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[–] JustKeepStretching@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Yeah why aren't me and you single handedly overthrowing this democratically elected government! We must be stupid or something

I love seeing foreigners asking Americans online why they don't just stop this.

Like, motherfucker millions of us voted against this.

This is the result of multiple nations and multiple massive data analytics corps collaborating to create the biggest propaganda machine ever seen on earth which brainwashed millions of Americans.

But yeah. Why the fuck isnt Dave, the liberal from Vermont just walking to Washington and stopping this!!!! /s

[–] Tja@programming.dev -3 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's not, though. Europeans in the fediverse have consistently made this argument since the election.

[–] Tja@programming.dev -3 points 6 days ago

No. But the American logic has always been "we must do something" -> "this is something" -> "therefore we must do it". Take the dumbest idea and run with it, or use it as an excuse for inaction.