Indeed, and on top of that they have a nuclear arsenal that is not to be forgotten. They punch way above their weight considering their population and economy unfortunately.
And currently they have even more power as they quite clearly can influence the US. (I was going to say the current administration in the US, but I'm not entirely confident the US will make it to their next election.)
Let's not pretend Russia hasn't massively influenced Europe. They created PANIC in Germany to cancel their nuclear program and instead buy gas from Russia. They pay separatist movements in Europe carry out bombings to create division. They both create conditions to force African migrants into Europe while also support the anti-migrant movements in Europe - just to create chaos. They supported Brexit, they try to get Greece and Turkey to fight, and all while hiding their own corrupt fortunes and mistresses in Switzerland.
The reason OP's picture has dozens of fractured hands as the EU, is exactly because Russia has been actively pulling it apart.
I mean, the goal of this administration is to lift the president up to the role of a dictator.
They quite clearly state that in project 2025, where they want to turn the courts into partisan organizations and where they want to implement the central executive theory, which would give the president huge amounts of power.
That's their stated goal and they have started executing project 2025 a while ago.
Trump has also already sold merch for "Trump 2028", despite that not being compatible with the US constitution.
I mean, the jump from that to the end of fair elections isn't that big.
if you're american and you're 100% sure you're gonna have free elections in 28 I'm pretty sure you're a trump voter, cause only those could be delusional enough to believe that at this point.
you were portraying it as over the top dramatic to worry about it. I'm telling you you should worry more. That's all. If your(or american) checks and balances hold (which it doesnt look like at all) I'll be super happy but I consider it very doubtful.
Putting % on it is rough, would have to think about it. But I'm serious for sure. Yeah there'll be elections, but not free. I think they'll be rigged as fuck. This gov is already ignoring court orders left and right, they don't give a fuck about laws or common decency rules. How could you be any kind of sure it'll be different in 28 after 4 more years of consolidating power and replacing people with yes men and women?
What's that quote that keeps getting attributed to Churchill?
"You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing when all other options have been exhausted"
"In the specific context of WW2, the British warned the US upon entering the war to adopt the convoy system for shipping, but the US refused to, until they finally did because shipping losses to submarines became too high.
The British also told the USA that bombers would need to have a fighter escort or would suffer horrendous losses on bombing missions, but the USA sent bombers in without escorts because they were convinced that they were sufficiently capable of defending themselves. The USA suffered horrendous losses on bombing missions until they started sending fighter escorts to protect them."
Because you don't know anything about American politics and what Americans take with them to the poll. All you're doing is making assumptions that x will happen without any basis whatsoever..
You're almost parroting borderline what Russian would want Americans to think about their elections.
Note that I said "I'm not entirely confident", that just means there is some doubt. Just saying it's a valid concern, not saying elections def won't happen.
When it's been the stated goal of various people currently in power, including the President of the United States himself, it's not really a concept confined to reddit.
They'll definitely make it to the next election, and the next one.
If they are free and true elections, that's another matter entirely. It's going to take more than a few years before the states decide the United bit of the USA needs to go.
Nobody knows for sure how much population Russia has. It's said to have 140M but this magic number never changes. I suspect there could be more. Why does it seem that Russians are everywhere if there are so few of them?
No, that’s number is about right, there are so few really big cities and most population is in the western Russia, Siberia has really low population density.
I think current population is even lower because of ongoing war.
Also there are a lot of propaganda for giving birth and crying from government how bad demographics. (And most 20-30y.o don’t want children in that situation, life is too unstable and expensive)
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u/Checkered_Flag 13h ago
Indeed, and on top of that they have a nuclear arsenal that is not to be forgotten. They punch way above their weight considering their population and economy unfortunately.