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Mike Johnson has seen this intelligence.
Mike Johnson knows that withholding aid to Ukraine will result in Russian victories. And that is what he is choosing. That is what Trump is choosing. That is what MAGA is choosing. Their considered policy is the defeat of Ukraine and imperiling all of Europe. Think about that.
Yes, they are fucking traitors to humanity. Unfortunately, so are large swaths of the population. So, now what?
Until a large enough percentage of the population of this planet is willing to suffer the consequences of reforming society, the strategic balance will always favor the consolidation of power into fewer and fewer hands. Revolution is and always has been the only viable option to save our species from a dystopian future, as far as I can tell anyway.
The problem here is that most left leaning people are fucking afraid of guns. Who the fuck do you expect to revolt with you? The cops?
That's just it. I don't expect anyone to revolt until the suffering people are experiencing vastly outweighs the price of revolution. Even then, it may not happen. Until humanity loses its desire to fight and die over petty differences rather than focusing our resources on preserving civilization in a more efficient, equitable fashion then we are just headed towards guaranteed extinction on a much shorter timeline than most people are willing to accept. I do not wish for violent revolution, but I am willing to accept that it may be either necessary or inevitable.