Missed being longest reigning monarch ever by about 18 months

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-reigning_monarchs

Well deserved

I’ve been banned from reddit for pointing out that you do actually have recourse to change things, but that answer isn’t safe and comfortable. Ukraine didn’t shake off a dictator without paying a price.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_of_Dignity

Or if you prefer your own history, you didn’t get rid of the Brits by just asking nicely and hoping.

For the moment I agree that most Western citizens will still prefer the US society over a Chinese one.

We’re at the tipping point right now in Europe - I am regularly having the “lesser of two evils” discussion of China vs US (and China gets the win by a hair btw in my circles). Both are clearly a threat to me and my family, the only real difference is I speak the language of one of them.

If we “prefer” the US over China it is purely inertia and avoidance of change.

I actively boycott all the US products I can, I’ll only buy US if there is no viable alternative. On the other hand I preference European over Chinese but I don’t actively boycott.

The reason is quite simple, one has actively threatened war, has corporations that are actively making my life worse and is actively meddling in the region’s politics.

China will probably do the same once the US has been destroyed by the Pumpkin Pinochet and turned into the dystopia he’s working towards. But for now one is an active threat and one is a distant threat.

I genuinely doubt most Americans realise just how much you’ve lost in terms of goodwill.

Your closest allies are aghast and trying to work out how to divorce themselves from what they thought was a great relationship.

It’s hardly surprising that those who were at best ambivalent are now actively hostile.

What exactly did you expect.

Enjoy your new best buddy Russia.