2026-05-20 15:45 UTC
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@tasket@mas.to 2026-05-20 15:57
@wesdym@mastodon.social Trump has just: 1. Gloated the Iran War is netting a huge windfall from sales of US and Venezuelan oil. 2. Again put off ending the conflict. As I mentioned, the inarticulate back-and-forth announcements stall for time and create indecision among observers – and it seems to have worked on you, too. So the liberal democracies of Europe have to bankrupt themselves fighting a proxy war without resources, producing desirable outcomes for MAGA (which was born on the anti-EU Brexit stage).
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@wesdym@mastodon.social 2026-05-20 16:08
@tasket@mas.to We eventually will, yes. But that moment of lucidity will only come after the fall, not before it. Our history demonstrates that. Our Civil War was avoidable, but we did not avoid it. And we are still enduring its aftermath, because even now, we have not made necessary penance for our sins of the past. This is also the story of Nazi Germany, who did face reality -- once they had no other choice. It will be our story, too. But it won't be today, or very soon.
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@wesdym@mastodon.social 2026-05-20 16:10
@tasket@mas.to We have intelligent enemies, but they are not the people we usually name. Leonard Leo is an example. The Heritage Foundation. And many more. But they're mostly smart enough to avoid undue public notice. The assclowns running our govt are not among them. But they carry the spear for them. You're right that we must attack the real brains of our destruction. But I suspect their own schemes will undo them, once the floor falls out from under them. None of this is sustainable; it must fail.