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The individual financial situation of the regular Joe is totally irrelevant to the question of being guilty, or better responsible for what the US does.
That is their fault too as a whole, and in exactly the same way.
They perpetually voted for one side of the Uniparty thereby guaranteeing deteriorating conditions for themselves.
Very little to no effort in workers organization and resistance either.
So there are zero mitigating circumstances.
And if you all do that for yourselves it would be fine with me.
Unfortunately that system you keep in place is imperialist and violent and causes death and destruction in the world on a massive scale.
That makes it our problem too and the regular Joe our enemy.
Americans are the most navel staring people on the planet, little or no protest against any war.
And when they do it's purely for selfish reasons.
"Our poor innocent baby killer invaders are dying!" as with Vietnam or "look at the gas prices" now.
Disgusting, zero concern for the massive war crimes they do and did.
And you're not scaring anyone with "the more damage he does, the worse it will be for the world".
As I said, you are constantly at war already under any president.
The fact that this one is especially bad for yourselves and irrational is pragmatically positive.
Many innocents in Iran, Palestine, Lebanon and other places in the world are dying because of him.
Sad fact is it would've happened sooner or later under another president too.
Only with more hypocrisy ang optics. Like the slick war criminal Obama bombing 7 countries at once.
An oh how the americans are nostalgic for their cool black president.
So, to conclude, what is happening now is the best thing that could happen for the world.
The final death throes of a dying empire.
While it may not go quietly it helps that it happens under an incompetent leader and the accelerates the process.
And I wouldn't count on a lot of help either.
IDK what BS they tell you or if you think the world sees you as the bringer of democracy or policeman of the world.
That is not the case.
A huge part of the world hates you already and even your 'partners' which are nothing but vassals will drop you when the time comes.
I feel sorry for the 5% good people there probably are in the banana republic who will have to suffer.
They will be collatoral damage. Also something americans never had any issue with.
Ah, I see, you are preaching the the choir. I agree with you that the US has committed many war crimes. This is why I personally want the orange one gone. I cannot speak for everyone but I'm certain if they could read, have access to the same info you do, or wernt trying to just survive, they would be just as enraged as you are. Many stayed at home in the last election, thinking that there were protesting, but those who know that they need to vote against the orange one sadly had to compete with:
Those who have been so heavily exploited and brain washed that they don't understand what they are voting for. (about 40%) Rigged voting machines.(investigations still on going) Family or job exile. (red towns firing blue workers) Ultra rich exerting thier evil will on politics (cit. United) And as for why the world will help, it's for a selfish reason, if our system completly fails (and it looks like it is) that is a massive power vaccume. Everyone will have a chance to nab up friendly states to align with Thier nations goals and us Americans are so desperate for better leaders that there is a real chance that they join a country against yours. it's not because we think we're the good guys. The armed forces leaders are the baddies, the ultra rich are the baddies. my autistic niece who can't read or speak, who is taken care of by the paycheck of Arby's (which is less than 15k a year) are not the baddies. My grandmother who has lost thier daughter (my mom) due to health issues (caused by an abusive father who wasn't abusive untill he came back from the armed forces) and lost thier son due to him drinking himself to death because of poor economic conditions, are not the baddies. My biological father who died before I was born because medical malpractice was not the bad guy. As for me I'm disabled and it hurts to even physically type this message, are not your enemy.
It is good that you point out our evils, please continue to do so, we need a running list of war crimes and who committed them. I assure you the regular person wants nothing more than peace. But, the regular person in America will not be able to pay the dues, even if we want to, we don't have the money to even keep rent. However feel free to make our tech ceos suffer, feel free to target our leaders for thier crimes, and make it loud so the poor, undeclared people of the united states will hear you.