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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 78 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Capturing another countries leader just to hide the fact that you are a pedophile is ludicrous. C'mon internal america. Only you can stop this (for now).

[–] traxex@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How do I stop it? Half of my family is still delusional thinking this is a good idea. It feels helpless when his cult is still stuck on him.

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You don’t stop it (on your own), you work with other people who are trying to stop it.

You figure out what you’re good at and have time for and do that. In a group. Collectively. No-one is saying ’why doesn’t traxex fix this’.

If you want to take on deprogramming cult members yourself there are resources available to anyone to get you started.

[–] traxex@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago

Thanks for the reply, I’ll try that as a start.

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There's also oil, our perennial reason for invading and making war (sorry I mean conflict).

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 7 points 6 days ago

This is ONLY about oil. Trump doesn't give a rats ass about people dying from drugs. He only wants control of the largest oil reserves on the planet. That's 100% what this is about.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We don't know he's a pedophile. And even if he is, that's not a crime. You mean child molester.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

We don't know that the sun will come up tomorrow, but it's a safe bet.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

It’s also to steal the oil for shareholder profits