Cult. MAGA is a cult.

Just to play devils advocate, they do this to ‘stir the pot.’ Granted, Putin’s hand is up Trump’s ass to the shoulder.

To be honest and a bit pedantic, it's a continuation of the cold war. There has been no 3rd world war and likely as not due to; Russia's complete mishandling of their nuclear arsenal and China's economic interests, there is little threat of one. The US intelligence departments know this. And with Gabbard as the DNI Chief I'm pretty sure Russia has a finger on the pulse of what we will know. There are rumblings of compartmentalization efforts in the Intelligence communities and there are rumors of rogue efforts to keep sensitive intel within the DOD and subsequent cells and away from the DNI and the Executive branch. We're living in absolutely insane times and the US Hegemony is at it's most vulnerable now. I am not for US Hegemony in the general sense and I do not think that it is the only stabilizing force in world politics. But when a power vacuum forms, it's rare that stability follows in the short term.

If there were ever a time for a general strike to depose and defang the executive branch it is now. However, I don't see the general US populace doing anything on behalf of Ukraine or to further the Hegemony.

With what Musk is allowing DOGE to do we're headed for another great recession. Maybe that will be the inciting event to have a revolution. But I just don't know. The Constitution setup the branches of the government in such a naive way. There are no true checks and balances, just gentleman's agreements to "behave in the best interests of the country". To wit, the Constitution was designed to be a living document to be amended and changed to fit the current society it governs, but this has not been the case. Impeachment does nothing, we have a convicted felon in the White House and a foreign born national directing policy. These are uncharted waters but I don't think anything short of a general strike will change anything.

The crazy part of this is how many people on here will agree with this in principle, but then turn around and repeat propaganda about Biden. The same exact thing they did with Clinton. The playbook is so obvious to anyone who has not become emotionally invested in denying that they got taken by this Russian agitprop.

This is the difference between the DNC and the GOP. Both parties know that the PeePee tapes exist and are fake, however the GOP would have released them in 2017 regardless of if they were real or not. Much like the trumping up of Hillary's email server and Bengazi. It's not about what's true or real anymore. It's about public sentiment. That's how Russian and Chinese misinformation are so successful here. We've defunded our schools and have people struggling so much to make ends meet they cannot take the time off to vote, and when they do vote they're often not really looking at anything else than how much groceries and gasoline cost. Which pointedly, the Executive branch has little control over.

We've been fucked since Reagan. John Hinckly Jr. frankly should have had more firearms training.