Non-Americans care about US elections for the same reason a hostage cares about the mental state of a gunman.
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Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 11-Jul-2024 17:43:45 JST Aral Balkan -
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Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 11-Jul-2024 17:48:56 JST Aral Balkan @Alephwyr Indeed, other countries are not the only ones held hostage by US military might.
When you have the strongest military in the world and you devolve into a fascist state guess who can come to your rescue?
That’s right, no one.
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The Banished Dragon Alephwyr (alephwyr@chitter.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 11-Jul-2024 17:48:57 JST The Banished Dragon Alephwyr @aral Americans too, or at least the sane ones
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Chris Ferdinandi ⚓️ (cferdinandi@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 11-Jul-2024 22:10:36 JST Chris Ferdinandi ⚓️ @aral i’m not saying you shouldn’t care. I am saying you should stop trying to tell Americans what course of action we should be taking when you lack the nuance of having lived in our political system.
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Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 11-Jul-2024 22:10:36 JST Aral Balkan @cferdinandi I wouldn’t worry; when have Americans ever listened to the opinions of non-Americans anyway?
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Chris Ferdinandi ⚓️ (cferdinandi@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2024 02:35:11 JST Chris Ferdinandi ⚓️ @aral We seem to put a lot of stock in Russian and Chinese bot farms, so...
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Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2024 02:35:11 JST Aral Balkan @cferdinandi But, hey, at least it makes Silicon Valley VCs and tech bros rich.
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