Number 1 reason why I want to see the United States of America and its very loud citizens get a taste of humble pie in this self-inflicted crisis of idiocy with global ramifications.

Even when discussing a war that's obviously gone out of hand with no easy resolution in right, there's still this air, this attitude from American commenters that somehow the might and brilliance of the US military will prevail in the end and they can restore their position as leaders of the free world. Meanwhile the rest of the world has waited 50 years for this day.

Let me have a little schadenfreude with my €2.20+ litre of petrol.

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recursivedoubts 10 hours ago | parent [-]

a strong majority of the united states citizens are against the war, despite a full court propaganda press against the right and a no-kings distraction op against the left

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2026/03/25/americans-br...

don't confuse american citizens with the bought-and-paid talking & tweeting heads we are forced to live with

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pjc50 9 hours ago | parent [-]

"No Kings" isn't a distraction, it's very tangible popular opposition, and they're certainly not in favor of the war?

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recursivedoubts 9 hours ago | parent [-]

It muddies the waters by focusing on divisive issues like immigration enforcement and de-emphasizing the war, preventing what could be a unified left-and-right antiwar movement.

Plain anti-war protests could draw significant support across the political spectrum, so divisive issues are inserted as wedges. Same thing that happened in the 60's, when the anti-war movement went from a coat-and-tie affair to a laurel canyon one.

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zzgo 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

If you think the No Kings movement is preventing a unified front against the war, you haven't been paying attention to the political discourse in the US since the rise of the Tea Party 15+ years ago.

	▲	recursivedoubts 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		man

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platevoltage 20 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There is no anti-war movement on the right. The only time there is, is when a Right-winger is trying to win an election. Once said right winger inevitably starts a war, the pom poms come out.

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intended 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There will be no public rapprochement between the right and the left pretty much anywhere in the world.

They are fed by entirely different media machines.

If you like, its a coordination problem where the various groups no longer have the commons of a shared reality to coordinate through.

	▲	platevoltage 19 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It's not just the "media machines". These two sides have completely different moral values.