• bstix@feddit.dk
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    19 minutes ago

    I think it’s perfectly fair to prioritize yourself first. Politicians should do that.

    But why does she want China last? That’s just hatred.

    I remember when political news were pictures of people shaking hands and making trade agreements. These days it’s all screenshots of social media posts made from someone hiding in a basement or gated community. Trump refusing to answer a telephone call from Canada while using his phone to tweet out more bullshit is a new low.

    American politics might be two sided team game, but international politics are not. Unfortunately for the republicans, they desperately need an opponent to make themselves relevant. They simply don’t have anything else to offer.

  • meowmeowbeanz@sh.itjust.works
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    The circus is in town! Two clowns duking it out in the digital colosseum: one’s waving a flag, the other’s throwing shit. Meanwhile, we’re all fucked sideways by the system they represent. But sure, keep tweeting your little hearts out while Rome burns. At least the engagement’s good, right? Christ, we’re so far down the rabbit hole, Alice would need a fucking space shuttle to find us… Pass the soma, I’m checking out.

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    as a canadian, i think it’s pretty safe to say the US is not first in much these days.

    things have changed. a lot.

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    To be fair, we have no idea how many COVID infections or deaths China had or how many prisoners they have. It isn’t like they are the most transparent with either matter.

    Everything else he said checks out. 🇺🇲

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      We have 2 million prisoners for 330 million people.

      They claim 1.6 million prisoners for their 1.4 billion people.

      Even if it were double what China claims, per capita we keep far more of our people in bondage, because we found and disgustingly prioritize the private profit in it. More prisoners for private for profit prisons, and more slave labor leased out to for profit corporations.

      We put people in cages using any excuse to increase quarterly earnings expectations for our sociopath class. “Land of the free,” Lo fucking L.

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    12 hours ago

    It’s also a bit rich that the Chinese dude gets labeled by X as ‘state affiliated media’ (which it probably is) but X itself apparently not? Which it definitely is.

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      This whole screenshot is basically one state’s propaganda machine vs. another.

      Just because the Chinese propaganda machine is acting the straight man in this particular interaction, doesn’t mean they don’t have skeletons in their own closet

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        Yeah, while I agree with some of his jabs - it is immensely ironic that China is #1 in two of mentioned anti-US criticisms.

        Go figure two assholes in a room and no one smells good

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        Yo very unrelated, but thank you for mentioning that phrase “skeletons in their own closet”! I’ve been listening to a song for a few months which uses that metaphor and I couldn’t exactly figure out what it meant (it’s in Greek and didnt expect that phrase to exist in english too). (This is the song if you care, lol.)

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    Legally murdering it’s own citizens in droves in capitalist confidence schemes like the Healthcare Insurance scam industry to increase private stockholder profit?

    🇺🇸 We’re number one! 🇺🇸

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      10 hours ago

      Aka; the rightful government of the entirety of China. May Taipei occupy Beijing once more

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    Pot, kettle … a pox on both their houses?

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    Ok I’m not defending her here but this is a stupid reply because she’s obvuously referring to prioritizing the interests of America, not that America is #1.

    He’s not wrong in what he said, it’s just the wrong tweet to dunk on.

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      When has the US been anything but USA first, everyone else last in the last 70 years?

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      When someone doesn’t speak in complete sentences it is likely harder to translate with proper understanding.

      Put America’s priorities first and America comes in first can be shortened to the same two words. What we know for sure is we don’t put education first.