• mrmanager@lemmy.todayEnglish
        1·
        32 minutes ago

        I dont know if societies will be very happy with three more years under Trump. He is doing so many chaotic things.

    • Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      Idk man there were a lot of wars and a lot of dumb rulers. He’s certainly up there on the power/intelligence ratio leaderboard for a head of State though

      • BilSabab@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        5 hours ago

        i think his understanding of team america comes from the movie team america and no one bothered to tell him that’s not an educational video.

  • rose56@lemmy.zipEnglish
    142·
    11 hours ago

    “raised oil for Americans” no bro, the rest of the world don’t exist, only USA, Trump and the Democrats.

  • ellieficent@reddthat.comEnglish
    22·
    15 hours ago

    Step 1: Remove EV Tax Credit Step 2: Spike Oil Prices Step 3: Put extra tax on EVs

    Now you make people get EVs AND pay you for the pleasure. Extra points if you invest your stocks right to capitalize on both the spike in oil and the raised demand of EVs! So much winning! (But not for the Average American)

  • daannii@lemmy.worldEnglish
    74·
    15 hours ago

    What a play.

    Also I have a question. Maybe somebody can answer.

    How the fuck is it that any country can impose all these rules on other countries?

    So I knew a guy from Iran.

    From Instagram. He made 3d printable models (really unique and interesting ones with the theme of dead head moths, tigers, other moths. Skulls. here is a link to a few pictures of ones I printed. https://imgur.com/a/uI3CnA1 )

    Anyway. I chatted with him a bit. I suggested some filaments. And he disclosed he was from Iran.

    That’s when I learned of some crazy shit.

    He told me he couldn’t get the filament because it’s no one will ship filament to Iran except some sellers in China.

    1 roll of filament ($25) is almost equivalent to a Full months income there for most people.

    He said he had some off brand Chinese printer because no one else would ship him one.

    And that the U.S bans other countries from doing business with Iran.

    I asked him about how he learned his 3d skills. Said he was a medical device engineer as his day job. Said he often worked 12 hr shifts.

    He made way more designing his 3d art models and selling the model files. He has a patreon like a lot of designers. So he makes like $700 USD a month through that, which is way more than he could make as a medical engineer in Iran.

    He also told me no one in Iran is allowed to use PayPal. So it’s been hard to sell his art internationally.

    He was married and had a kid.

    A few months ago his Instagram was deleted. I don’t know what happened.
    I don’t know if he and his family are okay.

    I don’t know anything else.

    I worry about him all the time. He’s just some artist. You know? Just like anyone else. Just trying to survive and give the world his art. And idk. I just think about how fucked all this is.

    • Diplomjodler@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      6 hours ago

      While the US is certainly to blame for that to a large extent, a lot of them problems are also home made.

    • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.netEnglish
      17·
      13 hours ago

      Thanks for sharing this story. The care you feel for him comes through strongly in your comment. I appreciate being able to have a small insight into the life of one Iranian person; it’s not much, but I’ve found this kind of thing to be a helpful way to anchor my concern around the current conflict in compassion for my fellow humans, rather than disconnected geopolitics.

      I think this story will stick with me. I wonder whether the weight of your worry will feel a little lighter now that you’re not the only person carrying it. I hope he and his family are doing okay. I hope he is able to someday see a world where his art can reach more people like you.

    • zarkanian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      16·
      18 hours ago

      This is due to a bunch of big, powerful countries teaming up and bullying everybody else.

      Why do you think it’s such a big deal if Iran has nuclear weapons? After all, the US has nuclear weapons. Russia has nuclear weapons. Israel has nuclear weapons. So why can’t Iran have nuclear weapons?

      Because if Iran had nuclear weapons, then those big and powerful nations might have to give Iran a seat at the table. It wouldn’t be so easy pushing Iran around anymore, because if you pointed nuclear missiles at Iran, you’d have nuclear missiles pointing right back at you.

      Personally, I don’t think that any country should have nukes. They’re too dangerous. I think that all countries should be working towards mutual nuclear disarmament. This can be done through treaties and so on. But if any country is allowed to have them, then every country should be allowed to have them.

      • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 hour ago

        That’s a really dangerous thought. Certainly no nation should have nukes, but increasing the number who have them just makes it more likely they’ll be used. Civilizational survival is more important than fairness here.

        We survived the Cold War because of “Mutually Assured Destruction” and no one in their right mind would let this happen. But it came down to one person disobeying an order at least once. It would be insane to trust the survival of civilization on this assumption

        It would be “mad” to multiply the number of ways we can destroy ourselves and believe MAD will save us

        • zarkanian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          13 minutes ago

          The US should be working towards disarmament, and they’ve been going in the opposite direction. It’s hypocritical for the US to demand that other nations not have nukes when they’re stockpiling them.

    • daannii@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      15 hours ago

      I tracked down his patreon and showed activity about a month ago. So maybe he just doesn’t have Instagram anymore. I will try to reach out to him on patreon.

      • daannii@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        16 hours ago

        You know the fucked up secondary thing about this was I was telling my mom about him and how I was worried if something happened to him. And she was more concerned I was probably talking to a terrorist.

        Right.

        So he spends all this time designing models and building a following just to …I guess talk to random Americans about filament But is covertly trying to do a terrorism ?

        I’m still angry about that.

        • ch00f@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          10 hours ago

          My mother once asked me how I knew the people I was playing CS:Source with weren’t all pedophiles. I was 18 at the time.

          Moms can be dumb.

        • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todayEnglish
          6·
          16 hours ago

          Well, he’s Iranian. Aren’t they all terrorists? That’s what we’ve been hearing for the last half century.

          I hope you find your friend safe.

    • Mniot@programming.devEnglish
      4·
      18 hours ago

      I guess the “pro sanctions” argument would be that countries have very few ways to influence each other: political pressure (asking nicely), economic pressure (sanctions to make the country poor), and military pressure (bombs). And that hey at least it’s not bombs (until it is).

      But just like with bombs, sanctions will always hurt a ton of people who were just trying to live their lives and did not want to be part of the conflict.

      I hope your friend gets by OK.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2101·
    23 hours ago

    Oh no…it gets better.

    He also lifted sanctions on Russian oil, thus giving money to the country that is sending troops and arms that are fighting against US backed operations in Ukraine, and also supplying Iran with weapons.

    • smeenz@lemmy.nzEnglish
      1·
      8 hours ago

      But then Ukraine went and blew up a bunch of Russian oil processing and storage facilities, effectively stopping russia from being able to sell

      So…now there’s less oil overall and Iran can charge even more.

      • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        I don’t think people realize how fucked we are with the strait closed and refineries being targeted. This isn’t just a dollar or few more at the pump and higher average food costs. There is a real likelihood of energy rationing, temperature death, starvation (at least in poorer countries), and economic depression levels of fucked. This isn’t “buy an EV and you’re good” kind of situation. Goods are going to be unaffordable and solar panels will be nowhere to be found. Refineries take years to rebuild. Trump is raping, pillaging, and bankrupting us for his ego and his insider traders.

        • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 hour ago

          All true, but where are the headlines of Chinese companies setting up second and third shifts to crank out as many as possible solar panels and EVs to take advantage of this? Good for their profits == good for our environment

      • mrmanager@lemmy.todayEnglish
        2·
        9 hours ago

        He wants profit and power. I dont think he cares what happens in order for him to get it. The world is just like one of his companies. You fire people, you treat them badly, anything to get what you want from the entire thing.

      • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldEnglish
        70·
        22 hours ago

        He just wants it to go away. No, I don’t think he wants Ukraine to win at all, he’d hand it all to Putin yesterday if he could. I think there are a few operating braincells in the administration that are preventing him from doing so, whatever the reasons are.

        • erusuoyera@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          45·
          22 hours ago

          whatever the reasons are.

          The US politicians use taxpayer money to fund the weapons that get sent to Ukraine. The US weapons manufacturers get that money. The US weapons manufacturers pay the US politicians. No great mystery. Not disagreeing with arming Ukraine, just wish it wasn’t a necessity.

      • electric_nan@lemmy.mlEnglish
        7·
        21 hours ago

        US policy in regards to Ukraine is to bog Russia down. Same thing as when they were fighting in Afghanistan. The longer this conflict goes on, the better for US foreign policy objectives (and weapons manufacturers).

      • D1re_W0lf@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        20 hours ago

        He never did want Ukraine to win. Either he gets the rare minerals from Ukraine, or he does things in a way to make his BFF Putin owe him one.

    • jimmy90@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 hours ago

      almost like the only real objective was to help russia and its allies

      we know trump is a traitor this is no surprise. don’t forget to vote Dem in november

    • Avicenna@programming.devEnglish
      7·
      19 hours ago

      One has to wonder how much money they made just of the crypto grift. Everything Trump has done from day one has been to funnel money from regular people’s pockets into billionaires’ pockets, including him self and every tech oligarch that bent the knee.