Donald Trump Pulling US Troops From Europe in Blow to NATO Allies: Report

[viking@infosec.pub]

That's exactly what will happen, since we have laws in Germany against leaving homes unoccupied (with severe fines), so if the landlord can't find a tenant willing to pay the extortionate rate, they have to lower the rate closer to market or risk paying triple of what they might be missing out on otherwise.

[federalreverse@feddit.org]

People have also thought the same of Hitler, and he caused massive chaos before going down stupidly.

Why the Hitler comparison? The idea that people thought Hitler was stupid in particular seems like something that would need backup.

[federalreverse@feddit.org]

And Trump lost a lot of money at times, if you think back 2 or so years, it was unclear whether the descriptor "billionaire" was still accurate

[braininabox@lemmy.ml]

and we’ll leave

Lol

[warl0k3@lemmy.world]

I know it goes against the narrative, but like, yeah, we do. There's plenty of examples of this, even in the modern era, and you can find them pretty easily when you look into this topic. Honestly the thing that's weird even for me, an american: we use withdrawing one of our bases from a country as a threat when we're negotiating. A really really effective one, too. It turns out that, while having a concentration of spunky 18 year old boys with lil' matching outfits is very obnoxious for those living near them, governments the world over see way more to gain from having us there than from asking us to leave (I admit this is partially because when this happens, we go to their neighbors who they've hated for the last five hundred years or something and then ask if they would be willing to host a us base, at a large premium...).

[tankovayadiviziya@lemmy.world]

Modern day Germans themselves say Hitler's style is very comical. The Mein Kampf is basically incoherent ramblings. So it's very likely that 1930-40s Germans also thought the same of Hitler.

It's a misleading to think of intelligence as being broadly both knowledgeable and rational. Many psychologists are now rethinking what intelligence means. For many, intelligence means excelling more at specific cognitive ability. It's well known that autistic folks are extremely skillful at certain things, even if they lack skills or knowledge in others. That being said, an AskHistorians post discussed about that many people did think Hitler was stupid. But if he is that dumb, he would not be able to rile up the emotion of masses and gain power now, would he not? Would a conventionally stupid person be able to pull that and attain power? Politicians and authoritarians are able to exploit gaps to take power for themselves. That still takes certain skills and cognitive ability that most of us don't have. Ancient Greek philosophers have already observed how demagogues manages to convince the average people to vote certain way. Trump have done the same.

Cope all we want and call someone dumb all we want, but we're not the ones in charge. We have said the same to other dictators like Gaddafi, Amin, Mussolini and Hitler. Even if they got themselves killed at the end and lacking foresight to realise never get too drunk in power, but they're the ones who got grabbed the reins of power and lasted for as long as they could. That again take certain skills (even if they are lacking in other areas).

Maybe the we're the ones who are dumb for not seeing it. The ones in the White House, in the fiftieth floor of GM or Facebook headquarters, or presidential palace; those with power are thinking those in prisons, receptionists working for bare minimum wage, kids working to mine lithium for Tesla's electric battery for its vehicle, and a mother of two working two jobs to make ends meet are still the dumb ones electing and worshipping them rich.

[tankovayadiviziya@lemmy.world]

I agree to an extent. But you're assuming that Democrats do not know what they're doing. The know exactly what they're doing and that is to appease the same rich donors who support the Republicans. That's why the current Democrat leadership is not going to be progressive because they still want to make money from stocks and receiving corporate donations.

[braininabox@lemmy.ml]

There’s plenty of examples of this

No, there really isn't. More examples of you not leaving when asked.

[warl0k3@lemmy.world]

People don't easily accept things that challenge their preconceptions, and they especially don't seek those things out, boy do I know (gestures at american political landscape, myself and all of human history). With that in mind, could you provide a source (or example)? I'm extremely interested in being proved wrong on this topic.

[match@pawb.social]

i want jennifer laude to be alive