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I feel so sorry about the continuing decline of the USA political system to an actual autocratic fascist regime
Im done feeling sorry for Americans fucking this up so bad when the writing was in neon signs flashing in their faces.
Facing a nationalist- fascist threat it must surely be good strategie for the threatened to desolidarize using national identity
Hey it worked during WW ~~1~~ ~~2~~ ...3?
Horrified to discover we will no longer be receiving your Thoughts and Prayers.
The big difference between Pre-Trump US and Post-Trump US is that white people are being forced to eat the same turd sandwich as everyone else.
The sandwich is getting bigger and the turds stinkier. But more than anything, you've got pasty white EMTs and blonde housewives from Minneapolis getting the same treatment as Michael Brown and Rodney King
People should have listened to people of color 100 years ago
People should have listened to people of colour 15 years ago.
Best time was 100 years ago.
Second best time is now.
This is something I don't think the majority of people in positions of privilege are considering much if at all. For a lot of people in the US (predominantly minorities) the "Trump era" has just been the status quo. It's pretty much always been like this in one way or another, if only applied more discriminately/subtly.
So it's pretty annoying to see people acting like this is the abrupt collapse of democracy and liberal ideals in the US, as if it hasn't already been brewing for centuries.
I don't. 2/3rds of the country wanted this to happen. Let them enjoy the days they voted for.