While we do #Denmark #Danmark #USA #Greenland #Arctic drama, don't forget the #Inuit, the people who live there
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@benroyce Finally read up a little on the Wikipedia page of Greenland (partly because someone recently mentioned they are not part of the EU since 1985 and wanted to see that).
Anyway so the part that baffled me (but I guess shouldn't) is how the US, being guests on the island, showed absolutely no respect for their hosts, and tried to develop a nuclear launch site network in secret, which was only declassified and told Denmark 30 years after its cancellation. How fucking rude.
yup
the americans didn't tell the danes, they just set up a secret nuclear installation in #greenland, then abandoned it, and as the ice melts it's a pollution timebomb
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yup
the americans didn't tell the danes, they just set up a secret nuclear installation in #greenland, then abandoned it, and as the ice melts it's a pollution timebomb
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after one trump term perhaps
but now in 2026 trump has destroyed all trust
this is not recovering quickly
as an american i apologize, and we have a lot of cleaning up to do
do not trust us for a long time, even if you see improvement
We'll be looking for :
Trump declared a traitor
all his appointments reversed
his family and all of his cabinet and "advisors" jailed and stripped of all propterty
All his donors stripped of all property
Reparations for genocide of first nations.
Reparations for slavery.
All ICE agents jailed.
Supreme Court cleansed of fascists.My logic: A US governement that is not ready to do all of these isn't actually ready to step away from US fascism.
And yeah, most of these actions aren't possible under the law, but neither were Trump's actions.
You cannot right the boat while tied hand and foot to rules that the fascists ignored.
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after one trump term perhaps
but now in 2026 trump has destroyed all trust
this is not recovering quickly
as an american i apologize, and we have a lot of cleaning up to do
do not trust us for a long time, even if you see improvement
@benroyce For many of us the mistrust has long been there.
Lots of people are aware stuff like the Hague Invasion Act has never been repealed, even when the so-called good democrats had decades to do so. It just wasn't important. For a long time that was still theoretical though.
Still I think it was really the lack of accountability and system fixing after the coup attempt that taught us to fear the US as a nation of people who just don't care about "others", foreigners in specific.
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@benroyce For many of us the mistrust has long been there.
Lots of people are aware stuff like the Hague Invasion Act has never been repealed, even when the so-called good democrats had decades to do so. It just wasn't important. For a long time that was still theoretical though.
Still I think it was really the lack of accountability and system fixing after the coup attempt that taught us to fear the US as a nation of people who just don't care about "others", foreigners in specific.
@benroyce And I must say that I find it harder by the day to hear quotes from US citizens like "I didn't vote for him", "not my president", "not in my name" and especially: "50% of us disagree".
I get it. And I believe people when they say that. It also doesn't mean anything to me. That's internal.
What is external, to me as a citizen of another country, is that the USA -the country, with all the history, friendship & agreements we share- is actively threatening my country with invasion & war.
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@benroyce And I must say that I find it harder by the day to hear quotes from US citizens like "I didn't vote for him", "not my president", "not in my name" and especially: "50% of us disagree".
I get it. And I believe people when they say that. It also doesn't mean anything to me. That's internal.
What is external, to me as a citizen of another country, is that the USA -the country, with all the history, friendship & agreements we share- is actively threatening my country with invasion & war.
if someone didn't vote, they are absolutely without a leg to stand on on anything
this is where i place all my anger as an american
all their toxic idealism, all their mindless cynicism: it's nothing more than pure unadulterated entitlement and weak stupid excuses
absolutely infuriates me
we *have* to vote to defeat this abomination. there are no excuses
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if someone didn't vote, they are absolutely without a leg to stand on on anything
this is where i place all my anger as an american
all their toxic idealism, all their mindless cynicism: it's nothing more than pure unadulterated entitlement and weak stupid excuses
absolutely infuriates me
we *have* to vote to defeat this abomination. there are no excuses
The US also has primaries that don't get the attention they deserve. The Democrats are an appalling neoliberal far-right party, in the main, and the US's choice of Trump as an act of desperation is understandable from the POV of the status quo being intolerable.
The Wolf PAC's introduction of AOC, Rashida Tlaib etc. is what should be happening wholesale.
Without this, the Dems are a holding pattern before the next nosedive.
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2004 and facebook and 2006 and twitter
they didn't invent bigotry, but they supercharged it as a political force
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The US also has primaries that don't get the attention they deserve. The Democrats are an appalling neoliberal far-right party, in the main, and the US's choice of Trump as an act of desperation is understandable from the POV of the status quo being intolerable.
The Wolf PAC's introduction of AOC, Rashida Tlaib etc. is what should be happening wholesale.
Without this, the Dems are a holding pattern before the next nosedive.
get 50 #mamdani s in the #primaries2026
absolutely NO american leftist has an excuse not to vote in the primaries
none
third party doesn't work. not voting is self-serving self-defeating idiocy
we take over the #democrats
it is a requirement or you need to shut up about what you say you care about forever, because you do not care if you do not vote in the #primaries
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The US also has primaries that don't get the attention they deserve. The Democrats are an appalling neoliberal far-right party, in the main, and the US's choice of Trump as an act of desperation is understandable from the POV of the status quo being intolerable.
The Wolf PAC's introduction of AOC, Rashida Tlaib etc. is what should be happening wholesale.
Without this, the Dems are a holding pattern before the next nosedive.
"the Dems are a holding pattern before the next nosedive."
So wisely said. The Democratic Party has structural defects that cannot be overcome. If there are elections next November, at best we can only expect another repeat of the previous administration.
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if someone didn't vote, they are absolutely without a leg to stand on on anything
this is where i place all my anger as an american
all their toxic idealism, all their mindless cynicism: it's nothing more than pure unadulterated entitlement and weak stupid excuses
absolutely infuriates me
we *have* to vote to defeat this abomination. there are no excuses
@benroyce @Pepijn@mastodon.online this person has a history of being weird in this topic. DNE.
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@fenixmaster @Leendaal @benroyce totally. And ask the US to leave Thule. No 5 eyes either.
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@benroyce @Pepijn@mastodon.online this person has a history of being weird in this topic. DNE.
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He will eventually disappoint many of his followers. I mean no offence to this man, but he is operating a machine from the 19th century.
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then *you* accept the status quo
we don't
there is only moving forward, no matter how much the path is rocky, and i agree with you it is rocky
but we cannot choose pessimism, rather than accurately and consciously identifying the challenges and meeting them
i reject your cynicism. it describes your attitude, not our reality
articulate a path forward or at least do not reject those who are moving forward, however hard you (accurately) see their path
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then *you* accept the status quo
we don't
there is only moving forward, no matter how much the path is rocky, and i agree with you it is rocky
but we cannot choose pessimism, rather than accurately and consciously identifying the challenges and meeting them
i reject your cynicism. it describes your attitude, not our reality
articulate a path forward or at least do not reject those who are moving forward, however hard you (accurately) see their path
In 2008, many were swooning over Obama--and USA was charting a new direction. I said, "That ain't gonna happen." Obama is a classy, intelligent, well-meaning guy, but he is against forces that he cannot overcome. And look what came after.
After the warning shot across the bow, the Democratic Party elected a leader who was not well, cognitively speaking. The nation paid the price for that mistake.
Whatever cynicism I may have is well earned.
We need a new way.
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get 50 #mamdani s in the #primaries2026
absolutely NO american leftist has an excuse not to vote in the primaries
none
third party doesn't work. not voting is self-serving self-defeating idiocy
we take over the #democrats
it is a requirement or you need to shut up about what you say you care about forever, because you do not care if you do not vote in the #primaries
100%
Progressives need to take over the Democratic party
We still need a bIg tent and need to avoid ideological battles/purity tests. But progressives need to quit screwing around and seize the lead of the only institution with any hope of pushing back MAGA
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In 2008, many were swooning over Obama--and USA was charting a new direction. I said, "That ain't gonna happen." Obama is a classy, intelligent, well-meaning guy, but he is against forces that he cannot overcome. And look what came after.
After the warning shot across the bow, the Democratic Party elected a leader who was not well, cognitively speaking. The nation paid the price for that mistake.
Whatever cynicism I may have is well earned.
We need a new way.
well yeah but your new way has to come via the old way
you need to engage the shit system to build the better system
it's not good enough to merely envision the better, you have to implement it. and that means involving yourself in what is, to make what should be, no matter how much what is sucks
so when you speak of mamdani, cheer
don't write his obituary when he's been in office a week. that's absurd and self-defeating
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@grammasaurus @benroyce @phl I mean yes but it's 100% on-brand.
