[nawgz]

You can go find a headline about "Trump slammed / in hot water / goes to court for Huge Problem X" from about any week for the last 10 years on Reddit, if you think considering the US a failed impotent state captured entirely by a corrupt administration is nihilism I hope you'll share your dealer's number

[alterom]

> we will all get to watch this slowly unravel however Trump wants, will we not?

My understanding is that they consider this part nihilistic, though it sounds more like apathy, jadedness, and learned helplessness with a dash of catastrophizing (and a hefty amount of privilege) to me.

For the record, I was born in the USSR, and grew up in Ukraine in the 1990s. I can assure you that the US is neither a failed nor an impotent state by a long shot.

Not yet, at least.

And as a Ukrainian, I can also assure you that giving up this easily, and this early is straight up silly.

[nawgz]

You are right, as someone who has watched Trump run roughshod over US institutions for a decade, I should use my significant power as a working class non American to fight back, by… not posting comments acknowledging the reality of a US with a kangaroo scotus, absentee congress, and captured law enforcement and intelligence apparatus!

I should resist more by saying, wow guys, this fascist action described in this BBC article sure shows how immoral Hegseth is! I should believe in the power of someone arresting the Secretary of War for his crimes, and I should list all the notable examples of party members being ostracized for loyalty from the current administration to emphasize how silly any viewpoint saying otherwise is! It would be grossly apathetic to comment that loyalty is clearly the most valued “virtue” any member of the current US leadership can exhibit, and I am just so privileged to say how it seems bad the most powerful military of all time is doing nothing to stop itself from being utilized however that glorious leadership desires!

Thanks so much for educating me!