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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Plus, they just elected an autocratic hate and fear spreading idiot who is a puppet of Putin and does everything in his power to make the US an even worse oligarchy.

Oh sure, but we do that with every President. Trump's a Putin Puppet. The Clintons Shill for China. Biden bent backwards for Israel. They're all deeply in the bag for the Saudis.

That's before you get to Musk or Gates or Bob Iger or David Solomon absolutely leading our national leadership around by the nose

The world isn’t just watching, the world is watching in extreme horror and disgust.

They've been watching since Nixon. But they still keep cashing our checks, so they can't be that upset.

Guys like Starmer and Truduea and Shultz were lining up to kiss the ring as soon as the election results came in.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

They've been watching since Nixon. But they still keep cashing our checks, so they can't be that upset.

It's the other way around. The US national debt is more than it's GDP. Where do you think they borrow that money from. We just don't want the US as an enemy because we want our money back. And so far the US has been the only country fucked up enough to drop not just one, but 2 nukes, not to wipe out military targets but 2 entire cities.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The large majority (73.1%) of US debt is owned domestically. US foreign debt is well, well below GDP: https://usafacts.org/articles/which-countries-own-the-most-us-debt/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

26.9% still is a lot of money.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Not to wipe out military targets but 2 entire cites.

We call that “for funsies” in the States. You ever hear of the Amchitka Island Nuclear Tests? Those seals had it coming!! /s