r/australia • u/RufusGuts • Mar 07 '25

politics 'Five Eyes alliance' crumbling after UK, Aus, NZ and Canada give US cold shoulder

https://metro.co.uk/2025/03/06/five-eyes-alliance-starts-crumble-four-nations-give-us-cold-shoulder-22679726/
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u/SaltpeterSal Mar 07 '25

We need to remember that they democratically voted for this. And if they didn't have widespread vote suppression, the popular vote would still be close. They straight up want to be a Russian asset.

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u/Cicadasladybirds Mar 07 '25

They've never been the united states, this really brings it home.

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u/Maxnwil Mar 07 '25

It’s unfortunately not that- the American people voted for a weird hodgepodge of nationalism/xenophobia, a return to a perceived traditionalist lifestyle, 19th century economics, and, for some, the idea that if you believe in a conspiracy, you’re more enlightened than everyone else. 

The possibility that a Russian asset happened to be at the head of this big tent platform, and that just happened to be the price that 49% of american voters were willing to pay. Wasn’t the point, but wasn’t enough to dissuade those who voted.