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‘It’s sad we have to do this’: the US citizens carrying passports out of fear
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 23 Dec 2025
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The “tortured peasants” have shown they’re willing to overlook literally anything as long as they maintain their lifestyles. Whatever is necessary to wake them up at this point, if you want to keep your country.
World history is full of average people doing what’s right against great odds.
You’re a nation of cowards. It’s fine.
From complacency and a complete lack of political action of any kind. You all could stop this if you were involved in politics, in political action, but you don't, you sit on the sidelines of history, on Facebook and tiktok and waste your potential on the circus that the techbros keep you distracted with. That you think it would only matter if you could personal stop Trump is sort of the problem, just find likeminded people and start talking about what's happening and what you realistically could be doing. Is that really too much to ask? The entire world is suffering from MAGA and Trump and y'all have the responsibility by virtue of being American voters. MAGA and Trump is the American citizen's responsibility. The world won't forget the complacency of Americans to the consequences of their own political indifference.