Comment by Marazan
8 months ago
> In reality, the US government is one of the most static, unchanging organizations on the planet.
How naive are you? I mean seriously.
Your post is one of the worst faux savvy takes I have seen. A true classic of the genre. The US Government is not an independent thing: it is made up of people. And if you haven't notice the current set of people are doing lots of gigantic, unprecedented things.
You either have a truly massive case of normalcy bias, or you approve of their lawlessnes and are running cover.
Your argument might hold some more weight if it weren't the exact same flavor of hysterical rhetoric that we all saw back in 2016...where...not much changed.
But I totally get it, this time is different! The US is in crisis! How could I not see the obvious signs?? It's all over the headlines!
I don't think any of our allies stopped buying our weapons during his first campaign.
https://reason.com/2025/03/17/allies-cancel-orders-of-f-35s-...
How do you not see that this time is different?
According to his other comments, he's straight up in denial about everything that's been happening lately and thinks literally nothing is going wrong. If most Americans also hold that view, we really have no chance of getting out of this situation.