Buffalox

@ Buffalox @lemmy.world

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11m ago

Joy at Death and Destruction
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Buffalox @lemmy.world 11m ago
or will that ultimately lead to absolute nuclear war?
The chances are 50/50, so it's worth a shot./s

14m ago

Joy at Death and Destruction

No I agree with the article, the west as a whole has been way to complacent and allowed Israel to go way further than should have been permitted, completely without consequences.The west has also handled Trump very softly in all his insane lashing out on the whole world.

23m ago

Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade tells oil tankers to go through the Strait of Hormuz: "Show some guts and go through that strait and do it"

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 23m ago

What an absolute moron! I don't know any other democracy that has such stupid people so regularly on TV.For fucks sake USA is a shithole country of the worst kind.

26m ago

Iran is ready for a long war with the US and only economic pain will end it, senior official tells CNN

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 26m ago

Sorry I misunderstood the headline at first, so I thought it was Iran that should be pressured economically to surrender.I saw my mistake and have edited my post.

38m ago

Iran is ready for a long war with the US and only economic pain will end it, senior official tells CNN

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 38m ago

Only economic pain will end it,

Edit:The economic pain is on USA. and I don't really see Iran having any other options than that and terrorism.

I don’t see any room for diplomacy anymore. Because Donald Trump had been deceiving others and not keeping with his promises

He is absolutely right, not even once! A deal with Trump is worthless.

4h ago

Bitter times for cocoa farmers as chocolate market slumps

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 4h ago

Goddam that is harsh for those Cocoa farmers. I wasn't even aware prices had dropped.No wonder it was a huge deal for farmers when EU (EEC) managed to get most of these issues under control for European farmers.

5h ago

Americans are Now a Target in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 5h ago

I've been warning Americans about this shit for more than a ~~decade~~ 20 years (since 2005 on reddit), I have a right to claim Americans didn't heed the warnings.When faced with a preventable problem and you do nothing about it, there is no excuse when that preventable problem finally hits you.I'm so fucking tired of American exceptionalism, you always thought you were #1, only now it is beginning to dawn on many Americans, that maybe they have a problem.Now we even see Americans whining about how bad it is, and how depressed they are about it, begging for help from outside.But that's not how it works. We can't fix your problems with your democracy from Europe or any other place outside USA. You have to fix it for yourself, and if you do, then you can claim you deserve democracy, because you actually did something to save it.

Edit:BTW, we have had a few demonstrations against Trump here in Denmark that were bigger than in USA when the sizes of populations are accounted for. And Trump is for sure not threatening our democracy.

This one was because Trump offended our forces:https://nyheder.tv2.dk/live/samfund/2026-01-31-danske-veteraner-demonstrerer-mod-trump

This was about the Trump tariffs:https://www.information.dk/indland/2026/01/demonstrationer-sende-klart-signal-trump-groenlaenderne-staar-alene

This is a protest against US forces being allowed in Denmark:https://arbejderen.dk/indland/protester-loerdag-er-start-paa-bevaegelse-mod-udenlandske-tropper-i-danmark/

This one was against Trump/USA to stay away from Greenland:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J10XOyml_kQ&t=6s

That's how democracies work. 4 significant protests in Denmark against USA since Trump took over! Most of which support our government, except for the one against allowing US troops in Denmark.

5h ago

Americans aren’t facing a democratic collapse. We’re living in its aftermath

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 5h ago

For tens of millions of people, democratic life has been absent for decades

Absolutely, I've been arguing this point for a long time. American democracy is dysfunctional, and for decades it's only gotten worse.Money = speech, gerrymandering, first past the post, making voting difficult, taking voting rights away from people in prison.

These are all things that are clearly against democratic principles, but have been widely abused to manipulate elections in USA.

As an example:Nixon wanted to limit the power of the peace movement, and one of his strongest weapons was to make cannabis illegal. That way the peace movement was disrupted in their activities, and a lot of them also prevented from voting as a bonus.Same principle was then continued later and doubled down on, to prevent people of color and poor people from voting.This is why people in prison simply have to have voting rights, otherwise you can marginalize people and keep them out of influence, on issues that are completely arbitrary, and only serve a political agenda.

Now that cannabis is widespread among almost all demographics, it has been legalized in many states.

USA has not been a real democracy at any point in history, which is somewhat understandable, but at least in the 70's USA should have begun to realize that their democracy needed reform, but instead USA began in the 80's to move towards less and less democratic, and more and more authoritarian policies. Undermining the poor, workers unions, and social security that is essential for education. This is so bad now, that it is moving up and hurting the middle class too.

5h ago

Porn ban: Australians must prove they are over 18 to access adult content under new laws

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 5h ago

No problem giving those codes to minors. I bet such codes would be sold on the net withing 1 minute of the release of such a system.

6h ago

China’s foreign minister says Iran war ‘should never have happened’

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 6h ago

Obviously calling for a diplomatic solution makes no sense until AFTER the invasion.Before that as you mention, even Zelensky didn't think the Russians would invade.

Why would China call for a diplomatic solution to something that hasn't happened yet?

7h ago

China’s foreign minister says Iran war ‘should never have happened’

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 7h ago

An ambassador simply can't make such a promise, you are being ridiculous.My guess is you are parroting Russian propaganda, because it sounds just like it.

As I CLEARLY stated earlier, there are no official agreements to anything like that.If there were, you should point to that, instead of what some cleaning lady may have said, which is about as valid an international agreement as some diplomat saying something on TV.

7h ago

Porn ban: Australians must prove they are over 18 to access adult content under new laws

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 7h ago

If it's illegal anyway, you might as well pirate it.

7h ago

China’s foreign minister says Iran war ‘should never have happened’

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 7h ago

to be unopposed.

I absolutely have NEVER argued that it should be unopposed, what a giant straw man!You seem delusional.

7h ago

Americans are Now a Target in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 7h ago

And exactly how do you figure Americans "deserve" democracy? Democracy is not a naturally given right, it's something you have to work for. Americans have utterly failed to do that for 50 years, where it has been obvious the American democracy is extremely dysfunctional.You have the government and leaders you elected. Nobody forced anybody to vote Trump. Next to nobody (only 2%) have been fighting to keep democracy, and now you are at a risk of losing it.

Please mind that I also wrote:

It’s sad for the ones that are more moderate and responsible, but they are a minority, and we can’t judge a country by a minority.

I am not talking about individuals here, I very explicitly stated we can only judge based on the majority.

But just go ahead and call me an asshole for pointing out the failures of your own people if it helps.

7h ago

China’s foreign minister says Iran war ‘should never have happened’

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 7h ago

Nope, no such promise was ever part of any formal agreement between NATO/USA and Russia.It would also be pretty moronic, since voluntary unification of Germany was always a goal for West Germany. Which would automatically move the NATO border east.

There was possibly a promise that East Germany would not be used by NATO forces, but that agreement had nothing to do with including new member countries.Also that agreement wasn't formal, and was definitely not meant to be binding long term.

8h ago

Oil surges above $100 a barrel; Trump says ‘small price to pay’ for defeating Iran

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 8h ago

It absolutely does help Russia, I already made that point the first day of the war.Putin sacrificed Iran to help the Russian economy.

8h ago

Oil surges above $100 a barrel; Trump says ‘small price to pay’ for defeating Iran

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 8h ago

Doesn't even matter if it's big or small, when he is making others pay. The price is small to him, and that's all that matters to him.The cost to the global society and USA is already HUGE! And obviously the price is worst for the Iranian population.

8h ago

Oil surges above $100 a barrel; Trump says ‘small price to pay’ for defeating Iran

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 8h ago

There is no way USA will defeat Iran in any meaningful sense.If USA put boots on the ground, it will be many times worse than Afghanistan.

First: There are even more hiding places in the mountains of Iran than in Afghanistan, and the population is twice as big. And the area 2½ times bigger.

Second: Iran is way better organized, and has several big well trained organizations that can be made ready for guerrilla war almost instantly.

Third: I very seriously doubt any traditional allies to USA will be willing to support such an action. so USA will be on their own. If Israel goes in too, it will probably only make it worse.

Fourth, there is no organized support for the invaders as USA and the allies had in Afghanistan where it was supported by the reigning government.

It's very doubtful the war can be won from the sky, it's simply never been done! So the outlook for USA winning this war is bleak to put it mildly.

9h ago

mpv on ChromeOS with Hardware acceleration

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 9h ago

Chrome OS is a surveillance tool for Google and authorities, and should be illegal to give to minors.It's actually illegal in EU, except for some reason EU is giving it a pass.

9h ago

Americans aren’t facing a democratic collapse. We’re living in its aftermath

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 9h ago

Clearly the linked article is shown under news, you can see the news tab selected (underlined in red) when opening the article from the link: