• MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
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    3 days ago

    “You know how a popular time travel question is, if you could go back and kill Hitler, would you? People are going to be asking the same about Trump and Musk (and Vance and Thiel and a whole mess of others) if the dust ever settles.”

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        Just that it may be radioactive dust this time

        And that’s the big thing that worries me. In the last world war, even in an all-out war with no holding back, there was a limited amount of damage that could be done to the world and civilization. Today? We have enough nukes to destroy human civilization a dozen times over.

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        Lmfao, do you live under a fucking rock?

        Fascist parties have been gaining power all over Europe (and elsewhere) for ages, and have gotten significantly emboldened and actively backed by him since he became president whatever his dictatorial title will end up being.

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          Check the username. Also, Western Europe (excluding Britain) is taking this threat pretty seriously if you follow current affairs.

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            Western Europe (excluding Britain) is taking this threat pretty seriously

            What an odd exclusion to make… The government might not be taking it seriously, but most others aren’t either (and why would they? they serve capitalism, not society). Plenty of the people here (in Britain, in case it wasn’t clear) are just as concerned as the rest of Europe (and the world)…