• Ledericas@lemm.ee
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    Russia, biggest mafia in the world, and also funds White supremecist/right wing groups all over the worlds.

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    Russia. MS-13 is nothing in comparison. Though it wouldn’t surprise me if Russia supports MS-13 as part of their hybrid warfare. That’s how they work.

    Understand that Russia has largely been able to put US to its knees through hybrid methods that utilize and enhance the negative effects of american arrogance, neoliberal dogmatism and the war on drugs. Trump is the final stage before the empire comes down. It’s probably too late to turn the ship around by now. China + EU is already the facto world leaders and the US is doing everything to destroy itself and there is no real political and economical self-awareness among people with power.

    The US should have started to decrease inequality, stop the war on drugs and enforced (sane) tariffs and migration policies 15 years ago. The EU has the same problems, but there isn’t the same level of inequality and political extremism and fundamentalism, which makes me believe that the EU will survive as a western democracy and relevant world player, but the US will not.

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    We should be concerned about both.

    The Latin American gang crisis is real. Biden wanted to tackle it, and Congress said no. They have funding from c#ina to create issues at our border to destabilize us.

    Of course, every single arrested person deserves due process. Many are being targeted maliciously right now under false pretenses.

    Ruzzia is of course the greater threat. They are also very weak right now. Their victory with US sabotage is honestly their biggest win in decades, and their other fronts are utter failures. But their cruelty and focus on our demise has resulted in a surgical counterintelligence strike that will forever harm American life much moreso that the Latin American gangs.

    The greatest threat is c#ina, should they get more involved.

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      Gangs are bad. Thing is, you don’t fight gangs with military you fight them with relief. Gangs thrive on the hurt people and people who are suffering. If you relieve the hurt and suffering poverty causes you destroy the gangs ability to recruit.

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    Considering Russia kind of just put the final nail in the coffin for your democracy, probably Russia

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    7 hours ago

    Americans should be concerned about Trump and his goons first and foremost - the “homegrown” criminal gang.

    Seriously, had you heard about MS-13 before Trump?

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    One of them is a heavily armed criminal gang which operates locally and engages in violent crime, murder, and human trafficking, the other is somewhere on the other side of the world and currently fairly busy expending massive amounts of military resources trying to occupy a few provinces of a neighboring country.

    This feels like asking if you should be more worried about domestic rattlesnakes or lions in Africa.

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      It’s cute that you think they’re all on the other side of the world. You must feel very safe.

      I envy you.

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        I haven’t heard of any armed, violent Russian criminal gangs operating on US territory in recent years, so yeah, I’m less worried about them than the ones that are known to operate here.

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              See, it’s funny because you think that everyone sharing this is insinuating that Russia’s army is here. Or that it’s being implied that they’re here en masse in any conceivable way.

              No one is saying this-

              But if you think the White House isn’t compromised, I’ve got a bridge to sell you if you’ve got the рубль.

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                That may be the case, but what immediate danger does that pose to me? I’d be more worried about armed gangs in my neighborhood than spooks in Washington, because the former would likely pose a more immediate threat to my life than the latter.

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                  The spooks in Washington will soon be controlling the armed gangs in your neighborhood. Only those gangs will have an American flag on their sleeve.

                  I have a feeling that line between the former and the later will blur much faster than you think.

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                  How does it affect you? If a neighbour who doesn’t like you can just call the police, tell them you’re in a gang, and get you deported without due process that will absolutely affect you.

                  PS the world is in this state because of unempathetic people like you.

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    • international: Russia (and their puppet, Trump)
    • domestic: we have enough racist, fascist domestic terrorists (ex. Proud Boys, Patriot Front, etc., etc.) that pose far more of a threat to the US than MS-13
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      ironically russia also fund those white supremecy groups to, they have been known to, sow division in the us, and other countries.

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      The only other time I had ever heard of MS-13 was the psyopathic rantings of a former cop I worked with briefly. Hmmm… wonder why they aren’t a cop anymore?

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    MS-13 or Russia

    neither of those are real concerns tbh. Americans should be concerned about housing, feeding and providing medical care to everyone before worrying about external threats.

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      Russia is affecting those things in the us though. Maybe if the gop weren’t in russias pocket you’d be more on point.

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        Russia is affecting those things in the us though.

        People being unhoused, going hungry and without healthcare is bipartisan consensus in the US and Russia has nothing to do with that.

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            Not all of the countries problems can simply be attributed to ‘the enemy’ on the other side of the planet. The dysfunction I’m pointing out is home grown and enabled on both sides. The republicans are obviously worse, the democrats prevent anything better.

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              That completely ignores where the battle is being fought. Right now social media has a strangle hold on the discussion around politics in America. If misinformation/disinformation isn’t countered effectively the GOP wins out. That means there is no hope for the homeless, universal access to Healthcare, and every other legitimate function of goverment that the GOP are attacking.

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              I don’t recall attributing all the countries problems on Russia and the gop. Most of the dems are gop lite. There are some that do work towards housing and feeding. Like school lunch and breakfast programs.