r/SipsTea • u/ExactlySorta • 14h 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 14h 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 13h 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/VeryHarryAstor 13h ago

Many industries (at least pre-Trump era) are held accountable if their products cause harm. Social media should be held to the same standards. The truth is, Meta and Alphabet do have the resources to curb disinformation and propaganda, but the cost would make their executives millionaires instead of billionaires. Which is fine.

Same thing as with arms manufacturers, no need to create a whole new infrastructure to reign in their mayhem, just sic our current litigation culture to dismantle them.