Timothy Snyder, Historian:
“I'm in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance's speech. OK: In Vance English "free speech" means "Let Musk run your elections" and
"democracy" means "let Russia run your elections." Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.
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in reply to Rocketman • • •xs4me2
in reply to Rocketman • • •If someone shows you their true face, better believe them the first time.
And that just happened in Munich.
It is now about what Europa does.
Pino Carafa
in reply to Rocketman • • •this is exactly right. To be sure, I feel desperately sorry for the many US Citizens who tried to prevent this from happening, but it did. I can only hope for your sake that by resisting the hostile takeover of your government you can limit the damage to your once great country and come out the other end, able to rebuild.
For the rest of us, though, sorry. We know we cannot count on the #USA anymore so we'll have to move ahead without you.
See you, hopefully, in 2029.