Skiluros

Will Tim Apple be a special guest on the "Ow, my balls!!" premier on the Trump channel?

I am just curious, do you consider the reverse to be a realistic possibility?

The US formally becoming a chauvinistic, fake-Christian, oligarch/mafia state, with no real democracy (the Russians nominally do have elections) for the next 30-50 years.

The only reason I ask is that my centre-right friends from the US have mentioned things like "Well, we had the gilded age, and we made it through."

While the above is true, there are also other key historical events to consider like the great depression, global rise of fascism and WW2.

What the fuck is this?

On one hand I feel like say something along the lines of "we live in the worst of timelines", but on the other hand it's really not that strange. The aesthetics and communication methods (smaller world and all that) have changed, but in the broader historical sense it's not too unique.

As someone who followed the russian "opposition" relatively closely, the similarity with the current US opposition (perhaps not all of them) is striking.

The russian opposition wanted to have their cake and eat it too. Allegedly opposing putin, but still supporting russian imperialism (supporting the annexation of Crimea). Why would the average russian choose them over the real deal?

They were simply unwilling to deal with reality and admit that at this point the only options remaining is violent resistance. there will never be a Disney style outcome in russia where magically it will become democratic and the opposition will win.

US opposition is also unwilling to tell their constituents that if they are truly opposed to the current oligarchic regime, they will have to make sacrifices. It's just how the world works, nothing comes easy.