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These might be the good old days. Go outside, feel the grass, say wassup to your neighbors,... whatever you do that means community, because sh*t might get bad for a while.

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[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago

If Trump loses there are the next two months of wondering how many people will die around the inauguration, then the next two years of wondering what the project 2027 people are going to do, then...

The only way to stop this is to fix the US system. Fix the courts. Fix the elections. Fix gerrymandering. Fix the right wing control of the media. Fix the lies from the "news".

A law that said the press can not be for-profit, would never happen, but would probably help

[-] RangerJosie@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Thank Reagan. He ended the Fairness Doctrine. Which is the only reason Trumpism ever happened.

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[-] baatliwala@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

America thought they had the funniest joke on the planet in 2016 and had to say it again.

[-] Allero@lemmy.today 34 points 2 days ago

Me: unsubbing every single politics community

Showerthoughts:

[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

Hope you're not American, because if you are then it's gonna be really hard to block out the consequences of this election

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[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 54 points 2 days ago

People outside the US have always been terrified of what the US president might do. Imagine if China had military bases all over the world.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

The Kenyan Ambassador to the UN once addressed criticism of his country's relationship with China thusly:

"Every time the English visit Kenya, they bring a lecture. Every time the Chinese visit Kenyan, they build a hospital"

[-] RangerJosie@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

Which is exactly why China is going to win. They play the long game where we only care about the next quarterly report. We drop bombs, they build schools and hospitals and install water wells. We trap countries into IMF loan scams, they give interest free loans.

We make mass graves. China makes friends.

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[-] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 75 points 2 days ago

And the thing is: Trump is not a clever man. In fact, he's blantantly, obviously, ferociously stupid. He didn't just appear out of nowhere. The rest of us have been watching this dog eat grass for the last 50 years.

[-] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago

I can't beleive the number of New Yorkers (NYC residents and expats) that trust Trump. He has wreaked havoc across the city and metro area with terrible buildings, stiffed contractors, and constant financial mockery. His post-TV show perception has done an insane job of making even the most affected people forget what a sack of shit he his. They really think 1. He runs businesses well due to his continued financial growth and that 2. Running the country like his businesses will somehow benefit them, the national equivalent of those laid off from his private endeavors.

So anyway, that's how I know they just racist assholes.

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Welp time to use some Elon and Trump filters in Lemmy, especially Elon.

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