And progress without testing it’s resiliency against malicious actors will not last. As much as we hate Trump being elected and staffing clowns in each position, it will test what has been made so far. Row v. Wade, as we now know, should have been stronger. The Voting Rights Act too. The states that required the law to be fair have pulled back the law and reveal little has changed.
No one likes getting burned but fire is useful for showing us what burns easily and what withstands the heat. We will rebuild stronger and know what works.
tanisnikana@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
We may yet manage as a country, but the millions that die from this election won’t get to see it.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
how so?
tanisnikana@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Women. Queer people. Non-white people. Hell, even white straight cis evangelical Christian rich men who die from being sick.
There will be so much death.
It will be unending.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
That does not clarify anything.
NineMileTower@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I love how you have downvotes for asking for clarification. As if asking for it is an argument deserving of downvotes.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
A fellow Lemmit who enjoys split score totals!
Pippipartner@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
I think that the us perspective on politics is surprising self-centered. If millions will die remains to be seen, but an unpredictable us leadership will certainly shift power dynamics on an international scale. The trump administration might randomly decide to side with land grabbing dictators, might embolden Israel, or switch to Doge Coin as the main currency. Those things might not directly cause death, but will disrupt the world stage to a degree which might overpower currently stable institutions. Which in turn might lead to death and suffering as a consequence. I’m not trying to say that everything should remain as is. Things are awful in a lot of places, but one of the biggest and most powerful nations with a “leader” that might throw a world ending tantrum over a Twitter thread is nothing anybody, but the most nihilistic acclerationists want. Also Trump’s plans to withdraw from climate change mitigation will certainly add to the pile of dead bodies which we will inherit in the next 50 year as a consequence of our actions today.
USSMojave@startrek.website 4 weeks ago
Soldiers knocking down doors to arrest millions of illegal aliens and everyone who looks like an illegal alien and shoving them into camps, what could go wrong?