The end of the “de minimis” exemption for cheap parcel shipments, nearly a century old, is prompting countries everywhere to suspend shipments to the U.S.
Sadly nothing will change. Those in power don’t give a shit (they can fly their stuff in via private jet) and the ones who will suffer the most will still be too weak to do anything about it.
As an American who grew up on its proclaimed hegemony and superiority, yes, please. I think there is really something to the idea of “The American spirit” once you strip away the toxic cultures of individualism, corporatism, and blind self-aggrandizing; we were lied (propogandized) to for decades about being “the best”, and the result is some folks who would do awesome things if the fucking societal compass of this place could be directed toward real social and societal good. You know, equity, progress, a sense of self-preservation when it comes to the climate/environment…
Good bring this country to its knees.
Sadly nothing will change. Those in power don’t give a shit (they can fly their stuff in via private jet) and the ones who will suffer the most will still be too weak to do anything about it.
As an American who grew up on its proclaimed hegemony and superiority, yes, please. I think there is really something to the idea of “The American spirit” once you strip away the toxic cultures of individualism, corporatism, and blind self-aggrandizing; we were lied (propogandized) to for decades about being “the best”, and the result is some folks who would do awesome things if the fucking societal compass of this place could be directed toward real social and societal good. You know, equity, progress, a sense of self-preservation when it comes to the climate/environment…
I am sorry but your user name is incredibly on point for this comment.
Yes, maybe once we were, we had some kind of admirable core of ‘practical utilitarianism and basic fairness in a local community’…
But… we have now become the mask, forgotten all but warped, distant, misremembered echoes of some former self we used to be.
Skull kid may be in there somewhere, broken and crying and confused … but we have become monstrous and dangerous to the point that hardly matters.
We are the villain, our tragic backstory may matter in a narrative sense… but ironically, not in a practical sense.
So what you’re saying is, we need four giants and the Song of Healing.
I would say we either need a celestial impact directly into washington dc…
Or, we all need to find our fierce diety masks.
The deity mask:
Luigi says:
Would you like to visit my Mansion?
Can we please hold off until my new GPU gets here?