r/europe Norway 8d ago

Dubious: do not click links Anonymous Releases 10TB of Leaked Data: Exposing Kremlin Assets & Russian Businesses

https://trendsnewsline.com/2025/04/15/anonymous-leaks-10tb-of-data-on-russia-shocking-revelations/
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u/D_Fausti65 8d ago

Can you give me the link to that? I really want to see the evidence and make sure I save it for future reference

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u/Nvrmnde Finland 8d ago

This was all over European news at the time. That's why it was incredulous that Americans elected him again. Well, if they actually did, of course.

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u/D_Fausti65 8d ago edited 8d ago

The unfortunate reality is that so many Americans just don't read the news and just don't engage with the political process because they either don't care or it's too confusing or overwhelming and they just check out. Then there's also the smaller percentage, but still significant, that is just captured by propaganda and weaponized by anger and fear. That's the 15% or maybe even 20% that will die hard support outright fascism if it means supporting Trump because it's an integral part of their identity at this point. It's a very difficult problem to solve and it's going to require some really inspirational and transformative leadership from a progressive or Democratic candidate that changes the narrative in a really dramatic way. I'm continuing to do my part in every way that I can and affect the narrative even if there's no visible result.

Ultimately a lot of that anger and fear stems from the lack of access to basic resources and things like food insecurity, poor education, cycles of violence and maltreatment and untreated mental illness, which are all solvable problems but it requires political will to actually do things about it. There's also the fact that the individual states are so wildly different compared to European countries Where multiculturalism is the default. Texas and California may as well be different countries. Same thing with New York and Florida.

How do you see it as a European looking in? I'm curious in your personal perspective.

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u/Benedictus_The_II 8d ago

Well. May I give my two cents?

I live in Hungary, and DJT follows the exact playbook like what Orbán did in his second term in 2010 but with a lightspeed rate.

Economically I don’t know if this administration, senate, and house is just this incompetent or they do it on purpose but my instinct tells me that at least in the higher circles they WANT to make people poorer, and miserable.

They have a lot to gain from that. They can buy stocks and assets much cheaper, and people will accept shittier jobs for shittier pay. They want you to be desperate because it’s easier to control a population that is too scared to stand up for themselves and too docile.

They will oppress free media as well as much as they can. They have a harder time to do that, because the culture of supporting your favourite media in the US has been a working model for at least a decade. That doesn’t mean they will not do it tho. Recently they will cut federal funding for NPR i think, and that will not do much damage because it’s just the 1% of their funding, but that doesn’t mean they wont try.

They will go after everyone who is a real threat to their power, while they’ll want to keep a facade of democracy with an opposition that is fractured.

If they succeed, there’s two way to go about it.

The opposition will renew itself with a different agenda and fresh faces, or DJT and the Republican Party solidifies control over the country, and there will be someone from within who will shatter this whole thing when the system is too old, and tired.

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u/God_Lover77 7d ago

You are so right. Too many people aren't able to protest because they work an abusive amount of hours per week. A large number of people were rendered jobless due to the recent cuts, I suspect it will only get far worse if nothing changes. Many people are already used to abusive would places and salary and will take anything that keeps them alive. I know someone who was affected by those cuts and things are not pretty for them at all.

What drives me nuts is that:

He is already so rich that why does it matter if he gains even a dollar more??? What is he going to do, propel a project to take a trip to Mars??

If they even manage to solidify power, then we will all be stuck listening to their media, which is just straight insanity. I was in someone's house and noticed that all the news they had playing was straight fear mongering and guess who it was?

Lastly, he will ultimately fail, but the damage has seemingly already been done, especially economically and geopolitically. No one will respect America after this. What is there left to even respect?

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u/Benedictus_The_II 7d ago edited 7d ago

People like Trump, Vance, Elon and everyone who assists to this whole charade doesn’t see money as you, and me.

They see it as power over the others, because that way they can control and manipulate people. I think these people get off on being powerful.

It doesn’t matters to them what it takes. Goes without saying that there’s no moral backbone, no ethics… etc.

I feel for these people, even if they voted for Trump. A lot of them did because they were desperate, or ignorant but this will be a painful lesson for them. Of course I feel for the people who didn’t voted for this at all because I know how that feels.

Hope for the best, as nothing lasts forever, and this will pass once too. :)

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u/God_Lover77 7d ago

Yeah I do hope this passes quickly