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db2@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

The people have the power to make choices and work and campaign and support what they believe in

Don’t bank on that being the case. American democracy is literally dead as of today. The president elect is a felon with an IQ lower than his age, we’re cooked.

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finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
And his VP is a literal Theocratic White Nationalist, commonly referred to as a Christofascist.

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- partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  I think there is a high likelihood we will see President Vance before the end of this second Trump term. I can’t really tell which is worse.
  
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Sop@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
This is dangerously wrong. Any person can have a huge impact on their own community without changing countrywide politics. It is super important that caring USians start contributing to their communities and help the people that are more at risk of being wrongly prosecuted for living their life. Please volunteer at mutual aid programs, please protest against genocide, please educate the people around you, please make sure trans and queer people are safe, please speak out about racism. And when you witness a nazi victimising someone based on their identity/race/disability/etc, please act and don’t look away.

Telling people that ‘change is hopeless’ only endangers vulnerable groups more.

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Jackthelad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
This doesn’t really make sense.

He has won because more people voted for him in a democratic election. That’s literally democracy in action.

You might not like the result (it’s frankly bizarre from an outsider’s POV), but that doesn’t mean “democracy is dead”.

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- ultranaut@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  In a democracy it is possible to democratically elect an anti-democratic leader. It’s one of the ironies and paradoxes of democratic political systems. I think if you study history some more the world should start making more sense for you.
  
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  - Jackthelad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Thank you for being patronising, I understand it perfectly well.
    
    I’m trying to bring a semblance of reality to the mass hysteria.
    
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    ultranaut@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    I’m sorry you feel patronized, that wasn’t my intent. It seemed like you were just really ignorant, I didn’t realize you were pretending not to understand. Now I don’t understand how you pretending to be ignorant brings a semblance of reality to anything, that seems very counterintuitive to me.
    
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