I’m not sure calling Gorbechev an idiot is right though.

Just because he was a victim of external interests, as you describe. Feels a bit victim-blamey.

“Look what you made the US do to you”.

Yeltsin, maybe though.

Which bit of history does this represent?

At first I thought it might be the break up of the USSR, but that doesn’t really work here. So that leaves me at a loss.

I just can’t see how Gorbachev and Trump, or their actions, are similar.

Classic bully behaviour.

Stupid and self defeating.

Not a serious man, by his own admission.

But let’s not forget the time the US dragged the world into a horrible war on terror just so it could maintain oil prices too.

Yes, that was what I joking about.

When this is all over. One way or another. And the dust has settled. Please remember that even moderate republicans supported him.

I think you are getting down voted, not because you are wrong, but because that truth is particularly unpleasant.

It would be like radio free Europe criticising Regan’s policies during the cold war.

You just know that Trump is going to have to say and do some batshit wild stuff to distract us from this.

What next?

My money is on claiming Antarctica as US land because of …uh… Ice prices or something.

Nah, you got Hungary too. All the fash.

Real Art of The Deal shit.

Absolute fucking masterclass in statesman-like diplomacy.

Genuinely a moment for all Americans to be proud of. Truly, exceptional.

This article reads like it is barely edited AI slop or a twelve year old has written it.

Going to guess you aren’t European and you aren’t aware of what Putin did to our gas prices at the start of the Ukrain invasion.

You’re out by a million miles (sarcasm, not exact figure).

How many angry teens retreat to their room and hit it up on the stereo after their mum has told them to bring her their dirty laundry?

Been using Lemmy for a couple of years, not seen this once.

Also, the ux is pretty much the same as Reddit.

These people are just stakeholders in Reddit. They are afraid of change, or losing any rep they have. They sit on a pile of useless upvotes.

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Yes, and we now know that most Americans will sit by and watch it happen.

Some might take to the internet, clutching pearls, to tell us how they don’t agree with it, but most will just wag fingers and do nothing else.

That line about evil and good men doing nothing … That’s what is happening right now.

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