I’m not just worried, I am frightened and have nowhere to turn.
I'm not worried you're worried
Submitted 6 months ago by zcd@lemmy.ca to [deleted]
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jawa21@startrek.website 6 months ago
dumbass@leminal.space 6 months ago
It’s OK, you’re not alone in that fear.
RagingRobot@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I voted against him. Was my vote illegal? Am I going to jail?
Valthorn@feddit.nu 6 months ago
About 6 million fewer votes for Trump than last election, which is good, but it doesn’t matter since there are 18 million fewer votes for Harris than for Biden last election! Where were those 18 million people? It can’t be that all of them are in the “I don’t vote for genocide” camp. What happened?
It’s never been clearer that not voting gives the election to the Republicans.
Rolder@reddthat.com 6 months ago
It’s very strange to me that turnout is lower, purely because when I went out to vote there was a line goin out the building, which I have never seen before in my area
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Maybe sexism and racism are not isolated to the right wing, possibly a lot more in the centre than assumed. Maybe just enough in certain demos to affect turnout.
dingus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s weird because I even noticed this among liberals. The presidential candidates are always referred to by last name. But both times a woman tried to run, people referred to her as her first name whether you are conservative or liberal or what have you. I have found it a bit disrespectful tbh, and all sides have been guilty of this. The US will never elect a female president, let alone a female president of color. It’s bizarre.
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Not all have been counted. That’s where they are. Not yet counted
doingthestuff@lemy.lol 6 months ago
They just called Wisconsin for Trump which puts him over 270.
doingthestuff@lemy.lol 6 months ago
If Biden hadn’t insisted on running despite his declining mental state, she wouldn’t have won a primary, not very likely anyway. She is uninspiring and she carries the baggage of the struggling/non-existent middle class, housing market, 12 million border crossings etc.
jj4211@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I don’t know what the final turnout figures will be, but if it is a lower turnout, I can think of a few: -2020 was the easiest year to mail in a ballot ever, and it got harder again as states reinstated various difficulties with mail in ballots. -So many people didn’t have to go into work in 2020, they had more flexibility to vote however they needed to do it.
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Ƿ did it Pætcrik! Ƿ ſeıvd Pælistuın!
spoiler
We did it Patrick! We saved Palestine!
Uı æm roıld ƿið ðoz pıpėl, b u̇nfoṙtcunetlı, Ðı aṙ tu ſmal ė kėntindjint t hold riſpȯnſibilitı ðiſ tuım.
spoiler
I am roiled with these people, but unfortunately they are too small a continent to hold responsibility this time.
PlexSheep@infosec.pub 6 months ago
I have no idea what you are saying, I can’t read this.
volodya_ilich@lemm.ee 6 months ago
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine explicitly called to boycott both candidates.
“Oh no, 18 million people stopped voting the Dems! Surely it’s the voter’s fault, not democrats being genocidal ghouls who can’t offer a shred of progressiveness!”
djsoren19@yiffit.net 6 months ago
The honest truth is that the Harris/Walz campaign did not motivate their voter base. People were talking about doing fucking vote swaps with people in swing states because they didn’t want to vote for Harris.
I have no idea what the fuck the whole “courting the right” angle was, but it seems to have failed. Maybe it was the stance on Gaza, maybe it was the stance on immigration, maybe it was just feeling spurned by the party for caring about alot of issues like trans rights Harris left to the wayside while campaigning, but it didn’t motivate people to cut through the bullshit and go to the polls.
Meanwhile, Trump stayed in the news 24/7, constantly doubling down on his rhetoric, and his voters mostly all turned out again.
TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 6 months ago
When Trump was first elected, it made me realize how stupid most of the US is. The results of this election were not surprising, I even linked to the sort of self-serving articles that preceded just before Hillary-Trump’s elections to people who were doing the same in this election. At least in this election, it’s sort of like Israel, they are leaving no doubt about who they support. I don’t even care if Kamala gets the popular vote, most criticize the electoral college word only and refuse to consider gerrymandering as electoral fraud, leading to it occurring in greater and newer ways this election.
drmoose@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Why are americans so stupid and yet manage to export so much smart stuff from tech to podcasts to scientists. Is it some sort of dystopia where 1% rules, 20% live in a bubble and 79% are just brain dead idiots?
TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Why do people from Europe go and build monuments and luxury in Saudi Arabia?
Money. Same answer in the US.
The US is an oligarchy, as attested to by this Oxford study. To answer your question, mostly yes, hence places like “Silicon Valley” and institutions like the electoral college.
jimrob4@midwest.social 6 months ago
Yes.
Then there’s us smart ones who see what’s going on, but we’re outnumbered by idiots.
funkajunk@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I fear you may have hit the nail on the head
AA5B@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Gerrymandering is clearly electoral fraud, but
- it’s not black and white. There’s no clear line between fraud and good
- the people benefiting the fraud are the ones in control of it
- gerrymandering does not affect presidential or senate elections
MudSkipperKisser@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I am fucking gutted, I am so sad and angry and I don’t know what to do. I am overall a happy and positive person and believe in humanity but this win feels like it’s stripping me of a piece of that and I hate that! I hate that I feel so much hate right now, it’s exactly what I preach against, yet here I am. I can’t believe this is happening
pepperonisalami@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Ikr… I don’t even own a car, I walk to work, take the MRT everywhere etc. and the Americans are electing a president who says “Drill baby, drill”. I’m not an American, but it will affect us all… I live in Taiwan now and I’m fucking afraid of what his presidency will do to the geopolitical balance with China.
AA5B@lemmy.world 6 months ago
While I have no idea how to handle China’s ever bigger presence on the world stage, I know the spiteful antagonism is not it.
Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk 6 months ago
That’s how I felt here in the UK when I woke up to see the majority voted for Brexit. Before that I thought people can’t be that dumb. Apparently they can.
daggermoon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I feel as you. I wanted to believe we’re better than this.
felykiosa@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I m an atheist but I pray for you , it will be only 4 years , hope you stay safe.
MudSkipperKisser@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Thank you, I really appreciate that. I’m essentially an atheist too (I don’t even give it a label for myself because god and religion are just not a part of my life, and I don’t need them to be). And yet somehow I feel I have exponentially more compassion and value of morality than a large swath of these people voting in a monster, acting under the guise of being “good Christians”. Maybe I’m delusional, maybe I’m the one missing something, I don’t know. I still believe in humanity, but man I’m just sad right now. Anywho, I’ll take all the prayers and positive energy for everyone that I can get right now, so thank you
AreaKode@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Fuck. I hope Canada has some open slots for immigrants.
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Canada has an increasing anti immigrant sentiment right now. They’ve announced big cut backs to the number of immigrants allowed. Furthermore, moving to another country is difficult and expensive. It’s not a realistic option for most people.
gerbler@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Tbh most of the ire aimed at immigrants here is specifically targeted to either Indian or Ukrainian migrants. Infrastructure is genuinely buckling under the weight of migration but it’s a case of too little investment and not entirely the result of immigration.
I can say as a white, western immigrant to Canada that I’ve never had anyone complain about my immigration however I’ve had locals complain about immigration to me forgetting that I am indeed one of the immies.
AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Fuck off. Stay out of our country, you people have done enough damage to us.
rustyfish@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Kinda douchey to be a dick towards those who fought against it, don’t you think?
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Fellow Canadian here and I don’t like being overly harsh with my criticisms … but I’m with you on this.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I n voted for Harris but agree with you. We need to stay and clean up our mess. Because were are we going run to. America doesn’t just affect America but whole world. We need to fight not run.
jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The people fleeing it are exactly the people you’d want to see.
Actually, given the senseless over-generalization, you might prefer seeing your spiritual brothers, the republicans.
sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
I’m in that country and can’t disagree. I was just paraphrasing the line from the Joker movie to a friend of mine,“We’re going to get exactly what we deserve.”
HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
You should build a big wall and make them pay for it!
zcd@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
I’ll marry one of ya’s
Rolder@reddthat.com 6 months ago
From what I can gather, Canada seems to be following the same trend as the US just shifted back a few years
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Seconded
Drunkpostdisaster@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Until a trumper does something fucked up and the border gets closed off.
rabber@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Sucks here but welcome
garbagebagel@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Ok just hurry up and get your citizenship so you can help us vote against the guy who’s trying to be like Trump, thnx.
Gladaed@feddit.org 6 months ago
Their country has a severe housing crisis.
DrDickHandler@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Canada will soon be electing a conservative government.
frunch@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Looking at the bright side:
-no more vaccines (never liked needles anyway) -no more fluoride in the water (who likes nice teeth anyway, plus you can get fakes installed) -never need to vote for president again (think about how much time that’ll save) -no jan 6th revolt in 2025 (maybe they will just for fun though, who knows) -perhaps Trump can fill the remaining seats of the supreme court and get a properly conservative suite of justices -Elon Musk will be our super-cool tech daddy
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 6 months ago
- No more environment (hate the outside anyway)
- No more Ukraine (the weather in Kyiv sucks and I have a gluten allergy who needs grain anyway)
- More refugees into Europe (yeah Europe is totally prepared for that)
sfxrlz@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah fascists in Europe turned out great the last time
uniquethrowagay@feddit.org 6 months ago
- No more environment
That won’t be a problem. America will simply be towed outside the environment.
Famko@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I think that one guy with the folder “Memes if Donald Trump wins” is gonna have to bust them out.
vordalack@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Trump is not going to create a better economy. We’re gonna go into a recession and he’s going to blame it on democrats and COVID restrictions.
He’s going to increase immigration, lower wages due to cheap labor, and cause wages to go down. He said this and the retards that live in rural America think he’s going to benefit them. He’s going to reduce the power of Unions.
It’s clown world.
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 6 months ago
As if the world hasn’t collectively had its head up it’s ass recently…
WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 6 months ago
cmrn@lemmy.world 6 months ago
More than anything I’m depressed by the precedent that this sets for the world on attitude and actions. He literally attacked and abused his way to the top. And a majority of American support it. Holy fuck.
Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
0 empathy for americans. You deserve what you get for either not voting or voting the baffoon. Even dems deserve it for stupidly changing the candidate and AGAIN acting like they already won everywhere which makes people think “oh then I dont have to vote”
usernameusername@lemm.ee 6 months ago
This has gotta be fraud, there’s just no way America would choose a convicted felon over a woman… right?
TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
Shouldn’t have supported the genocide of Palestinians, huh?
Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 months ago
There’s no such thing as an undecided voter.
They’ve either decided, or decided to do something bad and don’t want you to judge them.
AA5B@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yep, we did it. We are Homer Simpson. D’Oh
Drunkpostdisaster@lemm.ee 6 months ago
We deserve a nuke.
niktemadur@lemmy.world 6 months ago
They’ve done it before and they’ll fucking do it again.
All these young new voters! A fresh wave of idiot!FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Jesus Christ. Locking down this massive shit show.
Allero@lemmy.today 6 months ago
The world: literally doesn’t care
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Hope the price of eggs was worth sacrificing all your civil liberties America
Thistlewick@lemmynsfw.com 6 months ago
The amount of interviews I’ve seen where people say “yeah, he has some concerning talking points, but he promised a good economy” boil my fucking blood. The safety of half the population for the empty promise of jobs.
Can’t wait til they somehow spin the failed economy against the Dems again in four years.
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I have an idea! Let’s put the guy whose policies partly contributed to our current economic state back in charge of everything. He’ll definitely fix it this time.
teamevil@lemmy.world 6 months ago
We’re truly and utterly fucked…
dingus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Please don’t forget that neatly half of the country realizes he’s insane and is terrified. Not everyone deserves this. Tens of millions of us out there don’t want this.
Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I hate this as a Canadian cause it’s gonna mess with our economy. But it will also stoke more support for the current conservative dickbag running to be prime minister. Also I don’t want more Americans moving here.
grue@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This is going to have a chilling effect on democracy, and an energizing effect on fascism, worldwide. The movement to try to limit climate change is now dead and buried, worldwide. There is no part of the world that is safe from the effects of this.
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 6 months ago
I have a sad feeling the rest of the world feels the same way.
I’m at the point where I want to leave these borders. I want to go somewhere relatively quiet and developed that has worker’s rights and isn’t some major player in the game of global domination.
I’d respect my new home and integrate and do my best to get along with my new neighbors.
But I’m pretty sure we’re stuck here to endure this madness.
The rich have already departed though. So you’ll probably end up with less humble American refugees and more pompous real-estate moguls. And for that, I’m sorry.
MisterFrog@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I will be shocked if the cost of living comes down at a notable rate when compared to other developed countries.
Conservatives have never been better at managing the economy, yet people believe they are, for some reason ¯_(ツ)_/¯
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 6 months ago
Are you surprised that most people are just dumb as bricks?
Kcap@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I heard a lot of commentary about the price of eggs tonight. I live in San Diego, America’s most expensive city. I’ve seen at some major chains a dozen eggs in the $6 - $9 range. Most stores I’ve seen them around $4 or $5 bucks a dozen. I also purchased a dozen yesterday for $2.79, and that was through Doordash even. So like, I call bullshit. Americans are dumb and too lazy to shop around. The gas station closest my house is $5.80 according to Google just now, but I filled up last night about 5 miles away with cash for $3.99. So infuriating that lack of effort or stupidity is likely what drove Trump back into office.
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
Yeah the thing is the average trump supporter will be hurt less than everyone else (and that’s the whole point)
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Oh, no. They will be hurt the same as everyone else but The Donald will just tell them that it’s the Democrats/immigrants/gay people’s/critical race theory’s fault and they will believe him because having someone else to blame for their problems is a lot easier than fixing their problems.
teamevil@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Hahahaha no they fucking won’t … they’re just too goddamn gullible to blame spurious sources, like liberal policies that are fucking them with taxes…not the trillions of tax gifts given to the billionaires the fucking moron represents.
The supporters will continue to be ignorant, stupid and blame all of their problems on liberals, instead of the 1% absolutely raking their ignorant asses over the coals
We’re fucked, the supporters are fucked too but they’re too stupid to know the leopards will eat their face too.
Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee 6 months ago
We all know that’s not true. He hates his supporters. He just didn’t realize the first time through that they were trashy and ::gasp:: poor.