Orange routine: If someone asked for the Epstein files, then. a) Another country is bombed. b) War zone in some city in the US. c) More tariffs to some place.
Sacre bleu... I am not familiar with the French system, but it seems quite dysfunctional.
It seems that it is not possible to change the dear leader in power easily if necessary (parliamentarianism); but the dear leader doesn't have enough stability to govern during his term (presidentialism).
Sorry. I know that “America” (geopolitical empire) and “Americans” (people) are different things, but with few exceptions (Carter), this “beacon of democracy” is just BS for domestic consumption. The moment some corporate interest is minimally threatened abroad, the beacon turns into a death ray.
"Americans were perfectly capable of backing dictatorships while talking about democracy": True "American culture is no longer synonymous with the aspiration to freedom": Well... true. No longer pretending.
"During the Cold War, we connected words such as freedom and rights not just to our military strategy but to our national identity, to our culture. We were advocates of free markets, a free press, ...: False.
"we moved from simply modeling democratic ideals to spreading or promoting them as a matter of policy. We did so in part because the language of democracy is in our DNA, and when we are confronted by autocrats and despots, we use it": False
Péra... O cara tá batendo a carteira de los hermanos com uma mão enquanto dá uma dedada no brioco deles com a outra. Tudo na cara dura e porque o espírito do cachorro mandou.
Temos que reconhecer que é um "programa corajoso".
