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Americans, what are your views of all this going on? It's almost as if Iran is accomplishing things... Like we know marching in the streets doesn't really change anything here in USA and that there's the possibility voting won't matter either. In a way it "feels" like Iran is doing more to save people from America's fascism than Americans are.
I wish I was more educated, but it "feels" like imo no one should be siding with America. Like I said I am not very educated so I say that as an unsure but intuitive feeling. Frankly American culture and 1st world culture in general seems out of hand and out of touch with honest genuine humanity.
As an American citizen, I can tell you that the current administration's actions are completely divorced from public consensus and desire for war. The unfortunate reality is that our representation at the federal level is so diluted and insignificant that no amount of public polling would change the administration's mind (and as a matter of personal opinion, I think the midterms may not be able to course correct the ship either at this point). You only need to look at the impunity of ICE's actions as a simple frame of reference.
Granted, I am a college educated person in a more "left leaning" state of the country, and have enough research and context about this situation to know that these actions are not rational nor beneficial for our geopolitical or national interests. That isn't the case for the majority of the nation, unfortunately.
There are plenty of people who are able to be influenced, either through well-funded media campaigns or with the allure of being able to benefit from the situation (such as those who work for the military industrial complex and the AI companies who will have a field day selling lethal autonomous software to the DoD). Many will be more than happy to turn a blind eye to the suffering that will be borne by the soldiers involved, the civilians involved, and international disruptions to trade and stability for personal gain or blissful ignorance.
Even for those who have a sense of compassion for their fellow human beings, there's simply a lot on their plate that pulls their attention away from the war. Those who can afford to be politically active have little incentive to do so, and those who would like to see deescalation cannot afford to be politically active.
I completely empathize with those who do not side with this current war of aggression. Just keep in mind that "siding with America" in this context is with the Federal Government and perhaps a portion of Congress, not with the average citizen or even a majority of US states. If Pacifica/Cascadia became an option for us west coasters, it might be worth taking nowadays.
As far as I know, no other country besides Israel has sided with the U.S.
The people here have no power. The elections have been rigged for years - not necessarily by directly manipulating ballots, but by using gerrymandering (unfair voting districts) and by allowing unlimited corporate money into elections (Citizens United, 2010).
The executive branch can only be reigned in by Congress or the Supreme Court. Both seem unwilling or unable to hold the Trump admin accountable. The next step will be federal agents (probably ICE) engaging in voter intimidation at the polls. They will try to take over the actual verification and count the votes themselves.
We're a full fledged fascist state now, concentration camps and everything else involved. We weren't great before but now we're just more evil than China, on par with Russia just invading countries for no good reason.