Fuck being calm. Rightwingers keep assaulting normies and our own, because they had suffered no consequences. We should change that, forever. It is easy to be conservative, when you don’t pay for the wrongs you commit.

If they don’t fuck off, I am standing with you, Second Amendment in hand.

I hope that Europe offers a grant to developers who make open-source software. Stuff like Matrix, Fluxer, Lemmy, and so on. Making the development of such software into a paying job will accelerate the OSS scene and give Europe more viable options.

Personally, I think having WERO available to Americans would be a good thing for Europe. It aligns the American population more closely to Europe, and if America has a civil war, Europe would have stronger economic ties with the side they favor.

As an American, I certainly wouldn’t mind using WERO. Aside from buying my hentai games without censorship, I would like to keep my money in a safe institution. DOGE broke into America’s social security systems, and exfiltrated data that includes things like bank account numbers. It wouldn’t be surprising if Donald withdraws money from his enemies, without any oversight. Or just orders the banks to do so on his behalf, with ICE in every branch.

Point being, I don’t trust America with my wealth. Europe should use that feeling as a springboard for global spread of the Euro.

That is why I am hoping that if America has a 2nd Civil War or does a WW3, it would start off with Trump in charge of the bad guys. It would hurt, but at least victory over the Orange One would be almost guaranteed. Thiel or Bezos? More iffy, they have some grasp of logistics, patience, and other fundamentals.

World powers don’t let shadow fleets sabotage their infrastructure without receiving a declaration of war in return.

I read my history books, listened to history videos and podcasts. I have had plenty of ‘anyone else’, over the years, just not YOU. Because your position doesn’t resemble history nor reality.

For both the War of Independence and the 1st American Civil War, the loyalty of populations were mixed from the outset. For that matter, most civil wars start out like that.

Just because someone is in the federal military, doesn’t mean that they necessarily have loyalty to King Trump. A fair chunk of the US’s military have loyalties to oaths, their states, and life experiences. They are people. Some will indeed serve a malicious federal government out of apathy or to fulfill evil desires, but many will feel betrayed or believe that their homes are what they served to protect.

Being part of the federal military, doesn’t turn people into mindless drones. They and those assets they control, will find their way towards likeminded people.

The chaos of a civil war is not ahistorical, it is simply a part of life when a nation shatters.

I used to only use a debit card for my entire life, but about 6 or 8 years ago, I started to rely on my CostCo credit card. With my executive Citi Costco membership, I got about $700 cash rewards for 2025.

It takes off the fiscal sting, but I always worry about my balance bouncing.

That was also the case in the 1st American Civil War. Ken Burn’s documentary went over that, there was a lot of musical chairs as communities and individuals tried to figure things out.

The first year of a second civil war, will mostly be confusion.

Power only respects power. Always has been that way.

My opinion: America will split in half. We are two peoples now - one who has willingly become Morlocks, the other a society of at least decent and somewhat intelligent people.

I personally no longer see members of MAGA as fellow Americans. They are the flesh of an enemy nation, who would gladly ravage humanity for their pleasure.

I fully expect Google to comply. Thankfully, the only service of theirs that I use is Youtube.

If a civil war happens, I think a side effect is that Google’s domination over video platforms would be over. People would end up flocking towards the ones that aren’t in service to the Regime.

Considering the general lack of population and the issues it will cause for both Ukraine and Russia, I think Ukraine’s preference for survivable tanks is the smart move. No point in winning the war if your nation becomes insolvent.

It would be the prudent thing to do. Regardless of whether there is an actual killswitch, the logistics chain is too big an issue if the USA decides to follow through with being a fuckwit against Canada.

For the long term, I guess the question for Euro-NATO would be: “Do we make our own JSF program, or should we have a bunch of specialized aircraft?”

Honestly, having ALL media available in digital format, free for everyday people to use, should be a thing. Anthropic, however, ain’t that.

My money is on Anna’s Archive or a descendant being a preserver of civilization.

This seems like a good way to turn a golden goose into a turducken. Elon really needed some of Aesop’s fables in his upbringing.

Hopefully SteamOS Desktop is released some months before then, so that people have a comfy Linux to welcome them.

Another thing for an overhauled Constitution. One’s body and devices should be considered to be papers and effects.

I would like that. It would let Canada have a stronger economy and military, more human rights, and would make it easier for Antifa Americans to have trade relations with the EU.