Those from outside the US, are baffled why they put up with a corrupt and incompetent bunch.

[Swede]

It’s a very big part of our problem. Even liberals who *think* they understand our media problem are simply in denial about how bad it really is. Between Fox News, Nextstar, and Sinclair Broadcasting, they own over 400 TV stations in 114 major markets, and ALL have extreme conservative …

— Shoq 🌱 (@shoq.bsky.social) 2026-07-04T15:39:39.926Z

[usonian]

1. Are they from Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Romania, Hungary, Poland, France, Chile, China, Arge .... the list goes on.

There's a fascist playbook that gets hauled out way too often.

Summay: You start with racism and work up the yokels to a fever pitch .... Oh buy your own copy.

quick summary



The rich and powerful loves their money and power.

[tanyev]

2. Republicans are running the table.

The two entities that have the constitutional power and duty to hold a corrupt president accountable are controlled by Republicans who fully support a kleptocracy.

And large media outlets are either in on it, or getting bought up by billionaires who are in on it.

[J_William_Ryan]

3. "why they put up with a corrupt and incompetent bunch"

It’s not about ‘putting up’ with corruption and incompetence; nor does it have anything to do with ‘passivity.’

If we could get rid of the fascist Trump regime, we would.

What those outside of the US need to understand is that there are no mechanics of American governance allowing the people to remove Trump from power; the states elected Trump, not the people – and only the states (Senate) can remove Trump, but Senate Republican refuse to convict.

Indeed, it’s a tragic flaw of American governance, that the people are excluded from the political process, that the peoples’ participation is tenuous and indirect, the Senate, executive, and courts immune from the will of the people, acting contrary to the will of the people with impunity.