▲ 831 ▼ Americans walked from door to door and failed to find a family Vance's wife could visit before cancelled visit in Nuuk, according to Danish TV2 (nyheder.tv2.dk) submitted 1 year ago by RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world 67 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/59540677 https://nyheder.tv2.dk/live/2025-01-06-kampen-om-groenlands-fremtid/amerikanere-stemte-doerklokker-i-nuuk-foer-aflyst-besoeg-siger-steinmetz?entry=2b1ef233-8348-47f6-8219-f8783a4b72cd
[–] obvs@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) It looks like a lot of US states are about to declare backsies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] DigitalDruid@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah, most Americans are too cowardly, or dumb (or both), to do anything meaningful. They prefer to sit by and watch their country get demolished, because trying to stop it would take effort. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago* I mean, yes, that's certainly part of it, but the other parts are that we (Americans) live among extremely well-financed and equipped (courtesy of military surplus) police forces who are obvious in their zeal to terrorize and extort citizens, while also being insulated by legal buffers like "Qualified Immunity." In most cities, the police take up 40-50% or more of the budget, and produce essentially zero benefits, but will always be enshrined because they protect the status quo and the top wealth layer's property, and are willing to use force to ensure the most vulnerable are kept fearful and destabilized. permalink fedilink source parent [–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago California checking in. I'm working on it, there's an effort to get it on the ballot. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] DigitalDruid@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah, most Americans are too cowardly, or dumb (or both), to do anything meaningful. They prefer to sit by and watch their country get demolished, because trying to stop it would take effort. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago* I mean, yes, that's certainly part of it, but the other parts are that we (Americans) live among extremely well-financed and equipped (courtesy of military surplus) police forces who are obvious in their zeal to terrorize and extort citizens, while also being insulated by legal buffers like "Qualified Immunity." In most cities, the police take up 40-50% or more of the budget, and produce essentially zero benefits, but will always be enshrined because they protect the status quo and the top wealth layer's property, and are willing to use force to ensure the most vulnerable are kept fearful and destabilized. permalink fedilink source parent [–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago California checking in. I'm working on it, there's an effort to get it on the ballot. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah, most Americans are too cowardly, or dumb (or both), to do anything meaningful. They prefer to sit by and watch their country get demolished, because trying to stop it would take effort. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago* I mean, yes, that's certainly part of it, but the other parts are that we (Americans) live among extremely well-financed and equipped (courtesy of military surplus) police forces who are obvious in their zeal to terrorize and extort citizens, while also being insulated by legal buffers like "Qualified Immunity." In most cities, the police take up 40-50% or more of the budget, and produce essentially zero benefits, but will always be enshrined because they protect the status quo and the top wealth layer's property, and are willing to use force to ensure the most vulnerable are kept fearful and destabilized. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago* I mean, yes, that's certainly part of it, but the other parts are that we (Americans) live among extremely well-financed and equipped (courtesy of military surplus) police forces who are obvious in their zeal to terrorize and extort citizens, while also being insulated by legal buffers like "Qualified Immunity." In most cities, the police take up 40-50% or more of the budget, and produce essentially zero benefits, but will always be enshrined because they protect the status quo and the top wealth layer's property, and are willing to use force to ensure the most vulnerable are kept fearful and destabilized. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago California checking in. I'm working on it, there's an effort to get it on the ballot. permalink fedilink source parent