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NATO Must be Prepared for us to be Fuck Heads and Reelect Donald Trump, Western Resident Warns Ahead of Major Election.
Resident quoted as saying, "We can't even get our own house in order so you're probably on your fucking own... also, who do I talk to about immigration?"
If that wasn't so true, that would actually be hilarious...
Is anyone else too busy just trying to get through the day to care about shit like this? Politics, war, weather, gender arguments- who gives a fuck? I can't afford a place to live.
That's the idea, you're so busy dealing with the water coming into the boat you can't fix the leak.
Yep, and there's only a tiny spec of land left and it's full of wealthy people that don't want us to reach it
In theory, this is why we have representatives... outside of occasional drastic and personal decisions, you should be able to trust your representatives with ensuring America does the day to day shit that makes sense... and if a representative goes batshit insane talking about Jewish Space Lasers or pouring immense resources into an unjust war, then we vote them out and move on.
Unfortunately, the internet and two party politics are really fucking up our ability to delegate to our representatives.
Yep, this is a feature of the system, not a bug
Yeah I'm trying
I've been practicing drinking vodka if that helps
From what we've seen of Russia's army. I think the US is ready. The only question remains, which branch of the military will achieve tactical superiority first. One could argue the Air Force because air superiority is usually one of the first things the US does, but the Navy might achieve that faster. Not to mention they could achieve water superiority even sooner by sinking the entire Russian navy.
People thought this about the US invasion of Afghanistan, and Vietnam, and... You get the point.