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[-] tastysaganaki@reddthat.com 4 points 1 week ago

As an American, all I can say is the most obvious thing. Trump is a monster and very stupid as well. Sorry, Canada.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

It's easy to dismiss this as stupidity, but there's logic behind this https://lemmy.ml/post/25873392

[-] tastysaganaki@reddthat.com 4 points 1 week ago

I gave a look at this linked post. I agree there is a logic to what Trump and Musk and the rest of those ghouls are doing. To clarify, I don’t actually think either men are indeed “stupid” and used it as a turn of phrase and a way of expressing my anger. I do think it’s incredibly short sighted though to ruin friendships with countries who you have economic and military cooperation with. The long term downsides I would imagine outweigh the short term gains for Trump and Musk personally. With this said, I don’t think either cares about anyone but themselves, so ruining the country and its relationship with Canada and more probably means little to them. My monster comment still stands.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Exactly, they only care about personal gain. As Gramsci put it, the old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

The long term downsides won't affect them much.

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