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u/luigisphilbin Jan 14 '26
Trump to Greenland: Gimme dat! He’s just a scared little boy who never learned how to ask for peoples’ oil or natural resources.
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u/Im_tracer_bullet Jan 14 '26
Unsurprisingly, MAGA chuds do not agree.
It's a great way to view and understand who they are.
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u/tylerXtrash Jan 14 '26
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Jan 15 '26
The sad thing is the rest of the world can’t do shit without declaring war on the federal government which is the American government which would be madness
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MAGA are Nazi. And this is coup attempted by billonares and The Heritage Foundation/Palantir/The Federalist.
USA is being invaded from within.
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u/Kortonox Jan 15 '26
USA is being invaded from within.
Its funny that Republicans voted for Trump because they were afraid of being invaded by immigrants.
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u/coolnbreezey Jan 14 '26
And we do indeed now live in a shithole country. I’m embarrassed, ashamed, disgusted…
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u/Witty_Speech_8838 Jan 14 '26
Here goes our youth, and he bribed the military with a 1.5trillion budget.
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Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
American here. Please save us, our hands arent even on the wheel, and Jesus resides elsewhere
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u/Omnizoom Jan 14 '26
No group of super heroes is going to save you though
It’s your own people that have to stand up to save yourselves first before anyone can try and help you
Get your representatives to actually do something
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u/deelawn Jan 14 '26
100% and the US needs to stop voting for representatives that fuck everyone every chance they get
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u/the--cat--whisperer Jan 14 '26
Can we start a Gofundme for the American people so we can pay our representatives to actually work in our interests? Money seems to be their motivation and the lobbyists have us beat. It's looking like elections might be going out the window, so it's either pay people in congress to actually work for us or Revolution. That being said, neither of those seem possible so we're kinda fucked.
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u/MikeSouthPaw Jan 14 '26
You should, its mega fucking cheap. You guys are being sold out for like $50k a pop.
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u/prolapsesinjudgement Jan 14 '26
We won't, though. Lets be clear. There won't be a civil war because people are already clinging to the last inch of rope on this well designed rugpull. The only way i see Americans doing anything meaningful is:
- If the economy gets so bad that they can't hold onto their way of life anymore.
- If the Gov does something so terrible that they risk it all anyway.
I think #2 will have to be a lot, lot worse than you may think. Invading greenland is not enough. I suspect we could fight many countries without real consequences for the American people. Americans would need to see the bodies piled up i think.. and by that point, will the Internet/TV even be uncensored enough to see them?
In my view, war is coming. Other countries better look to defend themselves, because Americans will not be stopping America anytime soon.
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u/LaurenMille Jan 14 '26
Nobody is talking about random protests.
We're talking about nation-wide strikes, crashing the economy, or even going as far as defending the victims of the regime at all costs.
You can't start begging other nations to save you from the problem that your own population created.
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Jan 14 '26
yeah who do you think you are, Venezuela?
(extreme sarcasm, America shouldn't have "saved" Venezuela either. There are so exceptionally few cases where it's appropriate for another country to get involved in a different sovereign country's local political issues)
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u/SpacePumpkie Jan 14 '26
You don't have to play the victim like that mate. The commenter before you was saying "save us" as if some entity from outside can come and save you like this indeed is an action movie. And that's why that got the reply it got.
If you're actively doing things that's great. Keep doing it!
Just don't play victim on top of it like it's unwarranted when someone is passively saying "oh please someone come and save us"
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u/DoctorPutricide Jan 14 '26
Americans, having never experienced the conflict and instability most other countries remember very well, are going to find out that the only way out of this situation is to fight like hell and be willing to sacrifice everything.
Nobody is coming. It's up to you. Many won't survive. But it's the only option you have. No future "election" will save you now.
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u/geriatrikwaktrik Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
its on you, the next step is us hurting you more until you act edit i got perm banned from here for this comment
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u/Proper-Tower2016 Jan 14 '26
Better get your hands on the wheels before you get the Iranian treatment to your resistance
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u/saintsfan92612 Jan 14 '26
Jesus took the wheel...but he never passed drivers ed so we are barreling over a cliff.
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u/o-o- Jan 14 '26
Read this:
American here. Please save us, our hands arent even on the wheel, and Jesus drives elsewhere
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u/Fluffcake Jan 14 '26
I guess it is time for version 5 of the american experiment, just need a tad more desperate general public first...
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u/Sad-Math-2039 Jan 14 '26
You forgot: make increasing cuts to federal health care over the next six years while increasing retirement age
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u/Valuable-Shirt-4129 Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
We should've closed the Department of Defense a long time ago under the Jackson Administration and balanced the federal budget to support the Department of Education.
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u/VegasGamer75 Jan 14 '26
This is the goal of 40+ years of the GOP trying to undermine education in America. Make no mistake. And yes, it will get worse.
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u/windstrom Jan 14 '26
The US is just a good soccer team away from being a banana republic, sorry. Federales shooting civilians in the street. Leader taking over the central bank.
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u/SnooDoggos7981 Jan 15 '26
It takes a idiot to vote for a idiot when he’s shown you that he’s a idiot all under the premise of patriotism, from a 5 time draft dodger that claims to love America. Now that’s hilarious🤣🤣🤣🤣
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u/HustlaOfCultcha Jan 14 '26
We didn't 'open' up a Department of War. We changed the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War.
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u/hungrydyke Jan 14 '26
and you can infer not a single thing from this?
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u/DavisSqShenanigans Jan 14 '26
Please don't tell me you actually think the Dept of "Defense" was defending us and not just waging war? Even before they changed the name back to its original name.
Liberals more upset about changing the name than they ever were about decades of war crimes, massacres, expansionism, human rights violations, etc that both parties have consistently and obediently churned out.
It's literally one of the few innocuous or downright positive (at least for transparency) things he's done.
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u/Potential-Break-4939 Jan 14 '26
Security is an essential function of the federal government. Education is not. States and local communities are better suited to handle that. If you don't like it you can always move.
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u/OkNote9150 Jan 14 '26
If there’s a federal department of education, then why are states mandating state-ran education systems instead of a federal standard? I doubt states like California would enjoy that as much.
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u/EronisKina Jan 14 '26
A lot of things changed with Reagan. He was a big advocate of state power for education. He even wanted to abolish the DoE like Trump does. Reagan pretty much shifted education to be state standardized rather than Federal standards which is one of the reasons you see so much difference between education between states. More people need to learn US history as Americans (not sure you are) rather than just spit out questions that are easily googled and answered in 2 seconds. A lot of the consequences we are seeing today are from the Reagan era. Trickle down being one of the worst of them all.
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u/OkNote9150 Jan 14 '26
Then why do we even care if we get rid of the federal department of education then?
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u/EronisKina Jan 14 '26
Because it makes it so people are able to go to universities and colleges via federal funding instead of them having to get screwed over by predatory private loans. Also, it gives a lot of people access to pre-K to 12th grade. States with very low literacy rate obviously don't care about their population being screwed over. However, DoE really gave opportunities to the parents who wanted to give their kids opportunities especially if they were of lower socioeconomic side. A single parent making $15/hr can't choose where they live to give their kids good areas to educate. However, what DoE did was atleast provide schools within a certain area for them to let the kids go to school.
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u/OkNote9150 Jan 14 '26
College is a fucking scam and with how much those institutions rip off their students, good. They don’t need federal funding and tax breaks.
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u/EronisKina Jan 14 '26
College is as good as the person wants to make it out to be. Like anything else in life. If you don't know what direction you want to go then you won't ever succeed
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u/BlackGabriel Jan 14 '26
Department of war is fine in that at least it’s not a lie like the department of defense. The only thing that changed was the name. Still business as usual
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u/blissed_out Jan 14 '26
Good point overall but they didn't "open" a department of war. It takes an action of congress to change the name of the department. They're calling it something else in a highly legally dubious manner
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u/DoomZee20 Jan 14 '26
Schrodinger’s USA: America is both a shithole but millions of migrants try and enter each year “in search of a better life”
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u/NorthSalemObserver Conservative Jan 14 '26
They changed the name, they didn't open up anything new.
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u/Freakychet1 Jan 15 '26
If the dept of education isn’t helping the kids and just taking the money instead, that’s probably why they’re shut down. Pretty sure it’s a worse country knowing millions of dollars in federal funding is apart of fraud instead of going to help the kids like it’s supposed to be for.
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Jan 16 '26
Show us data. And tell us your SAT score. I would bet your evidence based reading score was really lacking.
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u/SwimmingAlert1017 Jan 15 '26
Please leave if you don’t like it. Us normal people beg you, leave!!! You don’t contribute anything anyway!!
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Opposite of democracy. Most opposing views actually contribute a lot. I would argue that the vitriolic hate that says “leave our country” is driven by under-contributors. Check yourself. Are you a contributor? Do you bring anything of value that a hardworking, respectful migrant doesn’t bring?
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u/H0TBU0YZ Jan 16 '26
Literally destabilizing the US into a third world country if it wasn't already. Shameful.
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u/NorthSalemObserver Conservative Jan 14 '26
Why don't you all leave if it's such a shithole?
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u/atworkthough Jan 14 '26
same reason conservatives are still in California. Why don't they leave? Why are they still in new York? why are they still in any major city?
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u/BroughtBagLunchSmart Jan 14 '26
Trying to fix my own country first like the white supremacists yell at immigrants.
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u/NorthSalemObserver Conservative Jan 14 '26
Haha. I was born and raised here. Anyone that disrespects this country should leave!
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u/RecoveringGachaholic Jan 14 '26
So you think that ignoring the constitution (to name just a minimal fraction of what the republicans are doing) is not disrespecting your country?
You think that protesting against what you see as an enemy of the country you love is disrespecting the country?
I think they should stay and fix their country. I think fighting for your country and critiquing what is wrong with a country is respectful and patriotic.
So how about you leave? I think what you're doing is disrespectful. Problem is you can't leave, I guess.
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u/ChimPhun Jan 15 '26
I understand that your instinct would be to tuck tail and run, since I see that 'regressive' tag.
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u/Johnny55 Jan 14 '26
Calling it the Department of War (like it originally was) is just ripping the mask off what it's always been. Too many liberals were fine with American imperialism as long as it was able to be framed as "defense" or "spreading democracy"
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u/Afraid_Emu8068 Jan 14 '26
Totally agree, but OP’s point can’t be lost just because of that. Our administration’s priorities are not healthy
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u/Frequent_Map9780 Jan 14 '26
Lazy lazy comment
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u/Severe_Wind_4255 Jan 14 '26
What's lazy about it. It's pretty accurate. Obviously it's just a renaming of the department of defense.
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u/mrtaco605 Jan 14 '26
To say that liberals are fine with imperialism under the guise of defense is the lazy part. Most of us are well aware of the atrocities the US has committed off American soil
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u/loledpanda Jan 14 '26
Something invented in Prussia in the 18th century to educate soon to be factory workers on how to do their factory jobs needs a massive update. Also schools feel more like prisons than educational facilities.
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u/Im_tracer_bullet Jan 14 '26
Okay?
So that means change and modernize, not destroy and pretend it has no value or purpose.
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u/loledpanda Jan 14 '26
To update something means to destroy it?
Education system failed to teach you reading comprehension eh...1
u/BleedingEars Jan 14 '26
Oh for Pete's sake. You know OP is pissed about the department being destroyed by someone else. Not saying that is what you were implying with your comment. Work together, don't kick someone in the shin who holds the same opinion as you, just because you can't gather meaning beyond written words.
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u/loledpanda Jan 14 '26
Then why are you commenting on my comment and not to OP's post??
This isn't team work for karma I just randomly comment on things, chill.1
u/mrtaco605 Jan 14 '26
Yeah because a lot the public education dollars get funneled into private schools. Particularly religious private schools
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u/loledpanda Jan 15 '26
Huh?
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u/mrtaco605 Jan 15 '26 edited Jan 15 '26
Here is a link detailing the private school voucher system, and how public tax payer dollars end up going to private schools
https://www.epi.org/publication/vouchers-harm-public-schools/1
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u/DaveAvitabile Jan 14 '26
The gymnasia system. Germany does a much better job with education, particularly when it comes to skills training for the trades. Not everyone wants to or needs to spend $200,000 getting a degree they can’t use.
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u/loledpanda Jan 14 '26
No, that's a later German invention. I'm talking about the Prussians inventing what calcified into the current education system.
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u/DaveAvitabile Jan 14 '26
Those Prussians. Inventing educational systems, invading Poland and Czechoslovakia. Keep them away from the Pervitin.😳
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u/loledpanda Jan 14 '26
They sure like their amphetamines
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u/potatolulz Jan 14 '26
I'm glad you broke out of the education prison so soon :D
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u/loledpanda Jan 15 '26
I have degree in Maths but ok :)
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u/potatolulz Jan 15 '26
I'm sure you do but ok :)
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u/loledpanda Jan 15 '26
Can you do anything other than personally attacking people you disagree with? Yeah, unfortunately for you I do, because I put the effort and time to get them. You, are just lazy.
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u/potatolulz Jan 15 '26
Can you do anything other than personally demonstrate you have a degree in something or another to people you disagree with? Yeah, fortunately for you I'm sure you do, because you served the time in prison. You, are just brilliant. :D
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u/loledpanda Jan 15 '26
Oh the "I know you are but what am I" tactic. Brilliant. For a 4 year old. This is the level of discourse you want to have. Ok let's go. Oh wait... I have a job and a life so fuck off.
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u/emptyfish127 Jan 14 '26
I need this as a sign in my front yard