can be largely attributed to Trump’s hostile policy towards Europe,

Kicking American corporations in the wallet is the only way to get their attention.

If it happens enough, maybe they’ll redirect some of their bribe money towards fixing the source of the problem.

The big problem is the trustworthiness of that central authority to maintain the confidentiality of your information, and to not use it for other purposes.

this isnt about protecting kids online

It never is, but they always try to sell unpopular things as “protecting the kids”.

2. A large portion of American Evangelicals genuinely believe that by supporting Israel they are helping to bring about armageddon.

AKA, death cultists who are eager to kill us all.

more of a tool for manufacturing consent

What else is religion most of the time?

sanctity of life

Unless that life happens to have brown skin, or is wearing a uniform…

Does that mean he has actually lost support, or they have just got real quiet about their ongoing support for him?

Including, apparently, supporting a political movement that wants to exterminate them.

It won’t for a few generations, and that’s only if we at least attempt to bring the architects to justice and go after MAGA and its supporters like the Nazis they are

It is refreshing to hear that there are some Americans who understand that.

International relations with the US don’t automatically become awesome after Trump is out of power (regardless how that exit happens).

You guys need to fix the stuff he broke, punish his co-conspirators and fix the systems that allowed someone like Trump gain the power to do what he has done.

That is going to take longer than a single reasonable president’s term.

The rest of the world needs to be able to trust that the USA won’t go down this road again.

20 years ago when Scott Adams was still a moderately sane human.

and also fill the screen with pop up ads while you are at it

Like this!

As a Canadian, I would be fine with an EU based system that works globally.

or better still, just use a lot less of it.

Ultimately that would be the winning strategy.

the U.S.A. won’t be there to help you anymore

They weren’t helping anyone else before.

At best, they were helping themselves (mostly) without actively interfering with others ability to do the same.

I really hope some non-US controlled credit card issuers and processors start to exist soon.

The entire US financial system seems like such a risk to participate in these days.

good Christian

Those 2 words are not synonyms, despite how often people pretend they are.

allegedly

That word is doing a lot of work.

The big question is what happens when they are no longer supply constrained.

I can’t see that happening unless the AI bubble pops and their insatiable demand for more hardware ends.

So it’s pretty definitionally oppression Olympics,

That is the reason so many countries abstained from the vote.

My decade old TV is starting to show its age with a couple of dead pixel columns.

I’m a bit stressed about trying to find a new one that has none of this kind of enshittification.

I just want something with a couple of HDMI inputs and an antenna connector.

I absolutely do not want any ad servers or mandatory account bullshit injecting itself where it isn’t wanted.