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  • You really think the American left dehumanises republican voters?

    Let's see: Democrats exclusively talk about "crossing the aisle" and bipartisanship. Bernie Sanders excessively highlights the importance of protecting low income middle Americans who work(ed) in manufacturing and other sectors that lean Republican voters, while trying to sneak in some "also no, minorities aren't evil" rhetoric.

    Old school GOP says gays are sinners, new school GOP/MAGA calls transgender folks pedophiles, liberals communist unemployed rioters, and ethnic minorities "freeloaders who should go back to their countries".

    What a load of shit saying that the American left wing is to blame for "dehumanising" the right wing. I don't think the way to fight extreme far-right ideology that is currently, actively supporting horrible shit is to pamper them and call them angels and ignore the shit they're doing.

    And here's some extra data to prove the point:

    Source

    I will clarify, I believe MAGA supporters are idiots. They are being duped into voting to gut the social services that blue states taxes pay for to help them avoid poverty, medical bankruptcy, and the effects of climate change. Their voter habits are led first and foremost by a desire to "own the libs", anti-LGBTQ religion and parasitic megachurches, and plain old racism. I do not believe they're evil, but they support some really evil stuff and we're really fucking far down the (billionaire and Russian funded/influenced) propaganda and MAGA-cult of personality rabbit hole at this point that I'm not going to just sugar coat all the nonsense they do and that they support.

    I want all republicans to be able to live dignified lives and get their fair share of America's wealth. I want our federal government to support them with free education, free healthcare, free childcare, and honestly, a basic universal income. I know that red states will never have the money to pay for these things. I don't care. I will happily pay higher taxes for them to have these things.

    But they keep voting against it. Instead, they vote in people who want to send immigrants to El Salvadorean prison camps. They commit hate crimes against my race. They ban people from Muslim countries including impacting green card holders. They don't see any problem with the current Republican administration accidentally (or not) deporting legal immigrants or sending deportation orders to US-born US citizens.

    So don't tell me that I, or the American left-wing who is a hell of a lot nicer than this, dehumanise the right. That's a load of shit. We're trying to make it so the federal government will raise our taxes to help take care of them, and every other American in the bottom 99%, instead of using racist, misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic, and political-belief-polarizing rhetoric to gain support with the sole purpose of (traditionally) lowering taxes for corporations and the top 1% and (now) doing a shit-ton of insider trading and cutting down voter rights.

    Almost none of this is comparable to EU politics. Maybe there's examples here and there, but especially in Western Europe, this situation does not exist in Europe, so don't even pretend like the average MAGA supporter is the same as a SD or FN or FdI voter.

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    Spotify Playlist: Anti-Nazi/Anti-Fascist/Anti-Racist Aktion (Mostly English-language Punk)

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    Können wir eine umfangreiche Playlist erstellen? / Can we make a comprehensive playlist?

    Da sind ein paar von Playlists z.b. um Spotify aber es ist noch nicht einfach zum gute Linkemusik finden. Ich liebe diese community aber denk ich es koennte gut sein wenn jemand macht ein umfangreiche Playlist von diese Musik hier. (Entschuldigung fuer meine jetzt-scheiss Deutschsprache)

    There are a handful of playlists on e.g. Spotify but it's still hard to find good linkemusik. I love this community but think it would be good if some folks made comprehensive playlists of the music here.

  • This is basically what I was thinking. "Access to minerals" doesn't necessarily "access without market cost". It could be a deal consisting of:

    1. Military aid goes to EU defence industry supplies
    2. In exchange, EU gets first dibs at market rate contracts (with some tax-exempt on on the EU side for imports) for metals/mineral extraction
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    CMV: Europe should offer Ukraine an alternative "minerals deal" with far better terms and massively increased military support

    Edit: I meant to leave this empty to start, but to clarify now that there's other discussion:

    "Access to minerals" doesn't necessarily mean "discounted" or "mineral rights". It could be a deal consisting of:

    1. Military aid goes to EU defence industry supplies
    2. In exchange, EU gets first dibs at market rate contracts (with some tax-exempt on on the EU side for imports to make it more appealing to take advantage of on both sides) for metals/mineral extraction.

    This could help spur Ukraine's post-war economy, integration with EU markets, and benefit the EU defence industry. It would also demonstrate what a real and fair deal looks like.

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    USpolitics @lemmy.world
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    USA potentially switching to absolute executive power

    cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/8171943

    Bear with the slightly extreme wording of the copy-paste below from Reddit - it's actually very similar energy to the actual Executive Order if you want to read the direct source instead.

    This Executive Order does the following:

    ❧ All federal agencies, including independent regulatory commissions, are now subject to direct White House control.

    ❧ Regulations cannot be issued without presidential approval.

    ❧ The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) can now withhold funding from independent agencies if they don’t align with White House priorities.

    ❧ All federal employees must follow the President’s and Attorney General’s interpretation of the law, eliminating legal independence.

    ❧ A White House Liaison is to be installed in every independent regulatory agency to enforce direct presidential control.

    ⚠️ This is the biggest executive power grab in U.S. history. ⚠️

    This formally ends the conc

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    USA potentially switching to absolute executive power

    cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/8171943

    Bear with the slightly extreme wording of the copy-paste below from Reddit - it's actually very similar energy to the actual Executive Order if you want to read the direct source instead.

    This Executive Order does the following:

    ❧ All federal agencies, including independent regulatory commissions, are now subject to direct White House control.

    ❧ Regulations cannot be issued without presidential approval.

    ❧ The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) can now withhold funding from independent agencies if they don’t align with White House priorities.

    ❧ All federal employees must follow the President’s and Attorney General’s interpretation of the law, eliminating legal independence.

    ❧ A White House Liaison is to be installed in every independent regulatory agency to enforce direct presidential control.

    ⚠️ This is the biggest executive power grab in U.S. history. ⚠️

    This formally ends the conc

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    Wouldn't PEC verification be able to make a non-anonymous Lemmy server pretty easily?

    There's a lot of talk of social media alternatives to move away from US social media that potentially has a lot of bot traffic (either for quality or foreign interference in politics).

    Wouldn't it be pretty easy to spin up a Lemmy instance that requires PEC verification to accomplish this without any huge investment, as a proof-of-concept at least?

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    Germany's Pistorius SLAMS US JD Vance's Controversial Remarks at Munich Security Conference 2025!

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    German Defense Minister Pistorius rebuffs US Vice President Vance's speech | DW News

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    TIL Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund resulted in the Prime Minister and a UPenn educated businessman stealing all the funds ($12bn USD)

    cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/7637350

    Cross-post from Reddit - removed post

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    TIL Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund resulted in the Prime Minister and a UPenn educated businessman stealing all the funds ($12bn USD)

    Cross-post from Reddit - removed post