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So... who else here keeps having to get over moments of major anxiety and dread about the U.S. election next week? (lemmy.world)

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And it won't even be over on Tuesday no matter who wins.

I just have to start distracting myself when it happens.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And it won't even be over on Tuesday no matter who wins.

I feel this part the most. Recent elections have obviously been chaos. But the dread of what could happen afterward has me stressed more than anything else. I'm looking forward to the political adds being over and all of the junk mail (I live in a swing state). But those are just noise compared to the potential social/economic fallout that feels like it's looming in the distance.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

And the absolute saddest part is how we'll simply do this all over again in 4 years time, plus smaller versions before then for the Congressional midterms.

This likely will never end in our lifetimes. Like COVID it will become our new normal.

The good news there is that Trump really is something special. No really, bc like everyone on both sides hoped for Ron Desantis to replace him, but nobody can hold a candle to Trump's outright cult appeal.

And he will end in our lifetimes:-). After that, the likes of Ivanka and Jared won't be nearly such a force to be reckoned with. Like COVID, perhaps it will fade away into the background:-). (The caveat: we need to develop a vaccine against disinformation first, and that may prove tricky... but in any case, being forewarned is forearmed and without Trump, it may be easier to make headway.)