• NoiseColor @lemmy.world
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      Yeah, it’s like someone figured the best way to destroy a country and it’s all going according to plan. It’s such a trainwreck, it’s hard to imagined it’s not planned.

      I’m not saying it’s planned, it’s just so bizarre.

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        By all means you should acknowledge it was planned.

        That there are no prominent discussions of conspiracy from our past outspoken conspiracy ideologues shows how fucked up the entire situation is

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          Holy heck, you make an excellent point. This kind of activity should have conspiracy theorists working overtime. I haven’t heard of any bubbling to the surface. No “Q-anon”-type theory about why this is all happening the way it is.

          Is that because most conspiracy theorists have been undercover disinformationists? Is that because most conspiracy theorists are actually in support of the values the coup is taking on (eugenics, authoritarianism, etc.)? Is it only because the left is saying what’s actually happening behind the scenes and no one came come up with any explanation crazier than that?

          Huh. Interesting.

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        it’s hard to imagined it’s not planned.

        It was all planned. They wrote it all down, called it “Project 2025”, then said they definitely wouldn’t do it whilst giving a big wink and crossing their fingers. Aparently that was enough to convince enough people.

    • Match!!@pawb.social
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      don’t forget declaring hostile trade positions towards everyone. trump has essentially put sanctions on the USA from inside it

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        Weird. He has a choice.

        1. Make a trade agreement
        2. Be a dick and threaten to take things by force.

        All resources were there for the asking, but not as a zero-sum.

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        I think their plan is to break every public institution, privatize it and buy it back for one tenth of its worth.

        Same thing happened in the USSR in the 90s.

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      It’s like they skipped the war and fighting part and just jumped straight to surrender and dismantling the country.

      They gave in before the fighting even started or was announced.

      It’s like going to a street fight, tearing open your shirt and slicing your our throat before anyone ever said anything bad about your gang.

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    I suppose the burning of Rome made a lot of previously subjugated people celebrate wildly for the misfortune of their conquerors.

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      The Great Fire of Rome killed a lot of people and destroyed a lot of wealth, but was inconsequential to the Empire as a whole. This is more Emperor Honorius bribing the barbarians not to invade, then stiffing them and pissing off to feed his pet birds as Rome was looted for the first time in over 700 years.