• Mantzy81@aussie.zone
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    14 hours ago

    The irony that the US wouldn’t allow Chinese-based social media algorithms to run in the US but they think they have any right to the social media policies put forward by another country. As always, Trump can go fuck himself in his cunt box.

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      14 hours ago

      Depends on how you look at it.

      If it’s really all about enforcing US hegemony, then the two things line up perfectly.

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        Hegemony isn’t forced, it’s earned. It comes about via soft power, which is something the current administration doesn’t understand at all. Hence why the US has lost standing, respect and ultimately potential earnings over the last 10 years. They act like colonisers, with a power structure based on fear but that only works if you’re actually.good at war and have the tactical agility to change how you infiltrate an enemy, real or imagined to perpetuate the “fear culture” that the US mindset thrives on. Unfortunately for the US, they keep showing that it’s not and hence hegemony has been destroyed. The US empire has been quite pathetic in terms of longevity.

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      As always, Trump can go fuck himself in his cunt box.

      I can’t tell if this is redundant or not (mostly intended as a joke, but I am curious now). Is “cunt” here an adjective? Does “box” mean vagina for Australians?

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        Can confirm that ‘box’ is indeed an Australian term for vagina

        Yeah we sometimes double up in redundancy with these terms. Cunt box is acceptable Strine