I know, I just forgot to mention them in my list of available options here that compete with Tesla.

The Putin Party (AFD) will be the strongest party in Germany soon

I seriously doubt that, we had a similar party here in Denmark that topped at 22%. And even with 22% they never became part of government.

Even if AfD manages to become part of a government in the future, they will never have exclusive governing power like Trump has in USA. That’s the difference between a functional democracy, and the flawed democracy USA has.
AfD is mostly popular in the old East Germany, and German politicians need to figure out why that is. Why do they want authoritarianism again?
I have my suspicions, that it may have to do with not doing enough for ordinary workers, and giving too many privileges to the 1%. This is the problem in USA, where ironically they see Trump as resistance against that, when in fact he is part of the problem.

If AfD isn’t topping now, German politicians are doing something wrong. Do East Germans really favor Russia above EU?
If they do, they must be grossly misinformed.

From what I see, most Americans here on Lemmy seems to know better than most Americans on average.

There are a lot of good and bright people in USA, unfortunately they are not the majority.
I thought for sure Americans learned something from 2 Presidential periods with Bush. But when Trump was elected first time, I knew the American people were “Beyond pedagogical reach”. An expression used here about people who refuse to learn.

Hopefully this time will be bad enough for enough American people to finally understand the lesson, so this doesn’t happen again in a life time. But I wouldn’t bet on it.

I fucken hate it here.

I feel for the Americans that tried to prevent this, because they can see Trump is evil.
And anyone who denies that Trump isn’t evil has to be both blind and stupid socially. Trump is a flaming malignant narcissist, and that’s basically the definition of pure evil.

This realization may be painful for Americans. But we should know that the rest of the world understands us more clearly than we understand ourselves.

It seems to me most Americans here know what’s going on, and understand it well.
But overall I think most Europeans understand USA in a way most Americans don’t. We generally understand how USA as a society is sick, sick with selfishness to a degree it’s become sociopathic, and for some reason it refuses anything that could help cure it.

50 years ago USA was to many Europeans an ideal to follow. Today it’s a warning of what NOT to do.

Oh boy I completely forgot Hyundai and KIA?!
I’m not so fond of the instrumentation of the Ionic though, it’s too much like Tesla, lacking buttons and relying on using the screen.

You must be in USA, where Tesla is protected behind trade barriers. Because in the rest of the world, Tesla is not that competitive anymore.
If you want straight up competition VW group has better cars and a wider range (VW, Audi, Skoda, Cupra and Porsche). Renault also has some good options, and If you want even better than that, we have BMW and Mercedes. But they are also more expensive.
If you want good range but cheap, we have decent Chinese options like BYD, MG, NIO, Xpeng despite the 17% tariff.
But also Nissan and Toyota have good options, and Volvo and Polestar. And Mazda just announced their e6.
Even Stelantis seems to be making a slightly better effort now, With Opel, Peugeot, Citroen and FIAT.

None of the above cars will do phantom brakes, or cut your fingers off on the trunk. or lock you in if the car catches fire. Or have a 30% failure rate at the first mandatory safety check. Not even the Chinese are that bad!

Here (EU) there is absolutely no reason to buy a Tesler, except if you only heard 10 years ago they were good, and haven’t had any updates since.

Oh BTW even USA had a decent competitor with the Ford Mustang. But I guess that’s over now, and I’d really hate to have to buy an EV in USA now.

Reality is the next 2 days are Saturday and Sunday.
So relax and enjoy the weekend.

Calm down, it will be stable for the next 2 days. 😋

I’m not saying you are wrong, more that it’s probably not that much better in other countries.
This research may be skewed, because they may not test on schools they know are doing poorly?

Well unless I’m reading this wrong, it seems USA is doing pretty well compared to other OECD countries (age 15):
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d19/tables/dt19_602.50.asp

Half of Americans have a functional literacy below a 6th grade level

Is this factual? Because if that’s true, that’s extremely bad, even shameful for a rich country like USA.

That’s why I’m not just an atheist but an anti-theist.

USA has a lot more crazy people than I ever suspected.
This lack of realization when faced with reality is way beyond any worst case scenario I ever imagined.
I thought most of the people who voted for him, simply didn’t believe the warnings. Turns out they actually support that shit?!?!

True, and they seem to think double standards are twice as good.

Hey USA you know how the saying goes: “Be careful what you ask for, you might get it.”

Now Europe is arming itself like you asked. So kindly fuck off and be happy, that you got what you asked for.

I made no claims about that either way.

How does something Trump fucked up hide that Trump is fucking up?
Denmark was one of the hardest hit early on by Covid. But our government reacted quickly and handled it efficiently, and it’s been a non issue for a long time now.

Edit:
I think you may be misremembering the timeline?

Funny how he is wearing a bulletproof vest, when at the same time the prosecutor is trying to kill him.
The death penalty is just so wrong, and obviously immoral, but I guess it makes sense then for USA to have it.
USA is a country where half the population embrace sociopathy as a virtue.

It’s the WORST year since last year. And I’m not exaggerating.