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Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 6:01 pm
Who is going to stop the USA? That's what I'm worried about. The alliance stopped Nazi Germany. Who the fuck can stop Nazis with nukes?
The Tsar Bomb may be one bomb but it could destroy America.
The issue being that destroying the world hardly benefits anyone.
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 6:01 pm
Who is going to stop the USA? That's what I'm worried about. The alliance stopped Nazi Germany. Who the fuck can stop Nazis with nukes?
The Tsar Bomb may be one bomb but it could destroy America.
The issue being that destroying the world hardly benefits anyone.
Generally nowadays nukes are not super nukes like the Tsar Bomb. Not even close. Missile technology is at a general point where most if not all nations can do strikes with lesser nukes that could be far more effective than just one big bomb.
IMO the only way the world could stop the US military is most of the major ones ally themselves and has to have either Russia or China on their side. Hell even India.
The US has superior military technology but you could definitely overwhelm that advantage with just pure numbers.
Though you could go the economic route. Shutthr US from the rest the world. Yes, the US has natural resources and could replace most if not all of what is being blocked but alot of these industries are either not there are or too small. But if the US population is paying double or triple of what they used to pay, even blond loyalty to Dear Orange Leader would falter.
McAvoy wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 1:39 amBut if the US population is paying double or triple of what they used to pay, even blond loyalty to Dear Orange Leader would falter.
Nope. That's a misconception. That's what the "Everyone who is not us is against us and everything bad that is happening, is their fault."-narrative is for. These people will Double down when faced with facts and reality. They've done so relentlessly in the past. They'll keep doing it.
"If you get shot up by an A6M Reisen and your plane splits into pieces - does that mean it's divided by Zero?
- xoxSAUERKRAUTxox
CharlesPhipps wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 2:12 am
My general point is that there's no winning a war of asset denial with a nuclear power.
Well that is MAD.
This whole conversation is the real reason why there are no European countries along with the US in Ukraine laying the smack down on Russia. If nukes weren't involved, the war in Ukraine would have ended back in 2022.
CharlesPhipps wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 11:33 pm
MAGA Acquaintance: Trump is going to bring back Christianity to America and root out all the atheists who invaded our government.
Me: You realize Elon Musk is a very loud and public atheist, right?
MAGA Acquaintance: God makes use of imperfect...
Me: Oh for fucks sake.
Honestly one of the bright spots of this is that when these idiots inevitably fail the backlash is going to make being a Christian Dominionist or any related movement political and social poison for at least a generation or two.
One can only match, move by move, the machinations of fate... and thus defy the tyrannous stars.
CharlesPhipps wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 11:33 pm
MAGA Acquaintance: Trump is going to bring back Christianity to America and root out all the atheists who invaded our government.
Me: You realize Elon Musk is a very loud and public atheist, right?
MAGA Acquaintance: God makes use of imperfect...
Me: Oh for fucks sake.
Remember we got people who actually think God sent Trump to be president to fight the evils of liberalism. Remember that Evangelicals have dropped any kind of religious stance against adultery, idolism, theft, etc in favor of Trump being president.
Or that its will known Trump isn't religious in any kind of sense. He knows nothing about the Bible. But that's OK. You don't need to be religious to fight for Christianity.
CharlesPhipps wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 11:33 pm
MAGA Acquaintance: Trump is going to bring back Christianity to America and root out all the atheists who invaded our government.
Me: You realize Elon Musk is a very loud and public atheist, right?
MAGA Acquaintance: God makes use of imperfect...
Me: Oh for fucks sake.
Honestly one of the bright spots of this is that when these idiots inevitably fail the backlash is going to make being a Christian Dominionist or any related movement political and social poison for at least a generation or two.
I can only pray that you're right.
"Believe me, there’s nothing so terrible that someone won’t support it."
— Un Lun Dun, China Mieville
My hope is our current generation Gen Zoomers and perhaps Alpha, can learn from this.
Gen X, Millenials we are screwed. Everyone at this point is hardwired to their political beliefs. It would take a serious self realization for one to change it.
The oldest Millenials for example are in their 40's, myself among them. Maybe the youngest and the Zoomers can do something.
