u/DicJacobus

the kind of scum that the mobsters in government choose as allies.

Not sovereign countries that were attacked because another Mob state unilaterally decided they dont get to exist anymore, like Ukraine , Not oppressed people who've been systematically denied representation and genocided for centuries, Like the Kurds

Instead, We cosy up with Regimes with abhorrent human rights abuses who win favor in the west with bribery.

Countries that wage war against us from the inside, trying to convince us they're friends whilst having no intentions other then destroying us, like Russia,

Wasting money trying to prop up regimes that want nothing to do with us other than our money, like Afghanistan and Iraq.

or the never ending blank check to Israel who freaks out every time someone sneezes, Who will never run out of enemies, and make new ones when they do. citing the Holocaust as an excuse to butcher 80,000 people in a month all while threatening to use nukes if they fail.

this is unsuprising, however there's been at different points in the war, different pathways where Russia got their stuff through.

Kazakhstan and especially Kyrgyzstan were both notorious for being highways of western materials, components, and in some cases finished goods, going into Russia from "Unfriendly Nations"

I'm so sick of this.

the Tariffs are only a secondary reason why foreigners and tourists are staying the fuck away.

its the Internal nightmare, Geopolitical policy and commentary thats pissed people off

• its the whitewashing of genocide and blank cheque attitude toward Israel after it went way too far.

• its the whitewashing of genocide and devils advocacy of Russia as it is de-facto at war with America and its Allies now.

• its the constant comments of Invasion of Panama, Greenland, Mexico and Canada, and the utter disrespect / jingoism in it.

• its the constant demonizing of Americas military allies in the face of the most turbulent period since the cold war.

• its the inhuman treatment of its own people, and the administration basically saying "get mad, fuck you gonna do about it?"

• its the plainclothes gestapo prowling the streets of its own country looking for people who are deemed too mexican to be allowed.

• its the hostile treatment of tourists to begin with, laughably suggesting torists who come from europe, australia, etc, places that are fundementally better places to live. are actually coming to america to work illegally, and they end up in a cell for 3 weeks with no contact while the "investigation is pending"

and so much more.

Tariffs are an insult , but they're not the reason foreigners are avoiding the country,

its because America has become a bed of Pig Shit Fascists.

How many children unfortunate enough to have Elon Musk as their sperm donor have outlandish names/

Correction, would pay 174B as 51st state,

You demonize and attack your own states that vote against you. we're supposed to believe we would A) Actually have rights and not be just a military occupation resource extraction zone, and B) That you wouldnt throw us under the bus with the rest of the democrat heavy states?

Fuck off.

The world is far too comfortable with Fascists, having taken hold in America, Russia, and far too many other places.

We need to go back? yeah. to when Fascists swung by the neck on a rope.

nothing is certain.

Look at what happened in the last 12 months in Canada, and how the Conservatives went from unbeatable, a 25-35% lead, to ultimatley losing

Who wants PS Refugees to have a safe haven and a place to go? ---- 95% of the Middle East, Arab, and Muslim world raises their hand

Who wants to take in PS Refugees and give them a place to go ? ----- *crickets*

Arab solidarity with Palestine has always been pathetically hollow. When there isnt an opportunity to scream about Israel, the Arab world treats Palestine like shit.

Can breathe a sigh of relief for another year or so... Until the next election in a EU country.

Viktor Orban is not going to be around forever, Russia is desperate to get more obstructionists into power in the EU.

If im not Mistaken, Czechia is the next to have an election where a Euroskeptic , Pro Trump/Putin , or Isolationist candidate is in the running and has a chance? Someone is welcome to educate me on that.

The final chance of this war ending is long behind us, it was in September 2022.

At that point.

The Russian Army had faced a major defeat and was pushed out of the north and northeast of the country, Kyiv, Chernihiiv, Sumy and Kharkiv.

That was the last opportunity Putin had to call it a day and back off. Instead, he chose to open a window that cant be closed again, he declared an annexation of 4 Ukrainian Oblasts, and ordered a partial mobilization.

Its a forever war now, Russia has married their economy to perpetual war they wont stop, ever. If they do, they'll implode.

If not in Ukraine, they'll start a war elsewhere, Central Asia, Middle east, or Europe.

Now, it will rage until one side is completely defeated, and further war will follow it, whether its a defeat of Ukraine and a shooting war between NATO and Russia, or a Russian implosion and civil war with the UNSC, an amalgamation of nuclear armed countries that hate each other, having to invade the country to secure the nuclear stockpile. and even then, I'd say there's a 100% chance at least one gets used somewhere. Out of spite or Rage

If Israel thinks they can kill absolutely all of them, they will take that chance 100 % of the time.

In a Room with 20 Islamists, they'll kill 20 Islamists, 20 Future Islamists, and 30 potential Islamists and create 200 future islamists.

It isnt, but like it or not, the world is devolving into regional blocs. and Europe is a regional bloc, at least the parts that Russia isnt trying to take by shooting and ratf**king elections in.

that wasnt the point I was trying to make, it was that worrying about China and America, or Russia and NATO fighting shouldnt be peoples only concerns, a totally unrelated tantrum between Indo-Pak is just as deadly to someone in Paris, St Petersburg, or Chicago

There were studies done, 20, 30, maybe as far back as 40 or 50 years ago that concluced that even a couple hundred nuclear weapons detonated anywhere on earth, in a nuclear war, would doom most life on earth in the fallout and aftermath.

and said study was specifically focusing on India and Pakistan blowing each other up. and how it'd affect everyone else.

Can I just point out how cute Americans screaming "Ukraine isnt our war" is expecting the rest of NATO to join their side against China.

China isnt our war, yeah they're not good, but the only reason America and China are at odds, is because they're both competing for who gets to be the hegemon and slave driver of the world, respectfully, yall can murder each other into extinction on your own dime, the rest of us would rather do something else with our energy.

World War III started in 2022. Some argue it started as early as 2014 or 2008.

but there can be no question that it started in 2022 at the latest. Society has basically married the term WW3 to the idea of a nuclear holocaust, and because there arent nuclear weapons being used yet, many will deny its happening.

yet massive armies are on the move, the sides were drawn, and some of the armies have already started fighting. There's over a million dead in Russia and Ukraine, thats officially a major conflict, and it shows no signs of stopping. If we could compare this to WW2, We're no longer in the Spanish Civil War or Italian Africa phase, we're in the Sino-Japanese phase. (China and Japan were at war in 1936. and that conflict was merged into what became known as WW2)

He tried to mimic 2016 2020 trump. And it was palatteable to many

But when the 2025 version came out. It disgusted people

this outcome has less to do with trump's actions, and more to do with how the conservatives behaved in spite of those actions.

I think enough people were like me, ready to vote conservative, but then lost faith in the party since they didnt really seem to have a plan on anything once trudeau was gone early. Pollievre's stock tanked once people saw that Trudeau was gone, and what was happening in the world

Trump didnt cause the Conservatives to lose, they did that themselves with how they acted in spite of how Conservatives across the world were acting... and the fact that most of their platform revolved around just screaming "we're not the liberals, we're not trudeau"

they acted with an extreme amount of entitlement. that because the liberals had ruined the country for 10 years, it was now their turn. couple that with a lot of snide, childish shitposting, and an absolute bombardment of anti-trudeau ads and rhetoric, they basically bullied trudeau out of office, and once he was gone, they didnt have a platform anymore.

then enter the Trump , Trade war, and threats of Invasion shit. The conservatives basically waffled during this foreign policy crisis that pissed a lot of people off. the reality had changed and a lot of people felt like bringing a party that was polluted with the far right, was now no longer tenable.

the last 4 elections I'd voted L > C > C > L

Im a moderate. I thought that the Trudeau Liberals had gone too far left back during the Scheer and Otoole days. Come this time around, I just lost any confidence I had in the Conservative party because they built their identity on "we're not the liberals". and failed to convince me they werent just going to kowtow to American Corpo-Fascist interests.

But if you would have asked me about specific policies that irked me to turn Conservative during the past .. its been a long time, I'd probably just point to specific times and incidents over the gun policy, immigration, corruption with the SNC lavalin scandal, and maybe foreign policy. I live in a very ignorant and uneducated town in a NS riding that had been pretty hardcore conservative the last 2-3 elections, and my peers probably played a hand in influencing my issues. I thought our riding was solidly going to remain Conservative, CTV projected Cons won, but several hours later they reversed it and Libs have apparentley won it.

Foreign Policy has always been a major "issue" of mine too, Until 2025 when we were faced with the nonzero possibility of actual aggression and conflict with America, the biggest thing that would influence my vote was how seriously the party was going to take the issue of us being more or less, de-facto at war with Russia, Because the "shadow" World War III is something that in my mind took precedent.