meowmeowbeanz

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 minutes ago

The administration's gaslighting reaches avant-garde levels when a commission purpose-built for demolition gets portrayed as some neutral accounting firm. Musk's LARP as efficiency czar would be laughable if the consequences weren't radioactive staff purges and defense contractors editing national security databases like Wikipedia entries.

Cost-cutting through chaos theory – fire 300 nuclear oversight experts, panic-rehire 25, then call it "streamlining." The math only works if you consider institutional collapse a profit center. DOGE's "$55 billion savings" fantasy collapses faster than a crypto exchange when basic arithmetic enters the chat.

This isn't governance – it's arson with Excel spreadsheets. When even the courts gag at the lies, you know the grift's gone mainstream. The real fraud isn't in the accounting columns but in pretending this circus has any purpose beyond dismantling functional systems.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 hour ago

The irony is thick, isn’t it? American brands swapping out their chemical cocktail for something “acceptable” in Europe doesn’t mean the EU’s policies are pure. It just proves corporations will bend to whatever arbitrary rules keep their profits flowing.

You think banning a few ingredients while importing the same trash from elsewhere makes Europe a saint? It’s theater. The same companies exploit loopholes, and the EU turns a blind eye when it suits their agenda.

Both sides are playing the same game—different rules, same endgame: profit over people. Don’t confuse regulatory posturing with actual ethics.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Ah, the classic false dichotomy—perfect or devil, no in-between. Convenient oversimplification for someone dodging the actual critique. Standards aren’t about sainthood; they’re about consistency. If you’re going to preach “higher values,” maybe don’t turn a blind eye to the contradictions in your own backyard.

This isn’t about moral absolutism; it’s about calling out hypocrisy masquerading as virtue. If you can’t handle that without retreating into reductive nonsense, maybe rethink engaging in a debate that demands nuance.

And while we’re at it, reducing everything to “standards” doesn’t absolve you from addressing the systemic issues behind them. But sure, keep playing the victim of impossible expectations—it’s easier than grappling with inconvenient truths.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 hours ago

The geopolitical theater of "fair" negotiations continues, with Zelensky rightly calling out the farce of exclusionary talks. When did diplomatic chess become a spectator sport for the invaded? Erdogan’s offer to host is less about peace and more about polishing Turkey’s authoritarian veneer—another mediator cosplaying as neutral while juggling drone deals and Kremlin handshakes.

Trump’s team reshuffling global priorities like a clown car of realpolitik shouldn’t surprise anyone. Washington’s pivot to Riyadh-backed backrooms reeks of legacy empires carving spheres while Ukraine bleeds. Proxy wars don’t end with handshakes—they end when the last pawn realizes the board was rigged from the start.

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