Welp
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The US has always been fascist, since Manifest Destiny up to and after WWII. Fascism is just now turning inward towards the people who never thought they’d see this end of the stick.
Still, despite all the hatred and forces pushing us apart and pinning us down, this is our opportunity to restructure the country and make reparations to those we’ve wronged.
Have radical optimism in the face of radical hatred.
Top take.
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Pretty wild how when Jimmy Kimmel left the Man Show, he was replaced by rogan.
i forgot all about that show. never watched it. but i remember it existing.
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Pretty wild how when Jimmy Kimmel left the Man Show, he was replaced by rogan.
Yeah this is a point I’d long forgotten. Ziggy …etc
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I voted for Jill Stein. I was part of the 0.5%.
Congrats, you fell for a Republican trap.
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And when that canary croaks, it’ll be another. And another and another, so long as we don’t have to get up off our asses and stamp out these evil fuckers and undo their shit
It’s not that easy though. We are at the conclusion of a decades long campaign to poison not just our government and politics, but our society as well. Take out every fascist tonight, and we still have to contend with the fact that, as a people, we are no longer capable of operating a democracy. Healing the divides and fixing generations of indoctrination takes time we don’t have.
I’m not saying there is no hope, but we have to sober about the tasks ahead of us if this country is ever going to heal.
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I’m sure that the same folks who couldn’t get Harris elected will be able to create an international pact more powerful than the UN.
Well we’re not allowed to vote in US elections, so the Harris situation doesn’t really reflect on our abilities.
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Hey, a lot of “respectable” people are fascists - and pedophiles.
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Well we’re not allowed to vote in US elections, so the Harris situation doesn’t really reflect on our abilities.
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Ehh naw we just need to let it reset. The house of cards will crumble as soon as Trump croaks, then once ceaser is gone Rome will burn. Hopefully what comes after is better, but it probably won’t.
Personally, my family came to this foreign land, that’s not ours, to seek out a better economic life and freedom. 2024 was the first election that the youngest voting generation went more conservative in the last 100 years. The beliefs of this nation no longer align with my own, so I’m returning back to Europe where my family once came in search of those very values. I realize a lot isn’t great there either, but I have more trust in the EU protecting my fundamental rights than I do the US Constitution.
Failing that, at least Europe has better wine and I’ll just enjoy the view while the world ends.
If you think europe is better you really haven’t been paying attention. This is a worldwide concerted effort.
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You mean like when there was a writer’s strike and basically nothing happened and basically nothing changed?
maybe more like when they took away social media in nepal and they burned that fucker down
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He’s definitely also weak, he flip flops on every move. They would be further along if they weren’t handcuffed to a senile narcissist with one foot in the grave. OTOH they have only gotten this far riding his cult of personality, once he kicks it I have a feeling the whole party will collapse into infighting and not get anything done.
Oh Trump is definitely weak, but the progression of fascism under him is not. These two things can be true at the same time, especially because the issues he flip flops on (mostly tarrifs) aren’t actually necessary for the fascist takeover.
They would be further along if they weren’t handcuffed to a senile narcissist with one foot in the grave.
I’d say the opposite: Trump’s aggressiveness and recklessness has actually been a boon to MAGA (and a bane to everyone else). A more careful fascist might’ve actually had to win the midterms.
OTOH they have only gotten this far riding his cult of personality, once he kicks it I have a feeling the whole party will collapse into infighting and not get anything done.
I see this view a lot, but to be frank I think it’s naive. I mean, up in Canada fascists have rallied around Pierre fucking Poillievre (here’s hoping I spelled that right); these guys will take anyone as long as they can do their fascism. Fascism isn’t an artificial construct; it’s a political phenomenon that arises under certain conditions and no one person is necessary for its success once those conditions are met. That is to say: After Trump dies they’ll just find someone else, probably after a brutal and bitter internal power struggle.
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They have literally taken charlie kirks death and used it as a means to attack left leaning people from all walks of life.
- This is a full blown government takeover of the American media
- They’re forcing left leaning people out of their jobs in almost every industry.
And what makes this even worse is that it is so blatantly obvious that the info surrounding kirks shooter is almost a complete invention of the trump administration. The ridiculous bullets. The note that magically disappeared. The text messages that sound as if they were written by a 55 year old…
This country is so good and truly fucked. It just so depressing and sad. And even more depressing because it seems like no one is really even trying to fight back.
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ABC execs only care about money, same thing with every other corporation bending the knee
