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Someone like Trump doesn't surprise me ... there are many people in the world that are this dumb and obnoxious. They're everywhere ... he isn't special.
What gets me is that America literally paved the way for him to gain the highest office in their country and the population still sits around complaining about it while doing as little or nothing about it all.
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(Note I said nothing about efficacy, but some people do seem to think it's effective; I guess we'll see)
The most shocking thing? MAGA still supports him, even in the face of rising prices, losing benefits and constant lies. A true cult that will be studied for decades
Surprise surprise.
Fascists are exactly as dumb as they sound.
They think once every other race, religion and sexual orientation is gone, they will be in heaven.
Not realizing they are digging the other way.
My MAGA relative shared a meme on FB saying "Border crossings down 93%, gas prices hit a 4 year low, eggs down $1.8 per dozen, inflation down to 1.8%, the Media silent" with absolutely no sources.
They're not living on the same plane of reality. They don't care about the veracity of anything.
Right wing memes are true because of the vibes.
Left wing memes are all lies, especially the ones with sources. Because they're bad feelings with icky nasty self reflection.
ok look. am I being fucked up the ass. sure. is it without lubrication. ok yeah. is it repeadately, well yeah. Here is the thing. Alls I have to do is take it until he is all done and then I am told I will get to be one of the ones doing the fucking. So you stupid dummycrats are screwed but one day I will be on top.
Centuries. The ripple effect this administration is causing will be felt through generations, whether or not they get their way in the end. This is scientology but bigger and if they actually succeeded at infiltrating the greatest military power in recorded history. People will be talking about these days long after we are all dead.
The optimist in me believes this is a statical anomaly in pendulum theory, so it will much more rapidly swing back the other direction. Hopefully to a statical anomaly in the progressive direction.
Here's to hoping, mate ๐ค
That's not sure. What comes after him might be worse. But for the USA, this is like getting that first heart attack. It's the sign things need to change urgently. Just ignoring it happened and assuming the problem goes away when going back to the old routine is the worst you can do. Without some serious lifetime changes, the next one will be worse.
Unfortunately Democrats are the party is the status quo and Republicans only like to make things right for a very small part of the population. Nothing much will change for the better.
The "first heart attack" was George W. Bush. You're well past that now.
I'd argue that's more like the shortness of breath, chest pain and nausea that come as the warning signs.
so your telling me we're going to get an older president barron trump ordering the CIA to throw american critiques out of windows with 5 gunshots to the back of the head as it gets ruled a suicide?
color me not surprised.