Comment on So, is the USA screwed?

Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• T00l_shed@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I think the US is over. There will be something else for sure, but i don’t know if the US is salvageable

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  • treadful@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I think you need some perspective. The situation is bad and seems like foreshadowing of worse things to come. However, we’re a pretty far distance from states pulling away or civil war breaking out.

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    • Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Um, not so much. California is going to have a vote on state independence on the next ballot. I can see Texas following suit.

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      • treadful@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        And does anyone actually think those have a chance of passing right now?

        There’s always been talk of succession here and there, but we just aren’t at the point of the US actually breaking up.

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    • T00l_shed@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      There’s more to it than that. I’m talking about a dictatorship, where trump flaunts the law, more than he already has.

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  • BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If these things Trump is removing with presidential orders was so important, why the fuck didn’t Congress make them laws while Democrats had a majority in the past twenty fucking years?

    This shit is infuriating to me that we only blame one side for these issues.

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    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      why the fuck didn’t Congress make them laws

      Why do you think that would make any difference? Are you not seeing the trump administration straight up ignoring laws that are in place blocking a lot of their current behavior?

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      • BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Fair point. But then if laws are meaningless if you happened to be wealthy or in a position of power, why is everyone in the Democratic Party essentially shrugging and doing literally nothing about this?

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    • DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Because the Democratic party is, and always has been, a willing collaborator.

      They have their petty squabbles, but they’ve always been on the same side in regards to making sure the wealthy and powerful stay that way, at all costs.

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    • andrewta@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I agree. Even if the democrats were doomed to fail because of how the Republicans operate. But the democrats didn’t even start the process.

      At least be in record that a bill was put up and the Republicans voted it down. To not do anything was stupid. Maybe ya get lucky and get something passed.

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