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Mark<p>Trump is testing waters on Ukraine to see how far he can go elsewhere</p><p>A ‘win’ in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> may lead Trump to act in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a></p><p>Globally <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s focus is cooperating with world’s leading <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/autocracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracies</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/oligarchies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchies</span></a> to get <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> get richer at the expense of just about everyone else.</p><p>In part, this is because the Trump administration is testing the waters to see just how far and how rapidly it can go.</p><p><a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/trump-testing-waters-ukraine-gaza-canda-greenland-russia-uk-labour-keir-starmer/?utm_source=Fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">opendemocracy.net/en/trump-tes</span><span class="invisible">ting-waters-ukraine-gaza-canda-greenland-russia-uk-labour-keir-starmer/?utm_source=Fediverse</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AuthoritarianCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthoritarianCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DictatorTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DictatorTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a></p>
65dBnoise<p>It's quite interesting that some "one party" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchies</span></a> (the Peoples Republic of China for example), were able to foresee the future and set due course much earlier than some western pluralistic systems (or "two party" oligarchies like the "of the people for the people" republic of the USA). China has been investing intensely in renewable energy for the past two decades, while the US has been opening new oil fields, under both of its "two party" administrations.</p><p><a href="https://e360.yale.edu/features/china-renewable-energy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">e360.yale.edu/features/china-r</span><span class="invisible">enewable-energy</span></a></p>
65dBnoise<p>So, don't you "I told you so" about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climateChange</span></a>. The problem is not how to persuade the average Joe or the Trump voter about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climateCrisis</span></a> being real; that time has past. The real problem has always been how to create and maintain sensible political systems that work for the benefit of the many against the corrupting power of the few ('oligoi' in Greek, hence 'oligarchy').</p><p>The untouchable <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchies</span></a> have always been THE problem. Try doing something about THAT, if you can.</p>
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