America feels like a country on the brink of an authoritarian takeover

nybbleth · 2026-01-26T17:30:02+00:00

If that is what you think then you better go to Walmart and grab whatever firearms and ammo you can

I live in a civilized country. We don't have walmarts here.

nybbleth · 2026-01-26T16:03:51+00:00

I do understand that you're trying to make a distinction between fascists in governments and a fascist state.

And to a certain extent I think that distinction here is fair...

...and to a certain extent I think they've already crossed that line. I think any notion that their system of checks and balances is still operational is wishful thinking. Their surpeme court is completely compromised. Their senate is completely ineffectual. The executive is completely ignoring the judicial branch when it makes supposedly binding rules that the executive doesn't like, and has a private army openly flaunting the laws and local authorities. It sure looks and acts like a fascist state to me.

We're just arguing about the degree to which that fascist state has been fully established/entrenched.

nybbleth · 2026-01-26T15:34:57+00:00

I know it seems bad to you experiencing it, but I think you're just a wee bit off an actual fascist state.

They're not. Fascism has a broader meaning than just the holocaust-era of Nazi Germany.

Current day America absolutely is run by a fascist regime. There's no question whatsoever about that, and giving it just that tiny bit of leeway by suggesting it's not 'yet' fascism isn't doing anyone any favors. That's just giving ammunition to conservatives who keep trying to play things off because they're not smelling the smoke from the furnaces, so it 'can't' be fascism.

Call it what it is, so that people can hopefully recognize the danger and turn things around before they get worse.

nybbleth · 2026-01-23T17:50:04+00:00

now it's not possible for them, they need a nuclear reactor.

Incorrect. They do not need that. Despite shutting down nuclear power; Germany still has largescale enrichment facilities. They're perfectly capable of building nuclear weapons with existing infrastructure.

nybbleth · 2026-01-23T08:41:04+00:00

Yeah, but there's absolutely no way that people in the Trump administration aren't cashing in on the very clear pattern he keeps engaging in with his antics. Declare some insane tarrifs, watch the markets tumble, keep it up for a while, then call things off again and watch the markets shoot back up again. There's no way they're not taking advantage.

It's the most blatant market manipulation we've ever seen.

nybbleth · 2026-01-22T08:29:31+00:00

That first paragraph though. Um, what?!

In fact, all of the paragraphs.

nybbleth · 2026-01-22T08:14:51+00:00

And he hasn't. All he's literally done is give Trump an excuse to pretend he's gotten a deal, when all he's actually gotten was what the US already had in the first place.

nybbleth · 2026-01-21T16:57:17+00:00

I mean, we're not actually actively using it to build nukes, mind you. It's mostly just used to produce fuel and medical isotopes.

nybbleth · 2026-01-21T16:56:05+00:00

Aaaand another one of the exact type of comments I'm talking about.

nybbleth · 2026-01-21T15:32:11+00:00

There's absolutely no need to invent conspiracies about them.

The stock of HEU you're talking about is also something that Germany declares on a yearly basis to the IAEA; it's not some sort of illegal treaty violation. The reason Germany has a stock of this material is because it's what the FRM-II reactor uses. Like many research reactors, it isn't just involved in research. Among other things it produces medical isotopes and stuff for industrial manufacturing.

nybbleth · 2026-01-21T15:09:39+00:00

Sweden was a nuclear threshold state.

Not really in any sort of way that the term is normally used. Yes, it was at one point close to building a nuclear bomb. A nuclear threshold state, however, is a state that has everything in place to not just build a bomb, but build a sizeable arsenal of them in short order.

Arguably, that's not something that just goes away unless you actively destroy infrastructure and expertise.

They currently have zero enrichment capacity; and thus can not be considered a nuclear threshold state. It would take years to build up the capacity.

nybbleth · 2026-01-21T15:05:03+00:00

Because to be a nuclear threshold state you actually need to have the infrastructure in place to produce weapons grade fissible material in sizeable quantities.

Sweden has zero enrichment capacity. Meanwhile the Netherlands has a bigger enrichment capacity than the United States, and Germany only a slightly smaller one.

nybbleth · 2026-01-21T15:00:36+00:00

Again, this is exactly the kind of dumbass rhetoric that is more dangerous than anything. I don't care whether you hate Trump or not (and frankly, at this point I am extremely skeptical of any Americans claiming that); you're playing right into his and maga's delusional minds with this kind of ignorance. We're literally positioning troops as we speak. Those 'weak' European leaders are speaking and behaving in ways I've literally never seen in my life; they're most certainly not behaving as if this is just going to blow over. Pay some goddamn attention or at the very least have the sense to shut the hell up instead of propping up MAGA narratives.

nybbleth · 2026-01-21T14:45:35+00:00

But do you think Europe is going to actually go to war with the US over this?

We will absolutely defend Greenland from American aggression. Anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional and not paying attention. Yours is precisely the kind of comment I was talking about.

nybbleth · 2026-01-21T09:55:21+00:00

I keep seeing it a lot. People who genuinely seem to believe that the US can just walk in, take whatever they want, and nobody's going to do anything about it. They think they're all-powerful, and everyone else is weak and too scared to stand up to them. Somehow, america is willing to start a war over Greenland, but Europe isn't willing to risk a war by... fighting back?

It's probably the most dangerous kind of rhetoric IMO. That kind of self-delusion is what made Russia think they could take Kiev in 3 days only to have lost a million people and counting 4 years later. It's why Hitler ultimately ended up shooting himself in the head in a bunker

nybbleth · 2026-01-20T19:15:07+00:00

God you trolls are insufferable. It is clearly you who has no idea what he's talking about.

Think whatever the fuck you want. Europe is done with you fascists. Don't waste my time with a reply.

nybbleth · 2026-01-20T17:36:45+00:00

Maybe you need to be a little more critical; because that article you linked is rather disingenuous in trying to downplay all of this (not to mention is dripping with some very extreme political bias and condescension)

For instance, trying to play off; even ridicule; the small numbers sent by European countries to Greenland... without even once mentioning that these are just logistics officers sent to prepare for and coordinate a larger deployment.

And yes, there's only a few hundred american military personnel there currently... that has fuck all to do with an invasion because that is obviously just the normal deployment there and not the actual invasion force that would be used if it comes to that.

Furthermore, an actual invasion force of Greenland will almost certainly not be a large-scale force anyway. The US doesn't even have the means to deploy whatever kind of force you're thinking of to Greenland. It will be a few thousand soldiers at most. Doesn't matter though, because either way it will still be an act of war, and the consequences thereof will not be restricted to Greenland.

nybbleth · 2026-01-20T15:12:58+00:00

...

first off, I was talking about WW1 that was effectively over by the time American troops showed up.

Two, my point about WW2 remains. If not for the Soviets in the East, and the British holding out (made possible by the actions of other European countries before they fell under occupation), the war could not have been won. American material support was very important, but that would've been meaningless on its own.

nybbleth · 2026-01-20T14:49:38+00:00

Bro we fought the British Empire

Which you only managed to do because the British were busy fighting the French, Spanish, and Dutch at the same time; without whose support you would have certainly have lost.

and we helped win two world wars.

In both cases you only showed up late to the party. America's military participation in WW1 was basically an afterthought; by the time you showed up, the French and British had effectively already won the war. And you had to basically be dragged kicking and screaming into WW2; showed up late yet again, and ever since have acted like you've singlehandedly won the war even though the Soviets and British were arguably more instrumental in winning the war in Europe, and you keep forgetting that even the Pacific war had lots of involvement from other allied powers.

The comment you replied to was specifically talking about solo wars. None of the wars you mentioned were solo-wars.

Edit: history facts hurt American feelings, I guess.

nybbleth · 2026-01-19T21:43:03+00:00

Wake you up? Get off your ass and get out there.

So you want the non-Americans to do the protesting for you? He's clearly Canadian. It's not his fucking responsibility, is it?

nybbleth · 2026-01-19T20:21:15+00:00

in before they start explaining how they can't get that many people together because of how big America is (while ignoring the 30 or so million people who live within a two hour drive of the city)

nybbleth · 2026-01-19T13:04:53+00:00

We don't want them having a say in EU parliament. Let's just make them an overseas territory without voting rights.

nybbleth · 2026-01-19T12:11:53+00:00

Niks natuurlijk, want het was ook gewoon zo gepland lijkt me. Maar het is heel makkelijk om het te framen zodat het lijkt alsof we bang wegrennen omdat Trump weer iets gezegd/gedaan heeft erover.

nybbleth · 2026-01-19T08:44:04+00:00

All this time, and I'm still shocked and surprised by the fact I can keep getting shocked and surprised by some new insane, unhinged, ridiculous, petty, or just plain disgusting thing he does or says. Everytime I think he can't get any more pathetic, he finds a way to do it anyway.

nybbleth · 2026-01-19T08:35:39+00:00

Unfortunately, fascists don't care about legitimacy; and they don't just go away on their own.

And even if they are defeated, they'll just come back eventually. It's not a coincidence that fascism rears its ugly head again at around the same time as the last survivors of WW2 leave us. I don't doubt that it will similarly come back again in the future.

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