Obvious by now that even if governments can't say it the rest of us can, this is a US administration whose destructive lunacy will extend slightly randomly across more or less everything, and which leaves survival as the only real objective for those outside.
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But survival in this case means protecting (to the greatest extent possible) liberal democracy & the international rules-based order.
Too many compromises means risking the loss of those prizes.
For example, see radical free speech which turns out only to be permitted for right wing ideas, or the free press, who seek to take no responsibility.
Things free speech are not:
* The right to lie.
* The right to abuse.
* The right to invite law breaking.
Free speech does not exist in its own bubble, but must be balanced against responsibility.
The idea that government is inherently untrustworthy is itself a paradox that allows the nonsense where the likes of Farage and Trump seek to overthrow democratic processes.
I understand that govt shouldn't be completely trusted, but we have extreme in US.
Lammy on Trump plan for Gaza - first words: "Donald Trump is right".
But it is the chaos caused by the destructiveness that is at the heart.
There are different ideologies that will clash and create a degree of chaos, Christian/zionist fundamentalism and silicon valley techno futurism, but they also overlap and have been planning much of this for years.
He's openly praised Nazi era thinkers and said democracy is exhausted.
He's also the reason Vance is vice pres and bridges the two ideologies.
There's more strategy than it may appear.
We're dealing here with narcopathy as a regime, no longer our trusted American ally. We must WAKE UP & act NOW.
The USA won't survive the vacuum while they try and create their one party state system from scratch.
I found your discourse helpful and informative. Thanks.
It's a states responsibility not federal.
But the states will not have the funds to replicate what was done prior.
As an aside their is a message that pushing the mantra of
It's up to the state
Is what has allowed the bigotry to continue to flourish in southern states