OutlierBlue

joined 2 years ago
[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 minutes ago

There's no double standard.

Trump is a bully. He's on the side of bullies.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 minutes ago

They know what's happening, and they're actively pushing it forward.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 1 points 31 minutes ago

"Slowly"? We're already here.

The US is Germany in the 1930s. They're attacking the media, education, Democrats, rounding up undesirables, threatening to annex ~~Austria~~ Canada.

We're already here.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 2 points 35 minutes ago

Maybe walking down the street with a sign will stop them.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 hours ago

And with this FDA and president it would spread like wildfire.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Walking down the street with a sign isn't going to stop fascists.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 hours ago (5 children)

How bad are Americans going to let it get before they do something? Will they finally realize they should stand up for what's right when they're being pushed into the cell?

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 11 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

How is the bump fading?! He just theatened us with annexation again on the weekend!

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hah, this guy thinks we'll have golden years in the future.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But he is a naturalized citizen; you can’t deport citizens, and if he does this to Elon he can do it for everyone.

The Supreme Court already gave him permission to remove naturalized citizenship. He's going to use it, but it'll be on a lot of defenseless poor people, not Elon.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is the terrifying part. Ads have become so normal in everyday life that people see nothing wrong with wasting their life away being marketed to by corporations. How much of someone's life is wasted hearing their existence isn't good enough but if they'd only buy some product they could be happy?

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

And yet people are fine with:

People should have basic cooking knowledge
People should have basic financial knowledge

 

American food safety checks have nearly stopped now that the FDA has been cut so bad|y. They can't even follow up on investigating reports anymore.

Why are we importing and allowing dangerous foods to be sold here?

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ecoli-bacteria-lettuce-outbreak-rcna200236

 

Archive link

If you think things are bad now, then, brace yourself: it is about to get a whole lot worse. If you are alarmed at the speed with which the Trump administration has set about dismantling every institution of American government and every pillar of the international order, you must understand that this is not just the initial burst of activity, the “shock and awe” phase after which things will settle down: if anything, the pace will continue to accelerate.

The world has never before been faced with such a threat. The United States has handed the nuclear codes to a madman, a criminal, a would-be dictator and a moron, all in the same person. Whatever the purpose to which he directs these powers – to impress his dictator friends, to further enrich himself and his cronies, to seize absolute power or just to watch the world burn – we must hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

 
 

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