Well as far as concrete actions I’m not sure what they will do. But I do know Russia is certainly a big fan of taking advantage of chaos, and this strike works in Russia’s favor by helping delegitimize international order and rule of law even more, because the US (and Israel) acting unilateraly, illegally, and hypocritically weakens their ability to meaningfully call out Russia for similar behaviors later on.

Even if they are tied up now in Ukraine this makes it easier for them to act with less constraint when they see fit (yes I know, they have been acting without constraint already but they can always get worse)

Also wondering how this will change the plans and behavior of other big global players like China and India in the longer term. Preamble to WW3 or just a new era of heightened millitarism worldwide?

He’s so peaceful, he’s definitely getting the Nobel AND getting into heaven now guys

This is going to spiral out of control. The whole Middle East is going to suffer from this. How is Russia going to react? What are the domestic repercussions going to be during an election year?

No love for the Ayatollah’s regime but this is a disaster. This admin has such limited forethought they will make the Bush admin look like geniuses in retrospect

Have any members of congress or state legislatures begun proposing bills to make this sort of surveillance system illegal?

This is true, but it will be a real miracle if we even end up with AOC vs Vance instead of Newsom vs Vance

CBS is simping for fascists

Abandon all of these platforms and any others that associate in any way with Palantir or Thiel

“You have five new unread product recommendations from your favorite Meemaw. Enable push notifications now so you never miss an advertisement from a deceased loved one!”

Dump these tech bros and CEOs in the goddamn ocean. They are speed running the enshittification of all of human experience and reality

This shitbag needs to be “totally incarcerated!”

Exactly. Probably too rational of a system for the US of A to ever implement though (along with other reasonable ideas like abolishing the electoral college, expanding the House of Representatives, etc)

At this point we basically need a whole new Congress for it to redeem itself.

On a related note, here’s a novel idea: If Congress is unable to pass a budget both houses are dissolved and all members are forced to retain their seat through a special election.

So bots are just dandy, but I create a new account and am shadowbanned almost immediately for posting a single comment on r/Politics too soon? Cool cool cool

That was last March and how I ended up on Lemmy, so I guess maybe I should be thankful.

Fucking parasite.

I’m not sure how, but billionaires need to have their billions forcibly taken and redirected toward the public good. If humanity wants any future other than techno-feudalist fascism we need to figure out how to destroy the global billionaire class permanently within the next few decades or we are gonna be fucked for centuries. You’ll rent everything and own nothing, they will bleed everyone dry, and if you rise up to disrupt the system you’ll get a robot boot on your neck.