spend that money on universal health care, social security, paid family leave, and free tuition.

    Otherwise, fuck right off.

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    Literally the entire reason we have such a large navy, and thusly need so many naval officers, is so we could project this power across the globe on very short notice.

    This is like going to a coal miner’s convention and telling them fossil fuels are going to be outlawed.

    He’s telling them they won’t have a military career, just short term employment

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      This is like going to a coal miner’s convention and telling them fossil fuels are going to be outlawed.

      It’s going to a coal miner’s convention and saying “the days of cheap coal are over, now coal is $1000 lb”.

      And when the coal miners ask “won’t that lead to more people going to alternatives” replying “we will make alternatives illegal”.

      Like, it’s not a material change in policy. It’s a delusional assumption of what the US is capable of imposing on the rest of the world.

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    Does anyone know what the heck is going on now? I mean on one hand, wouldn’t this mean we would need to strengthen our alliances with other countries so groups such as NATO can claim global dominance rather than a singular country such as the USA? On the other hand wouldn’t we need to do literally a 180 on our global policies on trade, immigration, and military might?

    Like I got no idea whats going on.

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      I got no idea whats going on.

      That’s part of the point. Hypernormalization keeps people confused. There is too much to encapsulate easily. But to the point of the couch fucker’s speech, isolating the US benefits Russia and its goals. NATO absolutely does not align with Putin’s agenda at all. He wants it weak or dead. As far as your question about doing a 180 on trade/immigration policies, have you not noticed anything about tariffs or deportations? The US pissing on Canada and Mexico? They have already changed so much of that.

      The US is not operating as it once was. The objective goals now are to help Russia and further enrich the wealthy class.

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    Ah okay, so everything the US does will be contested and taken away, check.

    The Great American Island, where non-diseased eggs cost $3 a piece and smog colors she skies yellow.
    Where ports send empty freighters back and forth to appear busy.
    Where the lower class are enslaved to corporations feeding the rich.
    Where criminals weaponize the lawbook to punish the poor.
    The place where most sickness does not exist, people just keel over.
    The Island the world leaves behind.

    China will gladly be the economic decider, Russia the oppressive world police. And the US the petulant child blaming everyone else.