I was banned quite some time ago. I was a 13 year user at that time. I used Reddit without any issues for many years, until a few years back when my posts started to get removed and got temporary bans. I was permanently banned for a response to a post where someone that said it was a women's own fault for getting raped as they should dress appropriately, that man was hit by a woman. I posted that he deserved that. I got banned right away for "inciting violence". I guess it is OK to incite rape? I don't really miss it that much, but maybe I'll still try again some time. I'll just refrain from any meaningful discussion.
Odys
The world needs to sideline the US as Trump is extremely unpredictable in all matters. As the US was very tightly involved in all the world's affairs, it will take time to "unweave" unfortunately. But you are correct, it HAS to be done.
The only thing that comes to mind is what the French once did? They are there to stay, rig any election and don't care one bit about laws.
I do feel you need to be careful. It seems to get worse and worse by the hour. To get a feeling for who might be trusted, you might talk about related things in the news, events or people you know in a neutral manner and carefully watch someone's response. For advice and such, I guess you can only rely on Canada/Europe/New zealand/Australia from now on. Consider this a war situation in an occupied country.
Well, I guess Canada has no choice then, right? And we Europeans need to sell Greenland. And Panama has to give back the channel. I guess he is in his "art of the deal" mode of starting high so we all grovel to limit the damage. Can't we as the last free countries not band together against these fascists?
I think that's indeed one of the big issues with people like that. They surround themselves with yes-men and then start to believe what those yes-men say. And obviously forget that they themselves made it pretty deadly to be a "no-man".
Trump: "I will, yeah. He liked me." Trump probably takes that as a compliment.
Money buys power.
I predict the WaPo will turn into the upcoming American Reich’s Pravda: the truth and nothing but the truth that the Trumpistas want you to see.
I'm pretty sure you are right. It will get worse gradually. Other papers will not dare to criticize the government out of fear to get harassed or shut down. I'm also pretty sure that all the enemies of Trump will be accused of one thing or another. And with AI it's easy to create nice pics for the front page. "Nancy Pelosi eats babies" or something slightly less ridiculous.


Europe is fighting for it's survival right now and the US is attacking Europe as well. I don't see this US government changing anytime soon, as I stopped believing in any fair elections. Until that's the case, I would like that door as closed as possible. If at one time the situation improves, by all means, open that door and we can be friends. But it can never ever be the way as it was. Europe MUST be able to defend itself and take its place in the world.