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According to former United States general Ben Hodges, the withdrawal of US troops from Europe is only a matter of time. In an interview with SonntagsBlick, he advises Switzerland to prepare for war.

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[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 75 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Most are ok. It's the spoiled nepo babies who've grown into privileged assholes that are the problem.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 65 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Plus the morons that keep voting them into power.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

Plus the morons that keep voting them into power.

Nobody voted Schmusk into power.

[–] tootoughtoremember@lemmy.world 23 points 12 hours ago

I mean... It's not like the signs weren't there.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 27 points 17 hours ago

But everybody who wanted to could have known that Trump was going to appoint the most comically unqualified people.

[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 8 points 18 hours ago

People let them stay in power

[–] credo@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Most

Are you sure?

In any event, its probably a game of tug of war, and the decisions we make as a society depend greatly on how society’s parents were raised.

[–] turnip@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

The game is abusing the reserve currency to fund your defense. The US extorts third world countries into accepting its inflation by utilizing USD, which funds its military, and Europe figured it would be able to coast on the the US doing this in perpetuity.

The problem the US faces is China stopped recycling into US treasuries, and other countries are following suit. So the world is changing and rates will be higher globally moving forward, hence Europe's sudden goal of rushing in a CBDC by October.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nHd_1QEC5r4

I'm not crazy right, clearly aging demographics and higher yield treasuries are the cause of all of this instability the last few years?

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Yes I'm sure, because most people are not psychopathic, sociopathic or super-rich assholes.

In fact only a few are at least 2 out of 3 there. The problem is they're also the ones with the most power.

[–] credo@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The question at hand is stupidity. I’m not sure why you invented different problems to discuss.

This type of discourse is pretty common around here though..

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago

Just my opinion. Take it or leave it.