Hey, what a valuable initiative. I mean, it’s not like there are any real problems in the world…

…if there really were, that would just be a distraction…

…and that can’t possibly be the case…

/s

Well then, I wish you all the best.

You’ll find the answers to most of your questions in this thread.

Do you seriously believe that most people outside the U.S. aren’t aware that the U.S. is, by virtue of its Constitution alone, merely a sham democracy? That they don’t know the U.S. has actually been an oligarchy for a long time? Or do you really believe that ordinary people in other countries aren’t boycotting U.S. products and urging their governments to do the same? And the most important question: Do you seriously believe that any other country of the world would or could come to America’s rescue?

I think most reasonably educated people around the world are fully aware of all of this.

I mention the Epstein case in one of my comments just because I assume that the vast majority of the population despises pedophiles and wants to see them punished for their monsterous crimes - to me, this seems more like a unifying factor that could be used to bridge political divides. I mean, with Massie, there’s even among today’s conservatives someone who doesn’t bow to pressure from within his own ranks. So it really should be possible to agree with your neighbor that a regime so obviously entangled in these crimes must be overthrown.

But hey, this is just one starting point - there are many more, given all the rampant corruption, war crimes, and crimes against humanity in the U.S. itself.

I’m afraid that U.S. citizens will have to get used to posts like this one, because the actions of the U.S. regime unfortunately affect the entire world, which is why the propaganda narrative of the friendly superpower spreading freedom is increasingly being recognized for the farce it has always been.

In this case, I am convinced that the U.S. will become a full-blown autocracy like today’s Russia sooner rather than later.

The regime has already laid the groundwork for this, and if it decides to do away with even the pretense of democracy - which I consider more likely with each passing day - resistance will effectively mean that those who have the courage to resist will vanish without a trace.

That’s how it was in my home country back when the Nazis took over Germany. Here, too, people were convinced that things would somehow work out on their own- what actually happened is written in the history books.

You’re absolutely right about all of this, of course. The only thing I might add is that I suspect the apparent support for the disastrous policies - of which the “Orange One” is, of course, nothing more than a figurehead - could well be an illusion created by the fact that virtually all major media outlets are under the direct control of those responsible.

Control over the media allows the regime to distort public opinion, or what is perceived as such. Through their influence, they can make minority opinions appear as if they were majority opinions, which may not necessarily be the case.

Since, despite everything, I continue to believe - admittedly rather naively - in the good in people, I suspect that the vast majority of U.S. citizens do not agree with what the regime is doing. If this is the case, an emerging mass protest movement could make it clear that the majority of U.S. citizens are in fact in opposition to the regime and demand that it be held immediately accountable for its crimes (even before new elections or the hope for the Democrats, whom, in my judgment, one can only count on to a very limited extent).

It would be the ideal opportunity to finally do away with the system once and for all, of which the current regime is, in fact, merely the latest symptom.

I realize, of course, that this seems rather utopian, but I fear that there is no other way forward than through continuous mass civil disobedience if the situation is ever to change fundamentally.

As I mentioned in my comment above: A general strike that continues until the government resigns seems to me to be the only peaceful solution. I cannot judge whether this is realistic, as I am not a U.S. citizen.

Viewed from the outside, however, it seems to me that this is only remotely realistic if the living conditions of ordinary Americans deteriorate to the point where they rise up. I have no doubt that the living conditions of American citizens will continue to deteriorate. But whether and when this will lead to sustained mass protests or even a sustained general strike, I cannot say.

Well, I thought I’d give it another try, now that the Dow is below 50,000, a barrel of oil costs nearly $100 (will soon be even higher again), and even the “First Lady” is so openly turning against her husband by pointing out again that Epstein didn’t act alone and that no one has been held accountable for the monsterous misdeeds of the “cabal,” which the regime is trying to protect by any means necessary because various people from their own ranks as well as many of their most prominent supporters are so obviously involved in these horrible crimes.

I still have some hope left that U.S. citizens might reconsider and extend the general strike planned for May 1 indefinitely - namely, until the regime steps down and perhaps even some of the the long-overdue, far-reaching reforms are initiated that would be necessary to reduce the rampant corruption in the political and legal systems to a somewhat tolerable level - that seems to me to be the only civil way to break the power of the oligarchs who hold the country in a stranglehold.

You see, the most common argument I’ve heard so far as to why this isn’t happening is that U.S. citizens insist they can’t afford to risk their jobs. Perhaps the fact that the country is on the brink of a recession -which would cost many U.S. citizens their jobs anyway - will change that somewhat -or perhaps the fact that the cost of living is so high that their salaries no longer cover their basic needs.

We’ll see…

My point is that US citizens could remove their criminal president, but they don’t do so despite all his criminal machinations and despite the most serious war crimes.

My opinion is that the U.S. is committing war crimes and doing everything it can to undermine established international law. Furthermore, the U.S. president is a pedophile and a felon.

What worries me is that the American people have come to terms with this and won’t do anything about it.

You reinforce my view on this.

Yes, indeed, the blame lies with none other than this class. However, no one other than US citizens can solve the problem - which is why I’m writing this post, even though it merely states the obvious. It is simply an expression of utter incomprehension as to how such crimes are allowed to occur in a supposedly democratic country.

How can this pedophile criminal still be in office? In no democratic country in the world could such a degenerate person have been entrusted with any government responsibility at all.

The responsibility for this lies with none other than the American people.

You should be able to handle that on your own - but you’re not, even though you’re being exploited like this by a pedophile criminal.

There’s nothing else to say about it.

Unfortunately, I don’t see it that way. I’ve found time and again that even US citizens in the Fediverse tend to display a massive amount of completely misplaced, naive national pride.

It seems to me that even those here, due to the oligarchy in the US that controls the media, are massively misinformed or uninformed despite their flirtation with free media.

Added to this is decades of propaganda that Americans apparently cannot overcome even here.

The best example is this post: Instead of the all-too-necessary self-criticism, there are only excuses - even though the U.S. president is a pedophile and a serious criminal. Nevertheless, U.S. citizens act as if that were not the reality.

It really is American arrogance: I’m certainly taking a stand - it’s just that the very thing I’m taking a stand against is the the crimes of the US. If you at least try to stand up for the Palestinians, that goes without saying.

I am not a U.S. citizen. Like any other person in the world, I can only observe that the US is committing war crimes and trampling on international law. So am I supposed to naively assume that all Americans are monsters? To put it another way: If that’s not the case, why does your country act this way? Aren’t you a democracy in which the will of the people is represented by the government?

I am well aware that this is not the case, but the responsibility for this lies just as much with US citizens as the responsibility for the war crimes your country is committing.

What other question?

Thank you very much. That’s basically what I’m getting at: there’s hardly any difference left between the US and Russia - both countries are controlled by oligarchs. But somehow, on the international stage, it’s portrayed as if only Russia were controlled by greedy autocrats.

However, since the mechanisms of control in the US are still far less pronounced than in Russia, I thought it would be a good idea to remind US citizens that they don’t yet live in a dictatorship, that they could still turn things around for the better if they would only give up their apathy and finally take action.

In Russia, it’s completely different. And in the US, it will soon be the same if citizens don’t fight back.

Yes, applies to all democratic countries. The logic is Democracy.

I don’t understand why you’re bringing this up. I’m not the one responsible for it. Your government is responsible - and your fellow citizens, too. It’s a mystery to me how the richest country in the world can have no social security, no health insurance, and all that. Where I come from, that’s covered under basic decency, but not in the US. No one else but US citizens is responsible for that, because they simply allow themselves to be exploited in such an absurd way.

It’s quite remarkable that you’re unable to properly assign blame for your own misery. But hey, it’s telling, because this post is about war crimes - and you’re acting as if I’m to blame for the fact that you can barely make ends meet.

Please don’t get me wrong, I’m sorry, but I can’t help you - only you yourselves can do that by forcing through the reforms that allow the population to live a life with some semblance of human dignity.

I can only say that this is guaranteed in every industrialized country in the world - just not in the US.

No one can change that except the US citizens themselves.

Nor can the rest of the world prevent the US from committing the most horrific war crimes, which the country is definitely doing.

That, too, is the responsibility of US citizens and no one else.