Does it even matter what these people say? Apparently not, because none of them has ever said anything even remotely intelligent, let alone productive. Nothing but hate and lies for years - this latest embarrassment hardly seems worth reporting, given all the crimes the U.S. regime is committing.

But hey, politics works through entertainment, which the clever people behind these people naturally know. That’s why they’ve chosen a cabinet of clowns as straw men - because they’re so embarrassing that the relevant news doesn’t stand a chance against their entertainment factor.

That’s unfortunately how our world works, and that’s why the worst of them all always get off scot-free: their crimes are simply too complicated to generate any interest.

Unfortunately, it cannot be said often enough: none of the guilty parties will ever be held accountable unless U.S. citizens finally stand up for the victims and for themselves.

The U.S. legal system is a farce, rotten to the core, as this particularly repugnant case - and many others - demonstrates.

This system will never reform itself - not even under a Democratic administration, assuming elections are even held anymore.

There is no alternative but to accept the hardships of resistance if justice and a halfway decent life are ever to be possible in the richest country in the world.

What’s with these headlines? This is already the third article pretending that something has changed: Live Nation still has a monopoly and, of course, isn’t going to change its business practices.

This ruling doesn’t change a thing.

The bottom line is this:

… it could cost Live Nation hundreds of millions of dollars and perhaps force the company to sell some of its concert venues when the judge hands out penalties later.

In a country like the U.S., where the legal system is rotten to the core, that will never happen. The behemoth won’t be taken down; instead, there will be a ridiculously small fine that bears no relation to the profits Live Nation makes by having no competition whatsoever.

Even if the judge were brave enough to order the breakup of this cartel, a small “donation” to the criminals in the White House would be enough to sweep the matter under the rug.

Headlines like these suggest that there is a chance for justice in the U.S. system - but that is simply not the case. It is always and exclusively the billionaires who win. That’s as sure as death and taxes.

They ran a monopoly? They’re still doing that, aren’t they?

Yes, exactly that.

What about that tweet where the orange pedo threatened genocide if his insane demands weren’t met immediately? That was okay with him and his crew, wasn’t it? Or was that also just an innocent mistake, and he actually meant that the U.S. would shower Iran with flowers and soap bubbles?

If you say so…

I agree with most of this, though I do think the U.S. will still become a full-blown autocracy soon, since there’s hardly any resistance.

For the techno-fascists, the need to transform larger cooperatives - such as the EU - into smaller, less influential entities exists only where they expect resistance; that is precisely what they do to weaken resistance by splitting more powerful large units into smaller, less influential parts.

This does not seem necessary for the US, since the country has effectively been a de facto oligarchy for decades. However, I now think that the oligarchs have realized they no longer need to pretend that the US is a democracy. After all, it is much easier for the actual rulers if they can simply make their opponents disappear, as their counterparts in Russia do.

Hey, what a valuable initiative. I mean, it’s not like there are any real problems in the world…

…if there really were, that would just be a distraction…

…and that can’t possibly be the case…

/s

Well then, I wish you all the best.

You’ll find the answers to most of your questions in this thread.

Do you seriously believe that most people outside the U.S. aren’t aware that the U.S. is, by virtue of its Constitution alone, merely a sham democracy? That they don’t know the U.S. has actually been an oligarchy for a long time? Or do you really believe that ordinary people in other countries aren’t boycotting U.S. products and urging their governments to do the same? And the most important question: Do you seriously believe that any other country of the world would or could come to America’s rescue?

I think most reasonably educated people around the world are fully aware of all of this.

I mention the Epstein case in one of my comments just because I assume that the vast majority of the population despises pedophiles and wants to see them punished for their monsterous crimes - to me, this seems more like a unifying factor that could be used to bridge political divides. I mean, with Massie, there’s even among today’s conservatives someone who doesn’t bow to pressure from within his own ranks. So it really should be possible to agree with your neighbor that a regime so obviously entangled in these crimes must be overthrown.

But hey, this is just one starting point - there are many more, given all the rampant corruption, war crimes, and crimes against humanity in the U.S. itself.

I’m afraid that U.S. citizens will have to get used to posts like this one, because the actions of the U.S. regime unfortunately affect the entire world, which is why the propaganda narrative of the friendly superpower spreading freedom is increasingly being recognized for the farce it has always been.

In this case, I am convinced that the U.S. will become a full-blown autocracy like today’s Russia sooner rather than later.

The regime has already laid the groundwork for this, and if it decides to do away with even the pretense of democracy - which I consider more likely with each passing day - resistance will effectively mean that those who have the courage to resist will vanish without a trace.

That’s how it was in my home country back when the Nazis took over Germany. Here, too, people were convinced that things would somehow work out on their own- what actually happened is written in the history books.

You’re absolutely right about all of this, of course. The only thing I might add is that I suspect the apparent support for the disastrous policies - of which the “Orange One” is, of course, nothing more than a figurehead - could well be an illusion created by the fact that virtually all major media outlets are under the direct control of those responsible.

Control over the media allows the regime to distort public opinion, or what is perceived as such. Through their influence, they can make minority opinions appear as if they were majority opinions, which may not necessarily be the case.

Since, despite everything, I continue to believe - admittedly rather naively - in the good in people, I suspect that the vast majority of U.S. citizens do not agree with what the regime is doing. If this is the case, an emerging mass protest movement could make it clear that the majority of U.S. citizens are in fact in opposition to the regime and demand that it be held immediately accountable for its crimes (even before new elections or the hope for the Democrats, whom, in my judgment, one can only count on to a very limited extent).

It would be the ideal opportunity to finally do away with the system once and for all, of which the current regime is, in fact, merely the latest symptom.

I realize, of course, that this seems rather utopian, but I fear that there is no other way forward than through continuous mass civil disobedience if the situation is ever to change fundamentally.

As I mentioned in my comment above: A general strike that continues until the government resigns seems to me to be the only peaceful solution. I cannot judge whether this is realistic, as I am not a U.S. citizen.

Viewed from the outside, however, it seems to me that this is only remotely realistic if the living conditions of ordinary Americans deteriorate to the point where they rise up. I have no doubt that the living conditions of American citizens will continue to deteriorate. But whether and when this will lead to sustained mass protests or even a sustained general strike, I cannot say.

Well, I thought I’d give it another try, now that the Dow is below 50,000, a barrel of oil costs nearly $100 (will soon be even higher again), and even the “First Lady” is so openly turning against her husband by pointing out again that Epstein didn’t act alone and that no one has been held accountable for the monsterous misdeeds of the “cabal,” which the regime is trying to protect by any means necessary because various people from their own ranks as well as many of their most prominent supporters are so obviously involved in these horrible crimes.

I still have some hope left that U.S. citizens might reconsider and extend the general strike planned for May 1 indefinitely - namely, until the regime steps down and perhaps even some of the the long-overdue, far-reaching reforms are initiated that would be necessary to reduce the rampant corruption in the political and legal systems to a somewhat tolerable level - that seems to me to be the only civil way to break the power of the oligarchs who hold the country in a stranglehold.

You see, the most common argument I’ve heard so far as to why this isn’t happening is that U.S. citizens insist they can’t afford to risk their jobs. Perhaps the fact that the country is on the brink of a recession -which would cost many U.S. citizens their jobs anyway - will change that somewhat -or perhaps the fact that the cost of living is so high that their salaries no longer cover their basic needs.

We’ll see…

My point is that US citizens could remove their criminal president, but they don’t do so despite all his criminal machinations and despite the most serious war crimes.

My opinion is that the U.S. is committing war crimes and doing everything it can to undermine established international law. Furthermore, the U.S. president is a pedophile and a felon.

What worries me is that the American people have come to terms with this and won’t do anything about it.

You reinforce my view on this.