I think the average American is unable to comprehend the horrors that will come of eliminating USAID and all the death that will result because it's just alien to their concept of what life is like. We are a spoiled, sheltered people. They will only start to care when the US economy collapses. - ThreadSky

lethalityjane.bsky.social • 13 hours ago

I think the average American is unable to comprehend the horrors that will come of eliminating USAID and all the death that will result because it's just alien to their concept of what life is like. We are a spoiled, sheltered people.

They will only start to care when the US economy collapses.

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yondeimasu.bsky.social•9 hours ago

The fact is that we won’t see actual numbers because they shut down the offices that collect that information

plunkettprime.bsky.social•13 hours ago

I think so much of where we are stems from 2 shocks:

•Global Financial Crisis where Main Street took it on the chin HARD & no one on Wall Street went to prison. Ppl hate gov’t & big biz

•Obama. I wasn’t (& am not) ready for just how racist USA is. Seeing whom they fire (CJCS, DHA CG) is telling

thomp.bsky.social•12 hours ago

I was thinking about this last night. I think we've been on top for so long, no one thinks we can fall. It's gonna be tough not being #1 in the next decade.

thomp.bsky.social•12 hours ago

But, at least the oligarchy will grow.

promontory55th.bsky.social•13 hours ago

And even then, many will simply blame the scapegoat du jour.

cognitiveimagry.bsky.social•13 hours ago

This.

alrais.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Civics lessons have failed to put incredibly mildly

smedleybutlerghost.bsky.social•12 hours ago

yes, listening to the brain dead followers after action ret-conning of the entire oval office meltdown proves....it's all going to burn.

laniemon.bsky.social•13 hours ago

I live in a 3rd world country so this will also affect me as well but it will be interesting to see what the corrupt elites who abuse USAID for their own gain will do when that particular tap runs dry.

doail.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Hundreds of thousands of children will starve to death or die of easily preventable diseases, and, if it is even covered, it will be buried on A21.

mabehr.bsky.social•13 hours ago

A breakout of hemorrhagic fever might also do it. RFK will treat it with lavender oil.

leeharveyosmond.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Given the collapse of international trade because of arbitrarily applied tariffs: guess what comes next

kimstuart1234.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Ok I will guess... A certain group of broligarchy dudes double their net worth because they have been running a big grift involving a currency hedging pump and dump using the US dollar as bait?

derpgently.bsky.social•12 hours ago

We're likely to kill more children this year than DC has residents. And I think you are absolutely right. Good to see team pro-life hard at work sacrificing children out of greed, ignorance, and lack of concern.

grahamj.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I've been thinking about this a lot and in some ways that sort of American goodwill was the most tangible counterpoint to more abstract analyses of American hypocrisy/imperialism/"warmongering"/etc. With that gone why would *anyone* want to be on our side now?

sciortino.bsky.social•13 hours ago

To be fair, the media won't show it to them. it won't go viral on social media.

pitbullallie.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Children usually starve quietly at home.

carl-gustav.bsky.social•12 hours ago

The average American hasn’t had to face the reality beyond our borders and I feel like that cruel world is finding its way in.

tennsewerbatman.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Well we are now only about a month away from that

Before we get to the cascading effects of a likely weeks-long government shutdown

kimstuart1234.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Shut it down is literally the only way to possibly save it.

I can't decide if we woke up in the middle of The Taking of Pelham 124 or Debt of Honor

tennsewerbatman.bsky.social•10 hours ago

I think we are technically about to start Clear and Present Danger

kimstuart1234.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Give it a month or two and we are all going to see what the economic crash looks like, Atlanta Fed now predicting -1.5 (yep, negative growth) on the US GDP for the next 12 months.

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