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[–] EleventhHour 222 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] Red_October 205 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Of course his idiot dumbshit supporters all assume they won't be the ones suffering, it'll just be everyone else, and that makes it okay to them.

[–] P00ptart 50 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They don't understand that rooting for them, doesn't make them part of the team.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 weeks ago

They don't understand that Donald Trump loathes them

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If Kamala wins, her Dept. of Education should really make a push to make sure that we are teaching fascism and WW2 in schools so people can recognize this shit and stop falling for it.

[–] CitizenKong 56 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

As a German, I have to sadly tell you that that's not enough.

It's important to teach media literacy and critical thinking too.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Every single church that made a political endorsement needs to be stripped of its tax exempt status. And audited by the IRS.

Domestic terrorism is being fomented at the ground level in "religious centers," and we've gotta start calling things what they are.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago

"The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood he was one of them."

[–] pyre 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

don't be silly, of course the leopards will only eat other people's faces.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/8/18173678/trump-shutdown-voter-florida

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 16 points 2 weeks ago

They’ll just be told to blame everyone else for their suffering, just like they have been for decades now. It’s all going to be heaped on the same old tired bogeymen: illegals, libs, the nebulous educated elite, etc.

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[–] [email protected] 121 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Says the war dodging, low IQ (the true low IQ individual), balding denier, sexual assaulting, multi-time felon.

Trump is like 1985’s alternate timeline Biff Tannen only worse because he’s real.

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[–] LordCrom 74 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

And this fucker is about to win... I can't believe this.... And my state denied women abortion rights.

I hope every woman that voted for this isnt raped and forced to carry that baby.

And Rick Scott, the leader of the largest Medicare fraud, is re elected again.

My state is filled with idiots who won't even vote for their own best interests

[–] chiliedogg 25 points 2 weeks ago

57 percent voted for reproductive choice. But the measure required 60% supermajority.

And to make things worse - abortion being its own separate item on the ballot may have been what cost us Florida, since pro-choice voters who leaned right could vote both ways.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Florida confuses the shit out of me. How did it become this way? And so quickly! With the major metros I don't understand how it's so red! Even Texas races are getting closer and closer, and I think it's because of the major cities.

[–] Horsey 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Florida in the last 20-30 years has been a representative sample of retiree vote in the country. The boomers and Gen X that retiring now to Florida are just not progressively minded. The people that moved to Florida during the pandemic were also very hostile to blue state politics which is why they moved to Florida, which was perceived as a red state during that time period. Now we're just living in that reality after all the dust has settled.

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 2 weeks ago

I think I speak for most of the world right now when I say this:

Fuck.

[–] lemmy_get_my_coat 62 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

What in the nazi fuck is wrong with you, america?

[–] ZILtoid1991 42 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
  • A lot of Americans think when he talks about doing bad things, it's all talks,
  • when he talks about making the economy better, it's all in good faith,
  • all the "necessary evil" can be undone in the next election cycle,
  • and business controls the narrative, that would highly benefit under trump.

Yeah, and boring and ineffective liberals that trying to take the moral high ground every time the right takes yet another low.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago

Lots. I don't feel so good Mr stark.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

This monster has to go. Not only should he lose but he should never be allowed in this country again.

[–] Aganim 36 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

he should never be allowed in this country again.

I'd appreciate not dumping your garbage on somebody else's doorstep, thank you very much.

[–] ValorieAF 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Into space is fine then, right?

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[–] BrokenGlepnir 22 points 2 weeks ago

He should have been convicted at the second impeachment trial, but McConnell made up another rule that never existed before.

[–] Diplomjodler3 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You guys can keep him. Just put him in an orange jumpsuit and throw him into one of your egregiously inhumane jails.

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 weeks ago

Leopards Eating Faces party straight up tells voters that they're going to eat their faces... and they still vote for them.

[–] SulaymanF 54 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

And somehow voters said yes to this.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago

They said yes because most are only looking at a rose colored picture of Trump. A lot of effort has gone into identifying the different ideological bubbles and catering an image of Trump specifically tailored for them, in the way only money can. We will likely never know to what extent given how fast transparency has been disappearing.

[–] GeneralEmergency 16 points 2 weeks ago

Don't forget those that sat on their hands and did nothing. Inactivity is an action.

[–] quantumantics 16 points 2 weeks ago

Just over half of those who voted said yes, there's still a lot of us who voted against this and watched in horror as the remainder proceeded to fuck us over. From those of us who voted against this: we tried our best and hate this as much as the rest of the sane world. Good luck trying to salvage things out there, it's going to be increasingly difficult for us to act openly against this soon. If you can, put the thumbscrews to us in whatever way you can. We'll suffer, but then again we're already going to be.

[–] LANIK2000 42 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It'll be extremely bitter sweet, one day seeing a AmeriNazi and asking em WTF they were thinking electing a guy that literally says the economy will be worse, to boost the economy.

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[–] ZILtoid1991 28 points 2 weeks ago

Narrator voice: they think it's only applicable for those they don't like.

[–] inclementimmigrant 26 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Honestly, if Trump wins I hope America burns. We all deserve it, some more than others, if he wins.

[–] auzy 25 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Seriously, here in Australia, a win is a legitimate reason to take yanks in as political refugees (especially women)

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

NYT forecast is 90% Trump now. It's crazy that anyone would vote for him, really shows that policy plays no part in politics. It'll be interesting to see how he tears down the judicial system to remove the many charges against him.

[–] inclementimmigrant 26 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

Yup. American democracy is going to be dead after this election.

I wonder how much of that project 2025 will be implemented.

[–] Ultraviolet 16 points 2 weeks ago

It's been in hospice since 2000.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Fuck Trump and fuck you Shill Stein donkeys too

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago

When people tell you what they are, believe them.

[–] cultsuperstar 24 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

And his supporters will still vote him. Even Elon has been saying that if Trump wins, there will be a "temporary" financial crisis. The thing is, "temporary" can mean months or years depending on your scale. But we know financial crises don't last for a week or two.

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[–] Pacattack57 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not many, for people of color

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And women, and poor people, and journalists

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[–] Pulsar 19 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Trump will do a great job. The SCOTUS gave him full immunity, so what can go wrong?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Trump is going to increase MUH LEGAL immigration by a lot. Wages are going to go down as result and unions will be gutted. Will police still support Trump when they end up making 18 USD/HR? That's what he means by hardships.

Corporations are going to see a huge increase in profits because they're going to cut labor cost by importing cheap labor.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think you misunderstand the method of imposing the hardship. The police will be better paid and there to impose the planned hardship on the ordinary people, including many of the people who always vote for him.

It's honestly rather strange and depressing watching the US from the outside. I have rarely seen the most downtrodden segment of the population being so gung ho about the worst parts of the system that's been oppressing them their whole lives. It's amazing to me to see so many super patriotic black people for example. How? For what? Why would you blindly defend the same structures that've been oppressing you for centuries? It'd be less depressing and more funny if it wasn't for the massive destructive power these people get access to when they win, power that they subsequently unleash on the rest of the world.

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[–] morphballganon 16 points 2 weeks ago
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