• Major_Tsiom@fedia.io
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    16 days ago

    Yes, I think the US as we knew it is gone. We’ll see what happens in November. The fascists will not cede power, so we will see how the country reacts. I’ll bet we just accept it and try to live our lives like most people do. We blew it in '24 when we had a legitimate chance.

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      16 days ago

      I hate to say it but the US as we knew it has never existed. It’s always been propaganda to cover up centuries of exactly these kinds of atrocities. The only difference now is the people running the show have decided they no longer need to hide behind a mask of altruism.

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      16 days ago

      We didn’t blow it, trump and musk rigged the election and admitted to it on live TV. The math backs it up, but the media won’t report on it because they’re part of the coup too.

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        16 days ago

        I disagree. The entire system failed. Your leaders blew it when Jan 6 had no consequences. You can’t let a coup attempt go unpunished, because that will only embolden them.

        Remember when we believed that “checks and balances” was a real thing. Turns out that, like the Easter Bunny, the evidence of it ever existing is highly circumstantial.

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      16 days ago

      A lot of us aren’t just going to accept it.

      If we have to go to civil war, fine, let’s just fucking do it.

      I hope it stays peaceful and congress brings legal authority for those who want to defend democracy, but if it doesn’t stay peaceful I know a lot of people that are ready for that.

      We’re all fucking tired of being abused.

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      16 days ago

      Honestly, I have a truly biblical amount of anger at the DNC for being such consummate imbeciles and yet again snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. It was basically a slam dunk… and fucking Harris and her campaign and the DNC and the fuckwit political consultants just proceeded to drill a three-pointer from half-court into their own basket.

      Turns out that people won’t show up for you if they’re just kinda angry at the status quo, and your pitch is “it’ll be more of the same”.