▲ 854 ▼ Greenland PM Tells People to Prepare for Possible Invasion (www.bloomberg.com) submitted 7 months ago by CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works to c/world@lemmy.world 354 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 7 months ago (1 child) Great, I agree with everything you just said. Constructive discussion! I'd like for that to be what we spend our energy on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago (2 children) Unfortunately we outside the US see mostly impotent hand-wringing coming from there. That's why we're so frustrated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) I get it. But just like the UK isn't Boris Johnson, China isn't Xi Jinping, and Italy isn't Giorgia Meloni, no country is going to show the reality and complexity from headlines generated by a handful of people. What is happening here seems to be everyone taking out their frustrations on the exact people most likely to help. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 points 7 months ago The best you can do is to make the bad parts of America face bad consequences for their malice, while supporting the good parts of the nation. You have different tools from my people, and should make good use of them. Back in the 1st American Civil War, the Union had retained their international trade partners throughout the war, while the Confederacy was cut off. That starved the serpent, and made it much easier to tread upon as the years went by. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago (2 children) Unfortunately we outside the US see mostly impotent hand-wringing coming from there. That's why we're so frustrated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) I get it. But just like the UK isn't Boris Johnson, China isn't Xi Jinping, and Italy isn't Giorgia Meloni, no country is going to show the reality and complexity from headlines generated by a handful of people. What is happening here seems to be everyone taking out their frustrations on the exact people most likely to help. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 points 7 months ago The best you can do is to make the bad parts of America face bad consequences for their malice, while supporting the good parts of the nation. You have different tools from my people, and should make good use of them. Back in the 1st American Civil War, the Union had retained their international trade partners throughout the war, while the Confederacy was cut off. That starved the serpent, and made it much easier to tread upon as the years went by. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) I get it. But just like the UK isn't Boris Johnson, China isn't Xi Jinping, and Italy isn't Giorgia Meloni, no country is going to show the reality and complexity from headlines generated by a handful of people. What is happening here seems to be everyone taking out their frustrations on the exact people most likely to help. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 points 7 months ago The best you can do is to make the bad parts of America face bad consequences for their malice, while supporting the good parts of the nation. You have different tools from my people, and should make good use of them. Back in the 1st American Civil War, the Union had retained their international trade partners throughout the war, while the Confederacy was cut off. That starved the serpent, and made it much easier to tread upon as the years went by. permalink fedilink source parent