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German fully aware of my people's history watches in awe how societies erode along established patterns. Trying to add literate and global perspectives. Yes, I said trying. Previously @GermanWondering on X.

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German Wondering @germanwondering.bsky.social · Jan 18

Enhancing @bsky.app and building a decentralized version of TikTok may be foundational investments to preserve democracy.

www.entrepreneur.com/business-new...

Mark Cuban Asks for TikTok Alternative Built on AT Protocol | Entrepreneur

Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban says he's ready to support anyone who can build a viable alternative to TikTok on the AT Protocol.

www.entrepreneur.com

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German Wondering @germanwondering.bsky.social · 2h

Thought:

MAGA = America, critical thinking switched off.

Fascinating the impact propaganda has. By now, Trump could tell his people to walk over the ledge and they'll do it.

#MAGALemmings

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 3h

Remind me, who was the president who sat on his fat ass in the White House cheering this on during J6?

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German Wondering @germanwondering.bsky.social · 2h

American clown show.

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stoneweaver2.bsky.social @stoneweaver2.bsky.social · 4h

American hubris is in full view. Critical thinking is no longer part of out education system. 40 years of "home schooling" along with the overwhelming ego of ignorance has made this country a fascist paradise.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 6h

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

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German Wondering @germanwondering.bsky.social · 9h

Sunday thought:

Comparing the rise of #Fascism in 1930s NAZI Germany and Trump's America becomes a clearer and more obvious exercise by the day.

Open question is whether Americans will go along with it until it is too late (just like Germans did 90 years ago).

#NoKings

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 20h

This Is Fascism

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German Wondering @germanwondering.bsky.social · 15h

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German Wondering @germanwondering.bsky.social · May 25

Sunday Read:

John Locke's "Second Treatise of Government" (1689) is foundational work that argues for the legitimacy of government based on a "Social Contract". It provided the groundwork shaping democratic principles for the American and French revolutions.

Key ideas in thread #Booksky

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German Wondering @germanwondering.bsky.social · May 25

John Locke on the "Right to Resist":
If a government becomes tyrannical and violates the people's rights, they have the right to resist. Only the people can judge whether resistance is justified, not the authorities against which they are rebelling. #Booksky

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German Wondering @germanwondering.bsky.social · May 25

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German Wondering @germanwondering.bsky.social · 1d

Thought:

The MAGA National Christians regime sure must hate the real Christian by now.

#PopeLeo

Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 2d

Our boy's going full Liberation Theology maybe, which is bad for everybody because I will start talking about my MA thesis incessantly.

Pope Leo blasts elitism, indifference toward poor in first major document

"I am convinced that the preferential choice for the poor is a source of extraordinary renewal both for the church and for society," the pope wrote in Dilexi Te.

www.ncronline.org

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German Wondering @germanwondering.bsky.social · 1d

Hannah Arendt on the year 1933:

"The problem was not was our enemies did, it was what our friends did".

Christine Loriol @christineloriol.bsky.social · 1d

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literatur_kanon on Instagram: "Hannah Arendt über das Jahr 1933: „Das Problem war, was unsere Freunde taten“Aus dem Gespräch mit Günter Gaus aus dem Jahr 1964#Lit…"

Hannah Arendt über das Jahr 1933: „Das Problem war, was unsere Freunde taten“Aus dem Gespräch mit Günter Gaus aus dem Jahr 1964#LiteraturKanon #HannahArendt #Philosophie #Philosophiegeschichte #GünterGaus #DeutscheGeschichte

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German Wondering @germanwondering.bsky.social · 1d

...says a guy, born in Michigan, wearing a cowboy hat.

Halloween yet?

German Wondering @germanwondering.bsky.social · 1d

History:

Hitler called democrats and dissenters "enemies of the state", "saboteurs", "criminal conspirators". Speaker Johnson calls them "terrorists".

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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German Wondering @germanwondering.bsky.social · 1d

Thought:

No Canadian snowbirds in Florida and Arizona this season. Means, lots of places are going to fold.

America great yet?

Canadian Resistance 🇨🇦 @cdnresistance.bsky.social · 1d

For the ninth straight month now, Canadian road trips to the United States continue to plunge. Boycott the U.S.A. Elbows up!

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German Wondering @germanwondering.bsky.social · 1d

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Global Patriot @b21raider.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a disgusting irony that long after fascism and nazism were defeated in Europe, these ideologies find fertile ground today in some of the same countries that take credit for liberating and protecting Europe and especially the Jews:

USA, Russia, Israel

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German Wondering @germanwondering.bsky.social · 1d

Thought:

Call it TRUMP FIRST and it all makes sense.

Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 2d

AMERICA FIRST to give Argentina $20 billion and Qatar an airbase.

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German Wondering @germanwondering.bsky.social · 1d

Thought:

Will #Loomer ever realize that she too was just a useful idiot? MAGA has always been about Trump and his oligarch allies.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

At least Trump got a free jet and a $5.5 billion golf resort in Qatar, so there’s that.

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German Wondering @germanwondering.bsky.social · 1d

Always been about Trump first. Money and bribes work beautifully.

German Wondering @germanwondering.bsky.social · 1d

Thought:

Trump selling America out behind the MAGAs facade. For money, oil and bribes.

#Corruption

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

2017 TRUMP: “Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”

2025 TRUMP: “Thank you, Qatar, for my free $400,000,000 personal jet!”

TRUMP, a few months later: “I'm letting Qatar be the first foreign nation to build a military base on US soil.”

www.c-span.org/clip/white-h...

President Calls on Qatar to Stop Supporting Terrorism

President Trump says the nation of Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level and that it's time to stop this funding, stop teaching hate, and stop the killing. "We ask Qatar and other ...

www.c-span.org

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German Wondering @germanwondering.bsky.social · 1d

Thought:

Qatar uses the Eurofighter Typhoon. The EU should consider Qatar, building an air base in Idaho and operating European technology there as security risk. The US has morphed from ally to adversary and technology should not be shared.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 2d

A five-point-five billion Trump golf course in Qatar, and Qatar gets an air base in Idaho.

New Trump Golf Course, $5.5 Billion Beachside Project Announced for Qatar

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German Wondering @germanwondering.bsky.social · 1d

Schweiz soll Eurofighter kaufen und sich der EU annähern.

German Wondering @germanwondering.bsky.social · 1d

"Fiasko" or "Debakel".

"Clusterfuck" works too, everybody understands.

German Wondering @germanwondering.bsky.social · 1d

In Germany they saw it. And they loved it. Till they didn't anymore.

German Wondering @germanwondering.bsky.social · 1d

Thought:

Chain saw populist friends help each other. Paid for by US tax dollars.

#Musk #Milei

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 1d

ExxonMobil just made a deal to drill in Iraq. How is that America First?

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