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Anyone else have the same thoughts on the election? (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by AlyxMS@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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(Only the first 3:30 is relevant)

My summary of the video:

A Harris presidency will allow the empire to continue to function smoothly. As a result, more harm will be caused towards the global south.
A Trump presidency will cause less harm outside the US solely because Trump is incompetent and surround himself with incompetent people. However, life will be worse within the US due to the empire being dysfunctional, also the conservative social policies.
So for the lives of Americans, Harris is better.
For everyone else, Trump is better.

I'm asking because I don't recall seeing a lot of people with this take and this has been my take for years.

I should clarify that I am from the global south. And I don't agree with everything in the video, in particular the part where he said Americans should suffer because of the suffering the US brought to its victims. I don't see the vast majority of Americans having any control on its foreign policy, so I don't think they should be punished for it. Also, I know it's 100% hitler vs 100% hitler, both are equally bad, I agree, just that they are slightly different variants of hitlers.

Note: I'm not arguing that you should vote for Trump, hell no. If I'm an American(I am not), I would either not vote or vote PSL. This take is about the effect of one or the other getting elected.

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[–] LigOleTiberal@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I don't think it is certain that trump will be better for non-americans.

he did plenty of awful foreign policy shit last time.

[–] AlyxMS@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I believed it mostly because nearly all US backed regime changes under Trump(Cuba, Bolivia, Venezuela, Hong Kong) has been failures. With exception of Pakistan being successful.

I'm not saying he'll have better policy, no, I firmly hold the opinion that US elections have zero impact on its foreign policy, rather Trump admin is worse at executing it.

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yea even short of actual imperialism he just tries to put tariffs on fucking everything. Last time he declared Canada selling us wood a national emergency which made construction costs skyrocket here and really slowed down Canada's economy.

There also the direct Iimperialism stuff like assassinating Iranian generals and letting Saudi Arabia do whatever it wants.

[–] someone@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Last time he declared Canada selling us wood a national emergency which made construction costs skyrocket here and really slowed down Canada's economy.

That's not uniquely Trump. That dates back to Reagan and has been enthusiastically been prosecuted by American politicians of all positions and lawn sign colours. The most recent tariff increase was actually just in August under the Biden administration, from just over 8% to almost 15%.