• DharkStare@lemmy.world
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    If the past is any indicator of the future then we can expect the next four years to be non-stop Trump posting.

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    2 hours ago

    “He was only stabbed 23 times on the floor of the senate. We need to move on … and then finish wiping up the floor.”

  • baatliwala@lemmy.world
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    Ngl seeing the American left wing bubble burst is wild and entertaining. I mean, I would never want Trump to be elected but people have gotten a huge reality check of what sort of online environment they were exposed to.

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      It is crazy to me all the things I’ve heard people just casualty say. There are people who straight up think he is going to start creating dead camps.

      He might not create policies you like but he is the president not a fascist dictator from WWII

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        He literally promised to create concentration camps.

        He is also a known liar, and I personally believe he’ll deliver that one partially to a small ratio that is still horrible but too small to count as the promise. But I can’t really fault people from fearing it’s not a lie.

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        You don’t understand he said this will be the last election. That’s obviously one of the few truths out of his mouth among the millions of lies.

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    No we need at least a weeo to fling shit and jump off the walls.

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    No. No, we can’t “move on” from the election, because elections have consequences. We will never be able to “move on” because we will be continuously fucked by those consequences, in the ass with no lube, for the rest of our lives.

    Even if Trump and the GOP give up power and the US holds free and fair elections in four years, an absolute fuck-ton of permanent damage will have been done in the meantime.

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      There are so many things at stake, but people really don’t know how bad Trump’s supreme court has fucked the environment already. Getting the average voter to care about it won’t happen until it’s far too late. I try to just not think about it.

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      Like, what exactly? States are still moving forward with their climate change plans. The states who aren’t, have a very small impact and are largely canceled out by those who do. Deportations will likely go up, support for Ukraine will likely evaporate, but the impact to citizens inside of the US are largely unchanged. The economy isn’t going to change course, and we’ve been getting fucked in the ass with no lube by all of our administrations going back to Reagan. The ceiling isn’t falling, it’s been fallen for quite some time.

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    6 hours ago

    Sounds pretty fucking privileged that you even have the option of moving on from the topic

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      I haven’t seen anything productive in any of the conversations about it I’ve looked at. Just fingerpointing at who’s to blame. It’s pointless to argue now.

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    9 hours ago

    “Can we just get over the fact that your foot is blown off? It’s bumming me out.”

    No

  • Daemon Silverstein@thelemmy.club
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    As a Brazilian nervously watching the unfolding of a potentially global mess, I bring you the best Brazil can offer: memes! Here’s a pretty relatable one (Original cartoon from Maurício de Souza, Turma da Mônica)

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    This election is likely going to be looked back on as the point when things became completely untenable in the 21st century. The American empire will implode, billions will suffer, the climate emergency will accelerate to maximum, and geopolitical dynamics will become incredibly unstable. Shit is about to go fully awry. This was it, and the people who are already bored about it have played no small part in getting us here.

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        You think I’m being melodramatic? Historians make careers on turning points like this. We can never know exactly what will happen next, but we can at least be sure that normality is not on the menu.

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          My guess is that when asked if we could stop talking about it for a bit, you decide to multi-post your theses.

          No one is arguing against you, just read the room before you spam it.

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        Yeah, it’s dramatic nonsense to assume Trump will do what he and his party said he’ll do.

        Do I need this? /s

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          6 hours ago

          It may not surprise you that the person you responded to was a hard defender of banned troll universalmonk.

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              Nice. They were a troll who started an account 2 months before the election and began immediately flooding lemmy with an average of 82 posts/comments each day. Just about everything they posted was encouraging people to vote third party.

              After piles of complaints, the account was finally banned two weeks ago. Besides shilling for Stein, they also were a prolific sealion, knowing exactly how to piss everyone off to the greatest extent while “not breaking rules” (they absolutely broke the rule against trolling, constantly). Mods pretended this was simply a matter of a “shitty opinion” but when the outcry reached its climax, they finally banned the fuck.

      • Ben Hur Horse Race@lemm.ee
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        nice apathy + username combination

        don’t worry- things have been stable since mcdonalds! nothing can change, just ask Turkey

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    7 hours ago

    That’s accurate to how I feel inside. GOP got it all. So nothing can really stop their agenda. Which sucks if you’re not white male.

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      Except that is not really true…

      Trump may not be in line with your political beliefs but somehow I doubt all of the crazy stuff I’ve heard said. He isn’t creating death camps or deporting democrats to Mexico.

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        Project 2025 is now in play. Abortion ban, porn ban, removal of federal employees who aren’t “loyal” enough. The only saving grace is that Republicans can’t govern for shit, so there’s going to be a lot of wasted time on infighting. Not enough, though, since a lot of it can be pushed through by the president alone.

        Oh! And the oldest, most conservative SCOTUS justices will retire, solidifying the conservative super-majority on the court for the next 20-40 years. The only way to change that is to change the makeup of the court, which requires a trifecta. So yes, it isn’t the end of the world, but it isn’t “no big deal” either.

        In order to undo the damage, we have to fundamentally change the Democrat Party to be just as far left as the Republicans have moved right. And that took them over a decade to accomplish (and they have the easier task, since big business wants both parties to move right).

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      judging by project 2025 they can stop their own agenda by not being able to agree what it is.

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        I thought the image would reflect the GOP right now. Instead here I am with egg on my face.

        Unfortunately, one thing with GOP is they may disagree but tend to fall in line.

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    Those who choose to abstain from politics submit to being ruled by their inferiors.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipOP
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      Or maybe I just don’t see the point of all this. The election is over and there is nothing that can be done if you fear Trump. Most Americans supported him so clearly thats what the majority wants for better or for worse.

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    Attention everyone there was a major US election that took place 2 days ago resulting in Trump winning

    If you get on social media for the next month (probably more) you are going to see politics unless you filter it out or get off social media

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      Can we just accept reality and move on?

      What’s the worse thing that could happen? People are freaking out like the world is ending but we have had arguably worse presidents historically