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The avg IQ on Lemmy is either room temperature or it’s full of edgy teenagers having their rebellion moment. It baffles me that saying “yeah, I don’t wanna live in a society where I can be lynched because some mob decided to be judge jury and executioner for a day” is heavily downvoted and gets people triggered smh

That’s kinda hilarious

Yeah, my fear is that European leaders will get too comfortable switching from one hegemon to the other and the root issue of the EU not being able to stand on its own without some sort of guarantor won’t ever be solved.

If China is hegemon, I don’t think the EU would appreciate the types of tribute they’d have to pay to Beijing

Pretty much, China realised you can catch more flies with honey rather than vinegar, and it worked. Everyone’s lining up to go to Beijing to kiss the ring, especially Europeans.

This is how you rule from a position of deep unpopularity

Wonder what’s worse, this, or handing over your NHS data to Palantir.

Using an OS controlled by Google was never trustworthy, idk why we’re kidding ourselves.

I hope they lock down sideloading so there’ll be pressure for moving to Linux Phones

I like using Vespucci to edit OSM, easy and fun

No they’re not

It’s not a sideloading restriction, but an “Accountability Layer.” 🛡️ Advanced users will be able to"Install without verifying," but expect a high-friction flow designed to help users understand the risks.

https://xcancel.com/matt_w_forsythe/status/2012293577854930948

So, just don’t use the Play Store?

I think the only thing I downloaded via the Play Store was my banking apps, which I can go without and just access the browser version when home in front of my desktop

Most people don’t care about duties and honor and values like freedom (even though they say they do).

Western Europe has frequently “sacrificed” Eastern Europe in hopes of being able to maintain their bourgeois lifestyle a bit longer

I’m not bullish on a collective European defence because Europe thinks it’s a spending and rearmament problem, when in fact it’s a logistics and coordination one.

You have a battalion in Spain that you’d need to deploy to Latvia. How do you airlift? Which country has airlifting capabilities, etc.

We’re aligned on the Kurds. My post is to demonstrate how quickly the US can abandon allies they’ve given full throated support before.

What about Gaddafi? The West flip-flopped between him being a massive ally or the world’s biggest evil a couple of times.

They misattributed terrorist attacks to him even though they knew the attacks had Syrian backing, but Syria was needed at the time.

That’s still a valid reason to dodge a draft. I’m not defending Trump, but I’m a coward too. War sucks, war is horrible, I’d rather not go participate

Wasn’t aware of this, fair then

Needs updating

How is that not the most based thing Trump has done?

Avoiding an unjust war of aggression for any reason should be commended, not criticised

Dodging the Vietnam Draft is probably one of the more honourable things Trump’s done to be fair.

Zelensky isn’t wrong, but even peacekeeping missions are extremely politically unpopular in Western Europe right now.

The French left is basically saying “it’s not our issue, we shouldn’t get involved”. The far right say the same. The incumbents are barely hanging on to their remaining political capital

Would rather die for Raytheon than have my country be under the Russian sphere of influence again