putin?

that’s not the flag of the russian federation either!

IIRC the USSR did try to join NATO in its beginnings, not super hard since they knew very well that they’d be turned away

one of the only times where it’s acceptable to fly an american flag high and proud

actually you’re wrong. North Korea is a demonic hellscape where people live in constant agony. the most quintessential acts of human life are punished by sending your past, present and future family to the Eternal Gulag.

what? could it be that it’s just a country where people live, certainly with it’s flaws but also it’s positives? and that, from the west, our vision is going to be heavily distorted by propaganda and preconceived notions? no that sounds far-fetched actually.

that’ll still slow them down, at least

we need sustained efforts to beat them long term

Americans be like

from my (admittedly limited) knowledge of european politics, and my experience with canadian and quebec politics, i can tell you with confidence that this is very much not a problem exclusive to the USA; it’s endemic to the whole global north

“whataboutism doesn’t make for useful discussions!” goes both ways, btw

we also would not have had Alligator Auscwhitz

concentration camps for immigrants have been a thing since at least obama. remember “kids in cages”? remember how biden didn’t free them?

a near doubling of homeland security’s budget

trump nearly doubled the DHS’s budget between 2017 and 2021, biden never decreased it. in fact, it kept increasing under him

illegal kidnappings/deportations

instead we would have had legal kidnappings/deportations! much better ☺️

the US military policing American cities

because regular police isn’t militarized and corrupt to hell anyways

tariffs

chinese EVs anyone?

RFK Jr.

i’ll give you that one

yes trump is worse in almost every way. but there is still not much meaningful difference between both parties. note, also, that harris sold herself as tougher on immigration than trump. would this have been true? idk, maybe not, but it still signifies she would’ve gone in the same direction

oooh, yea that makes more sense

(my point still stands tho)

I think it’s worth saying that “hahaha australia is a dangerous place that wants to kill you” jokes are (subtle) colonial propaganda

they depict australia as a wild, unlivable place to be tamed, a common colonial argument (the same was said of the american west), when the reality is it’s been inhabited for millennia

(not blaming you OP, or anyone else who made those jokes btw, it’s not obvious that they’re colonial in nature)

that doesn’t work because you don’t get the psychological aspect of slavery nearly as much

of knowing you will be a slave for the rest of your life, and so will your children, and so will their children; unless you escaped, that’s how american slavery worked

as Israel doesn’t have Xi to lean on for support

yea, israel only has the unconditional support of the worlds largest and most influent economy, ruled by a guy who would die before sanctioning genocide…

not sure i see your point

IOF soldiers have taken a ton of pleasure murdering Palestinians, for example

i don’t believe one second that their opposition to this comes from morals

surprisingly canada doesn’t seem to be anywhere on those lists

maybe because even those who get elected on being anti-USA bow down to lick the hegemon’s boots

literally every country stands to benefit from the downfall of the US, except itself, israel and maybe canada

ooooh, well that makes a bit more sense, thank you!

Ooh, that looks polished, I’ll have to look into i- why is hiccup from how to train your dragon there

absolutely but we can’t deny that most construction projects in anglo-america for the past few decades being single family homes for so-called upper-middle-class people exacerbates the problem

yea, disarming Hamas is just gonna take away what little armed resistance Palestinians had

in other words, canada is using an overdue noble gesture (Palestinian recognition) as a way to help israel further its genocide. it’s sickening

settlers of a feather flocking together

anglo-americans when repetitive buildings: 😡🤬🤮

anglo-americans when repetitive buildings, but way, waaaaaaaaay less dense and also everything is too far away for foot or bike and there’s no public transit so you need to own a car: 😍😄🥰

i wonder why there’s a housing crisis