USA is obviously the one on a path of civilizational decline. Dismantling everything humanitarian both in multinational and internal dealings. Clear examples are exiting WHO for the International part, and taking away affordable healthcare from Americans is an example on the National side. Apart from that, USA behaves uncivilized threatening former allies and ending mutual beneficial cooperation that has proven itself for decades.
USA is undermining democracy and is an authoritarian country now, and yet Rubio dares lecture about declining civilization in Europe!
USA can fuck right off, they are worse than China now, and the increased cooperation with China to replace US trade is proof governments around the world think so.
USA is unreliable and a pariah, nobody wants to deal with that.

accused Donald Trump of tearing apart the transatlantic alliance with Europe

This is not merely an accusation, it’s a statement of fact.

So where are all the comments about daily mail not being trustworthy now?
Why isn’t this downvoted to oblivion when a story about false accusation of rape was? With comments all over the place on how daily mail is untrustworthy and had an agenda!
Is this part of that agenda too? Because that seems a bit weird IMO.

But second, keep in mind that for a lot of people, most companies are still responsible members of society; “pillars of the community,” and generally worthy of trust. It’s not because they’re dumb, it’s because they’ve been propagandized into believing it.

Oh boy that is so true, I was laughing my ass off during the financial crisis about how people were shocked that banks are businesses trying to maximize profits like any other business.

They genuinely thought that banks were some sort of community institution that existed to help people with their finances, and not businesses that are selling products to make money.

Still even if people are so ignorant that they are unaware of privacy issues, they have chosen to be willfully ignorant, because this issue has been talked about non stop for decades. For nothing to sieve in at some point, you have to be a special kind of willfully ignorant.
Even people that are very low information on technology, know that the Internet is a source of potential surveillance, and having your info on the internet in any form is a potential for being surveilled. Everybody knows that all the big IT companies are trying to gather as much information as they can. And Amazon is right at the top among them.
So to claim they were ignorant of Amazon possibly collecting and sharing their data is a bit far fetched IMO.

Question is why they bought a Ring camera in the first place?
There is no way they can have been unaware that these gadgets can be accessed from outside.
But it was only when the evidence was put right in their face they finally connected the dots?

So my answer is quite simple: Because they are stupid, and bought a sleazy product from a known sleazy company, and when they found out it was in fact as sleazy as could be expected, they figured that maybe they didn’t want to to be voluntarily surveilled anyway.

People refuse to believe me when I say it’s both sides.

I agree, but it is not both sides equally, it is actually better when Democrats take control. For one they are better at balancing the budgets, where Republican gives tax cuts to the rich.
Problem in USA politically is that USA has a system that naturally divides into 2 ruling parties. And those 2 parties are both right wing. There is no room for nuance, and the binary system has resulted in the extreme becoming the norm.

Yes where indeed.
SS (Schutzstaffel) and Gestapo are the closest that come to mind.

Yes, that is true, that is the worst thing about it. Because even if Democrats win the next election, it’s only a matter of time for the pendulum to swing towards crazy again, because it’s part of how the American society thinks.

Unfortunately normal is a minority in USA.

I’ve been saying this since the late 90s.

Funny, that’s the same time I figured out that USA as a society is mentally ill. And is a society that normalize abuse, oppression and violence.
This became clear to me a bit after the 3 strikes laws were introduced in California in 1994, California doing this and being considered among the more moderate states, was a HUGE warning sign. Also paramilitary police, stand your ground. The rhetoric describing everything as a war, the use of food-stamps instead of financial aid and on and on.

the evidence of it is in the hundreds of general examples of how USA is a sociopathic society, and now we have Trump to make so blatantly absolutely clear, that even Americans that used to be Desensitized because of the constant exposure are beginning to see it.
This is far from an anecdotal problem, that can be solved by the next election, it permeates society, and has roots in the idolization of freedom (without specifying what it actually means) and greed and money. All personified perfectly in Trump.

Trump is a malignant narcissist, (worse than a psychopath or sociopath), but the extreme idolizing of freedom and money has turned the evils of Trump into virtues.
Many Americans admire Trump for having absolutely no conscience as they see it as an expression of the ultimate freedom, and they admire his corruption and criminal behavior, because he makes money on it.

On top of that we have the religious insanity, which Trump is also a part of, for instance believing prosperity gospel, which is an absolute bullshit con. But Trump has those crazies too.

Trump is a picture of the state of American society, and normal people must be living in political hell in USA right now.

TIL: No state in USA has below 31% sociopaths!!!

In normal countries like functional democracies that kind of extremism is usually limited to below 10%.

I hope this is more than just the pendulum swinging like it always does.

First a coverup:

alarmed by a spike in suicides among transgender youth following severe restrictions on care in the aftermath of the Bell v Tavistock ruling. This information was never made public, with administrators concerned that it could cause reputational damage

Then a coverup to disguise the coverup:

the UK government commissioned a report, known as the Appleby Report, that claimed there were only a handful of suicides and denied any increase, with many anti-trans political figures and activists then patting themselves on the back and absolving themselves of any blame.

Yes that’s how to run public health services! These people are disgusting. 🤢 🤮

BYD has yet to submit vehicles for FMVS certification.

And why would they do that? Kind of hard to compete with 200% tariffs on.

Of Course, the White house needs to have their own fascist paramilitary police force Schutzstaffel (SS) / Gestapo ready before the midterms.

Paywall.
But White house spreading darkness across USA and the world.

If you consider it crazy to fight fascism, maybe you are a fascist.

AFAIK you can’t get BYD Atto3 in USA or any other ordinary BYD car, because USA won’t allow competition, and has posted steep tariffs on cars from China and EU.
So how the fuck would BYD have received carbon credits for 10 years where thy haven’t been able to sell cars in USA?

Tesla is every bit as protected and subsidized as any Chinese brand.

If you sink lower on the corruption index, it means corruption is higher.
They made the index that way to avoid misunderstandings. 🤡

Yes, and I commented on it, as being a tad old even if this isn’t c/news.