He's willing to starve Americans and deny them healthcare so no surprise it's also done to other countries. This is why China is gaining in soft power in Africa and other countries.
This is why China is gaining in soft power in Africa and other countries.
He's happy to hand all that over because he doesn't understand or value the very concept of soft power. He's so desperate to be respected and obeyed, but has no tools for doing so that aren't blunt, crude, and violent because he fundamentally doesn't believe in the idea of good faith.
A non-AI answer: soft power refers to how countries will try to gain influence in the global arena by helping other countries out without asking for anything specifically in return. This could be through donating medicines, helping build infrastructure (such as bridges or hospitals), or the like. The idea is it helps build good will, which could lead to future favorable agreements. A country that was helped out might be more amenable to, say, having an army base built or entering into a favorable trade agreement in the future.
USAID was a major way the U.S. used to build soft power, but it was gutted under Trump. Now, countries like China are taking the lead.
What amazes me is the lack of action from lawmakers in the US over Trumps dismantling of US foreign policy.
They're watching him tear apart decades of investment and relations with other countries at lightning speed and they are doing absolutely nothing about it.
I find it genuinely startling. No one has the balls to stand up to him unless it benefits them. It seems so, so self centred and America is going to unfortunately pay dearly for it.
For a country that prides itself on the principles of its founding fathers, the beast it has become today makes an absolute mockery of everything they stood for. How so many Americans are blind to that is again, startling.
Soft power, coined by Joseph Nye, is the ability to influence others through attraction and persuasion rather than coercion (hard power), stemming from a nation's culture, political values (like democracy and human rights), and legitimate foreign policies. Key components include attractive culture (movies, music, sports), appealing values, effective public diplomacy, education, and successful business/trade, all working to build goodwill and foster cooperation, as seen in examples like K-pop's global appeal or vaccine diplomacy
“Who is responsible for the suffering of the people of South Sudan?” the official added. “The South Sudanese [government leaders] who take their oil revenues and buy private jets and fancy watches and don’t see to their own people?”
Interesting observation that the government, no matter how corrupt, is ultimately responsible for their people’s wellbeing… something our own increasingly corrupt government would do well to heed
The Jesus of the Bible seems to have approved of cholera as well, otherwise he could have told people how to avoid it. Yahweh and him weren't much for public health but they certainly had a thing against cheeseburgers.
Trump, Musk and Little Marco, all have blood on their filthy hands. Along with the heartless idiots who voted them in. Lot's of blood. Oceans of blood.
I'm a little bit at a loss with this post and how it fits in the sub. Pretty sure the people who got cholera weren't denying the lethality of cholera, gleefully spreading cholera or otherwise sharing disinformation about cholera.
It's about the assholes who gleefully cut the aid that allowed the cholera to happen in the first place, much like they're destroying the public health infrastructure here at home, hence the "GRRRRR" flair.
It relates when you think about how anti-vax and anti-mask and anti-science based public health policies Trump and the Trumpeteers were during Covid and since then. Trump and his cronies continue to destroy reasoned science based policies at home with the idiocy RFK Jr is riding herd on, and USAID is more of the same damage, arguably worse, being inflicted abroad. As a bonus in their twisted minds, they get to see "shit hole" counties suffer. Surely you can see the common thread of Herman Cain style idiocracy writ large as ongoing policy.
If there's actually a heaven, these Trumpeteers aren't going there. And if there's actually a heaven, then it follows there's actually a hell, and they're bound for it.
You don't think innocent people died, or at least got sick, from Herman Cain awardees and honorable mentions and the policies that were implemented by such ilk as Trump? The malignancy of a few was largely responsible for that when Covid bodies were piling up in mounds.
Of course they did. None of them were awarded the Herman Cain award, which deep down, was like some sort of karmic accountability when we couldn't seem to hold people accountable ourselves. Bringing up people who did not directly suffer from their own sh1tty actions comes off as celebrating others' misfortune.
He's willing to starve Americans and deny them healthcare so no surprise it's also done to other countries. This is why China is gaining in soft power in Africa and other countries.
He's happy to hand all that over because he doesn't understand or value the very concept of soft power. He's so desperate to be respected and obeyed, but has no tools for doing so that aren't blunt, crude, and violent because he fundamentally doesn't believe in the idea of good faith.
He doesn’t care, and it benefits Putin’s goal of destabilizing America and relinquishing our global power, so of course he’ll do whatever he says.
What’s soft power?
A non-AI answer: soft power refers to how countries will try to gain influence in the global arena by helping other countries out without asking for anything specifically in return. This could be through donating medicines, helping build infrastructure (such as bridges or hospitals), or the like. The idea is it helps build good will, which could lead to future favorable agreements. A country that was helped out might be more amenable to, say, having an army base built or entering into a favorable trade agreement in the future.
USAID was a major way the U.S. used to build soft power, but it was gutted under Trump. Now, countries like China are taking the lead.
What amazes me is the lack of action from lawmakers in the US over Trumps dismantling of US foreign policy.
They're watching him tear apart decades of investment and relations with other countries at lightning speed and they are doing absolutely nothing about it.
I find it genuinely startling. No one has the balls to stand up to him unless it benefits them. It seems so, so self centred and America is going to unfortunately pay dearly for it.
For a country that prides itself on the principles of its founding fathers, the beast it has become today makes an absolute mockery of everything they stood for. How so many Americans are blind to that is again, startling.
From Google AI:
Soft power, coined by Joseph Nye, is the ability to influence others through attraction and persuasion rather than coercion (hard power), stemming from a nation's culture, political values (like democracy and human rights), and legitimate foreign policies. Key components include attractive culture (movies, music, sports), appealing values, effective public diplomacy, education, and successful business/trade, all working to build goodwill and foster cooperation, as seen in examples like K-pop's global appeal or vaccine diplomacy
"Then people died of cholera"
So, things are going exactly as planned.
“Who is responsible for the suffering of the people of South Sudan?” the official added. “The South Sudanese [government leaders] who take their oil revenues and buy private jets and fancy watches and don’t see to their own people?”
Interesting observation that the government, no matter how corrupt, is ultimately responsible for their people’s wellbeing… something our own increasingly corrupt government would do well to heed
After they heard about the cholera outbreak, they celebrated a second time, with chocolate cake.
People died and the US lost all it's soft power. Americans don't have any clue how popular and needed USAID was
This is short sighted; typical of Trump's careless slashing of aid programs.
Definitely cannot predict the longer term ramifications of these actions.
One prediction is that 17 million people will die as a result.
"Why are people rioting?"
"They have no bread."
"They should eat brioche, then."
This is because Republicans are monsters. Don't vote for monsters.
Eradication of disease has been set back for a few decades then….
Republican Jesus approves
The Jesus of the Bible seems to have approved of cholera as well, otherwise he could have told people how to avoid it. Yahweh and him weren't much for public health but they certainly had a thing against cheeseburgers.
Trump, Musk and Little Marco, all have blood on their filthy hands. Along with the heartless idiots who voted them in. Lot's of blood. Oceans of blood.
Some of you may die but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.
I'm a little bit at a loss with this post and how it fits in the sub. Pretty sure the people who got cholera weren't denying the lethality of cholera, gleefully spreading cholera or otherwise sharing disinformation about cholera.
It's about the assholes who gleefully cut the aid that allowed the cholera to happen in the first place, much like they're destroying the public health infrastructure here at home, hence the "GRRRRR" flair.
It relates when you think about how anti-vax and anti-mask and anti-science based public health policies Trump and the Trumpeteers were during Covid and since then. Trump and his cronies continue to destroy reasoned science based policies at home with the idiocy RFK Jr is riding herd on, and USAID is more of the same damage, arguably worse, being inflicted abroad. As a bonus in their twisted minds, they get to see "shit hole" counties suffer. Surely you can see the common thread of Herman Cain style idiocracy writ large as ongoing policy.
If there's actually a heaven, these Trumpeteers aren't going there. And if there's actually a heaven, then it follows there's actually a hell, and they're bound for it.
My point was, I don't see any folks who are getting their comeuppance here. I see a lot of innocent people dead because of the malignancy of a few.
You don't think innocent people died, or at least got sick, from Herman Cain awardees and honorable mentions and the policies that were implemented by such ilk as Trump? The malignancy of a few was largely responsible for that when Covid bodies were piling up in mounds.
Of course they did. None of them were awarded the Herman Cain award, which deep down, was like some sort of karmic accountability when we couldn't seem to hold people accountable ourselves. Bringing up people who did not directly suffer from their own sh1tty actions comes off as celebrating others' misfortune.
You're missing something here, in addition to that part you're correct about. But I am done discussing it. Happy Holidays!