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Sad day for the world.
by mbix77 2y ago
Sad day for the world.
- amai 2y agoBut a good day for USA. With Trump winning a civil war is avoided.
- fullstackchris 2y agoCivil war is a bit of an overstatement for what would again be a bunch of clowns trying to storm the capitol
- amai 2y agoAnd a good day for the stock holders in the USA. The stockmarket likes Trump.
- sidcool 2y agoWhat? Why? I am genuinely curious. I am not an American, so can't vote or have a strong opinion. Trump is weird, but does it spell doom?
- guerrilla 2y agoThe entire world will be affected. Trade wars against China and Europe, the loss of Ukraine, the end of Palestine, war with Iran, potential dissolution of NATO and that's only what's likely. Who knows what other shit is coming down the sewer.
- ramchip 2y agoI'm not American either, but I see a war going on between authoritarian states and democratic ones, and Trump supporting the wrong side. It deeply concerns me from a human rights perspective and also on a personal security level because I live near Taiwan. I've also felt the impact of disinformation and conspiration theories spreading from the US to my country and I fear it's only going to get worse.
- aurareturn 2y ago>I've also felt the impact of disinformation and conspiration theories spreading from the US to my country and I fear it's only going to get worse. Examples?
- ramchip 2y agoI've received unhinged antivax leaflets twice at home, in Japan.
- ignoramous 2y ago> deeply concerns me from a human rights perspective What should concern you is your singular belief in propaganda that powerful entities care about human rights over their own interests.
- ramchip 2y agoI don't find this kind of cynicism accurate or particularly helpful as a life philosophy. I've personally had the luck to meet people and be a member of organizations that do care and have power to make some difference.
- ignoramous 2y ago> I don't find this kind of cynicism accurate or particularly helpful For me, living amidst riots and have friends/family caught up in war zones has swiftly altered my views. There's goodness no doubt, but the powers that be, once they breach, won't be mucking about.
- csomar 2y agoBlue brain washing. I am not holding my hopes high but with Trump we will probably have less wars, less trade wars, less inflation and a better economy.
- _ink_ 2y agoHow exactly will tariffs lead to less inflation?
- lobsterthief 2y agoMost economists agree that with the policies he’s proposed, inflation will increase massively.
- a_victorp 2y agoHe was the one that started the trade wars with China and promised to tariff everything. Why do you think there will be less trade war?
- zmmmmm 2y agoIt probably does in terms of averting climate change. Of course he might indulge Elon and remove all nuclear restrictions and save the world, who knows. But the chance of persuading the globe towards collective action seems ludicrously out of reach in time to avert pretty severe outcomes.
- siffin 2y agoThe world needs to build over 400 nuclear plants starting right now to replace fossil fuel energy needs, even with about a 33% reduction in global energy consumption. That means a new plant starting up every 3 days. Any slower and it's not enough. This was data from a couple of years ago as well. We're never going to get close, even if Elon himself is modern jesus.
- Kelteseth 2y agoWasn't this number flawed, because it mapped the energy needs 1:1? Like, the efficiency of a heat pump or a battery is vastly better than current motors or burning oil.
- siffin 2y agoI don't know, but I doubt it, and what you're stating is essentially the opposite, fossil fuels are far more energy dense than any other form of energy, you can't run long haul diesel trucks on batteries, not without an insane network of battery swap stations. The grid infrastructure alone needs to grow at least 4x to manage this. I can't find the source, but it was in a video presentation by Kevin Anderson, a senior research fellow at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. 400 nuclear plants isn't actually that many in terms of numbers, but constructing them is an enormous task.
- Tainnor 2y agoFrom a European perspective, many here are very worried that Trump is going to end support for Ukraine and that Putin will be allowed free reign.
- corpMaverick 2y agoLeaving aside what Trump can do. It is sad to realize that a person with so many character faults documented in public can reach the presidency of such powerful country. You loose hope on humanity and wonder if liberal democracies can actually last.
- sanmon3186 2y agoMaybe it's just my echo chamber but people in India seemed more pro-Trump. This is despite Kamala having Indian roots. People usually take pride when anyone with Indian ancestry doing great on the world stage.
- lgvln 2y agoThis is sad to hear. I guess Trump’s values (whatever they might be) resonated more with them than Harris’s progressive liberal values.
- kshri24 2y agoIndia is extremely conservative due to Hindus being majority. What US considers far-right is considered left-of-center in India. US has gone so far to the extreme left that if Kamala had been elected you would have had full blown Communism next. It had gotten that bad. Too bad you guys don't realize how effed up it all looks from outside your bubble. Especially those countries who have already gone through that Hell (India went through that for 60+ years before we elected Modi). God saved America from total collapse today. That's all I'll say.
- ImaCake 2y agoI mean Modi is (was?) the member of a radical nationalist hindu milita from the age of 8. Modi has been popularly elected multiple times so seeing someone similar win the US election is probably what you want to see if you are a BJP voter.
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- lm28469 2y ago> This is despite Kamala having Indian roots I'd imagine most people can see past origins and skin colors, especially when it's such a shaky argument. You don't support someone just because their mom were born in your country 70 years ago
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- bigodbiel 2y agoPutin, Xi, the New Totalitarian World Order: Won A very dark chapter in human history is about to start and all from "our" own free will.
- mv4 2y agoSpeak for yourself.