• elbucho@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Well I, for one, am shocked that our Russian-controlled puppet government is acting like a Russian-controlled puppet government.

    It probably was incredibly expensive to buy Trump’s victory, but you can’t argue that Vladdy Poot Poot isn’t getting value for his money.

    • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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      Probably not that expensive. We’re talking about guy who bankrupted a casino. He’s endorsed Trump steaks. He might have endorsed more things than Shaq even if none were as large as Shaqueronni Pixza. How much did it cost to get Trump to do a cameo in Home Alone 2? He probably had to pay them.

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        2 months ago

        I’m not just talking about Trump. Nearly the entire Republican party is compromised as well. Also, there’s Elon Musk and who knows how many other wealthy, high power individuals. Obviously, they weren’t all bought with cash, but even collecting compromising secrets on them is time consuming and expensive. You kind of have to respect the hustle, even though the end result is the complete destruction of the last vestiges of our democracy.

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    I’ve speculated (without direct evidence) that the Putin regime is giving trump and his team guidance on what to do.

    Trump wants to be like putin in terms of power and wealth. They like the authoritarian oligarchical structure, again for power and wealth. Hegseth, musk and the rest will be part of it all. More power, wealth and unrestricted freedom to do anything they want without regulation.

    Freeing Andrew tate, the nazi salutes, freeing the Jan 6ers… Tactics to give bullies power to feel free to bully. The worst of the worst. Other bullies see this and feel encouraged to do the same, and then they’re protected and pardoned. Anyone against the trump cult see this, and righteously have more fear of fighting back. They want to make us like Russia.

    I still hold hope in our country, but its faint. Very pessimistic and cynical. It will have to get way worse before even the maga cultists start to question what’s happening.

    Trump, Vance, Musk, Hegseth and the rest should be executed for treason. I want them fucking executed.

    • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      Because the two countries have been attacking each other economically, politically, intellectually, and digitally for decades now.

      Just because people aren’t shooting guns at each other doesn’t mean a war isn’t happening.

      The US is also at war with China.

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      2 months ago

      Maybe because russia has been taking offensive actions against the US and its allies. They helped install agent Krasnov as president FFS.

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      2 months ago

      The US is likely taking offensive actions against everyone not a close ally. Probably even many of those who are.

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      2 months ago

      Every nation outside of Russia has been under attack from Russian mercenary groups for over a decade. In the news they’re typically referred to as “ransomware gangs”. This is a euphemism. The reality is that these groups all have ties back to FSB or other parts of the Russian military structure. They operate with the approval of the Russian government, and they attack Russia’s adversaries. They attack civilian infrastructure indiscriminately, disabling power, water, logistics, schools, hospitals… they don’t care what the damage is, they don’t care if people die because of their actions.

      NotPetya is the classic example. That was 8 years ago. Since then the frequency and scope of attacks has increased.

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        It seems like we also don’t care what the damage is or else we would make at least some effort to secure our IT systems. Of course the robber should be blamed but those who leave their doors wide open are guilty too. If we care so much about the consequences of ransomware attacks, why do we not act and avoid shitty software that only compromises security and instead built more resilient systems?

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          Any security system is only as strong as its weakest link.

          Typically that is the humans operating within it.

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      It didn’t need to be said, but previous administrations also treated it as a secret so it wasn’t just out there for reporters.