• NotSteve_@lemmy.ca
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    16 days ago

    Considering Russia kind of just put the final nail in the coffin for your democracy, probably Russia

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    16 days ago

    Russia, biggest mafia in the world, and also funds White supremecist/right wing groups all over the worlds.

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        16 days ago

        Threats to the US

        A lapdog isn’t a threat except to reputation, even if they’re not on your side. Same reason North Korea isn’t on the list of threats.

        Even if they have influence, it’s not exactly domestic policy, otherwise you’d have to add the IRA to the list also.

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          Israel is definitely an existential threat to the United States. They are trying their best to get us involved in multiple wars.

          They also have congress and the presidency bought.

          We are basically funding the genocide they are committing. Meanwhile, Israel has universal health care and lots of other social safety nets that American citizens do not.

  • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
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    16 days ago

    Americans should be concerned about Trump and his goons first and foremost - the “homegrown” criminal gang.

    Seriously, had you heard about MS-13 before Trump?

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    16 days ago

    Idk anything about ms 13 so I can’t try to assess them as a threat. But I have a hard time imagining a gang or terror group coming close to russia in terms of threat to Americans

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    16 days ago

    The US has threatened Russia for last 80 years. At increased levels in last 20 years. Forcing Russia to defend itself in last 3 years has made it stronger. There is absolute blowback danger from Russia, that can extend to nuclear destruction, but it as fully self inflicted as going around zoinking Grizzly bears’ tails. Foreign national threats to US are entirely the result of US evil, and US desperation is making it worse.

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    16 days ago

    One of them is a heavily armed criminal gang which operates locally and engages in violent crime, murder, and human trafficking, the other is somewhere on the other side of the world and currently fairly busy expending massive amounts of military resources trying to occupy a few provinces of a neighboring country.

    This feels like asking if you should be more worried about domestic rattlesnakes or lions in Africa.

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      16 days ago

      It’s cute that you think they’re all on the other side of the world. You must feel very safe.

      I envy you.

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        16 days ago

        I haven’t heard of any armed, violent Russian criminal gangs operating on US territory in recent years, so yeah, I’m less worried about them than the ones that are known to operate here.

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              16 days ago

              See, it’s funny because you think that everyone sharing this is insinuating that Russia’s army is here. Or that it’s being implied that they’re here en masse in any conceivable way.

              No one is saying this-

              But if you think the White House isn’t compromised, I’ve got a bridge to sell you if you’ve got the рубль.

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                16 days ago

                That may be the case, but what immediate danger does that pose to me? I’d be more worried about armed gangs in my neighborhood than spooks in Washington, because the former would likely pose a more immediate threat to my life than the latter.

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                  16 days ago

                  The spooks in Washington will soon be controlling the armed gangs in your neighborhood. Only those gangs will have an American flag on their sleeve.

                  I have a feeling that line between the former and the later will blur much faster than you think.