r/SipsTea • u/ExactlySorta • 13h ago

SMH Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to Vladimir Putin today: “You talk so much about Trump being a humanitarian, you are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that. I commend you.”

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u/Jack_Brohamer 13h ago

This is why I expect this political era to go on for a while. This sort of amoral obsequiousness towards authoritarians has been prevalent on the right for a while now and will outlast Trump. People aren't mad about this, or ICE raids, or blatant corruption, or an illegal war ... they're mad fuel is expensive.

There is a fundamental rot of civic morals in the American citizenry and I'm not sure what it will take to reverse that.

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u/john_san 12h ago

First, we need to get rid of “social" media platforms especially FB, Instagram, TikTok, etc.
This has accelerated the brain rot to unprecedented levels.
Hold all the tech bros accountable (Nuremberg style or French Revolution style works too).

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u/Shorts_at_Dinner 12h ago

Social media, Reddit included, needs to all go away for the good of the world. I’m afraid that’s not gonna happen, though

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u/AnalogiPod 8h ago

I am certain there are changes we can make to make social media better but I think the toothpaste is out of the tube on just the existence of social media.