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Please, not again. (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Edit: good to see I woke the shills

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[–] [email protected] 153 points 9 months ago (27 children)

He's already said he's basically going to be 10 times worse if he gets reelected. I'm not sure why the people who support him think that's a good thing. For a party that claims to love "freedom" they sure seem desperate to elect a fascist dictator

[–] [email protected] 87 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Freedom for me, chains for you. They don't actually care about real freedom.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 9 months ago

They are sure the Leopard will never eat their face.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago

Yup. They think Daddy Trump is going lock up all the liberals and create a ~~facist~~ conservative paradise.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago

They love the freedom to own slaves and stuff like that

[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago (6 children)

You'd think after he didn't pardon the people in person that stormed the Capitol they'd smarten up. If that didn't open their eyes, nothing will.

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[–] [email protected] 110 points 9 months ago (48 children)

Never had a president actually affect my day to day life before. It was wild, No thanks to that ever again

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[–] [email protected] 89 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Not gonna lie, being a nurse during a pandemic with that jackass as president broke something in me

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

"Thank you for your hard work!"

(But actually thanks, nurses are the best. How can we make your day better next time we're in the hospital for something completely our own fault?)

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[–] [email protected] 84 points 9 months ago (18 children)

I cant believe how dysfunctional the us has become.

You actually voted for the biggest asshole and a retard to become president. He was wildly incompetent to the surprise of nobody. The country became a laughing stock. Secrets were leaked, justice compromised (even further), he attempted a literal coup. No, lets vote for him again.

We knew americans were dumb, but holy fuck. You need someone to protect you from yourselves because clearly your government is as caring as it is in russia. The entire population should be institutionalized.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 9 months ago (2 children)

If you think voting for literal idiots is an American thing you really haven't been paying attention.

Boris Johnson, Victor Orban, ...

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I see this take often and I see the same kinds of responses, but it's really upsetting to see the main culprit is never mentioned.

Yes, some of us are just hateful, but most of the people voting for Trump are exposed to and consume wayyyyy too much propaganda.

Our media has failed us in sooooo many ways all to chase the Almighty Dollar™. We have literal entertainment networks masquerading as "News" because they're allowed to act however they wish. We have actual "news" corporations acting like entertainment. We have Fox News and Newsmax straight up fabricating a reality for their consumers that is almost exactly the opposite of reality, and then we have CNN, MSNBC, etc, that would rather follow The Days Of Our Trumps T.V drama as opposed to actually doing hard news.

We have 1/3 of our population living in a fantasy reality, 1/3 being made to be enraged about an orange man's dumb tweet instead of learning about potentially good candidates to vote for, and 1/3 that's just apathetic to it all.

We have a gigantic media propaganda problem... We have no real press that the 1st amendment was made to protect, instead we have corporations that are taking advantage of those protections to do whatever they want to make the most money, to hell with what happens to the country...

Edit: all that to say, the people that we see as "OMG how could you possibly vote for him again, are you a monster?" Think "Trump was the best president ever, every news show or podcast or Facebook interaction I have had or watched says as much and proves it."

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (3 children)

You should probably be aware that the cheeto never won a majority vote in America. Our democratic system is broken to the core though, and there is basically no way to fix it which is why he still won.

Along with that a good chunk, possibly majority of Americans is already more decent than you because we don't use dehumanizing insults like the R word.

Several states have even proposed banning him from the ballot for his coup attempt, including mine. Unfortunately they are being tossed out, probably by judges that he put in power.

I think you would be surprised at how little power Americans actually have to affect change in our government. Short of dragging our knuckles and starting some uprising like his goons did, change can't happen, and I'm not one to resort to that. I'd sooner head to Canada or Mexico.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Once again pointing out that Trump never won the popular vote. Yes, we need to abolish the Electoral College. It favors the right wing unjustly and undermines the will of the people when it does not align with the popular vote.

Lots of people voted for him, yes. I'll make the argument that things will actually get better as the folks whose cognitive abilities are negatively impacted by a century of burning leaded gasoline start to die off. ~~I believe it's something like >95% of people born between 1945 and 1965 that have enough lead in their bodies to be cause for concern.Can't remember exactly where I read this, but you can do your own Google-Fu.~~

Striking those last couple sentences and just outright saying that over 90% of the entire population born between 1956 and 1976 were exposed to enough lead to raise medical concern in early childhood, according to the table below.

I'm also back to throw in the table/material I'm referencing. If I'm going to make assertions, I should back them up.

And the source: Half of US population exposed to adverse lead levels in early childhood

If you want some idea of how little we cared about lead exposure, just look up the Tar Creek Superfund Site., which turned three nearby populated areas into ghost towns. It's been reported that children would play on the enormous mounds around Picher, Oklahoma, and those things were covered in lead dust.

And try not to live downwind of small airports.

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Look on the positive side, if he comes back for a second term there’ll probably be death camps so you’ll be killed and won’t have to remember when he becomes president for life.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (8 children)

Put me in a Trump run death camp. Me and all my new pals will be living better than most Americans in the new order within a week. For sure would rather be there than a part of Gilead.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

Fascism is great for the supporters, at first. They get to steal tooth gold.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Say what you want about Trump but he was one of the presidents ever

[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago

Some things sure did happen

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago

I remember the shitshow. Like in general everywhere and at all times.

[–] BudgetBandit 19 points 9 months ago (3 children)

As someone from another side of the world 🌎 I have to say that it was quite funny. Like a memexplosion. Granted, he did fuck up everything possible, thus strengthened everyone else.

The only good thing he attempted was a TikTok ban. Should’ve been a short video ban

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

But "My Cartoon President" will come back, I can enjoy it until the apocalypse starts.

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