We might be living the final moments of not being terrified what the US President is going to do

Technically there are 2 months until Jan 6 in which anything can happen. I'm just not hopeful that anything will and don't think it's in my best interest to take a stand and make change happen.

This is how they win. We let them.

I didn't understand what this post meant yesterday. "I'm still afraid of what would happen?"
Now it makes total sense. Fuck.

Something tells me this day will eventually live in greater infamy than 9/11.

Like in 2230, provided there is still something resembling the human race, "9/11" will be just another boring date to memorize together with shit like the Alamo w/e.

The day the republic fell, however, will be a lot more recognizable and memorable.

248 years. Empires "always" last around ~250 (Let's ignore the Romans for now) so we're exactly on time.

Jesus Christ people.. these are humans who voted with concerns for themselves and their communities. Just because you didn't get what you wanted or you did get what you wanted doesn't mean it's carte Blanche to say the most fucking heinous shit about each other.

They wants us divided.

Nope we’re in those times right now.

I'm seeing a lot of "democracy is going to die" posts.. But... I hate to break it to you:

America is not a democracy. And if somehow it is a democracy, then it's an incredibly bad one. It's the least democratic democracy in the Western world.

The two party system, the first past the post voting system, the indirect method of counting votes, lobbying, gerrymandering, the electoral collage. Systems to try and manipulate what a vote means. Systems that try to remove as much democracy from democracy as possible, while still being able to keep up some mock appearance.

Your whole country is fucked and backwards from the very beginning, and that wouldn't be so bad. But if America does something we all have to suffer for it!

As a person from Europe, who's is living next to Ukraine, who's girlfriend is ukranian, who's many friends are Ukrainian, who's many friends died due to that terrorist state: If you were eligible to vote in the US and didn't, fuck you.

Any vote that didn't go to Kamala, is a vote for fascism, a vote to accelerate and finish the genocide of palestine, a vote to cease support for Ukraine and a vote to help terrorists in ruzzia. If you support any of that, Fuck. You.

But I know my ukranian brothers, they will not surrender. Even if you selfish American pricks don't support them. They will fight until they can't fight anymore, and then they will still fight.

Unlike you, they are brave. They are heroes. They know whats fucking right.

And frankly, for all terrible things coming to the US, if you didnt vote, you deserve them all.

If you are from the LGBTQ+ community, not white or a woman, and you didn't vote, you have just commited suicide.

I will still support Ukraine, financially. Its not much but I don't care. And if its not enough and the worst comes, I am ready to die to save my brothers, just like my people did in the past.

I am willing to do my part, if you didn't vote, you didnt. So one, last fuck you.

So as far as I understand it as of now it's pretty much decided early with almost no chance of Harris making it.

So there you are. You're right. I was right. We all were.

We hoped for sanity.

But it seems a massive criminal openly stating he will run a dictatorship has been voluntarily elected.

Democracy died, not with a cry, but a cheer

as an european, i am watching in absolute shock. i really dont understand how HALF the USA can still vote for this Chicken Nugget of a person.

well

I honestly find this hilarious for a couple reasons—

1. His retarded voters are going to wake up 6 months from now with more Indian, Mexican, and Middle Eastern neighbors than ever before.

2. Inflation is going to increase like it did before under him.

3. The measures his government will pass will heavily favor corporations, both foreign and domestic.

4. If incels think that women hated them before, just wait, his incel base of voters are going to be enemy number one with women from all walks of life.

5. Women dying from lack of abortion care is going to get worse (I don't find this funny). The wives and daughters of republicans are going to among those that pass away from the lack of abortion care.

6. Trump doesn't care about White people and their weird obsession with being replaced. He even stated that he's going to increase immigration to levels never before seen due to AI, for some reason.

This upcoming Trump presidency is going to be a dumpster fire for his voting base because he will accomplish none of the things that they think Trump will do. He won't get them a wife, he won't end no fault divorce, he won't make anime real, he won't start mass deportations—he's just trying to stay out of jail.

For the rest of us, just laugh. We've been through 4 years of this idiot before.

The only thing I find irksome is the gloating of his retarded voting base. They would really vote against their own interest just to laugh at CNN/MSNBC pundits panicking online. It's like setting fire to your house because it makes your neighbor seethe.

So this is how a democracy dies...it votes for its own death.

NYT is calling it for Trump. America as we know it, may be over.

The war in Ukraine is about to end, with Russia probably getting everything they want, NATO might disband, China likely takes Taiwan, 100 years of authoritarianism and tyranny may be upon us after Trump truly consolidates powers, and nukes the Federal government.

I fucking wish I was being hyperbolic.

America thought they had the funniest joke on the planet in 2016 and had to say it again.

Welp time to use some Elon and Trump filters in Lemmy, especially Elon.

Americans truly are some tribal animals.

If Trump loses there are the next two months of wondering how many people will die around the inauguration, then the next two years of wondering what the project 2027 people are going to do, then...

The only way to stop this is to fix the US system. Fix the courts. Fix the elections. Fix gerrymandering. Fix the right wing control of the media. Fix the lies from the "news".

i love you

Me: unsubbing every single politics community

Showerthoughts:

People outside the US have always been terrified of what the US president might do. Imagine if China had military bases all over the world.

And the thing is: Trump is not a clever man. In fact, he's blantantly, obviously, ferociously stupid. He didn't just appear out of nowhere. The rest of us have been watching this dog eat grass for the last 50 years.

You're not worried about him falling off the toilet and dieing?

Its 7 minutes until polls close where I am. I voted absentee but still thinking of everyone that still needs to vote

The best part will be if he wins, those in power will just sit around with their thumbs up their butts waiting for fascism to take over on Jan. 20th.

EDIT: It's thumbs up their butts time for 2 and a half months.

People around the world already live in terror of what USA government may do to them

Nope! Gotta grab them by the pussy without consent while bullying and shitspeaking anything that you dislike even mildly!

If the Dems win and they don't put a boot on the neck of this fascist movement it will take over eventually.

Also, vote if you haven't yet.

Like. Did people forget how insane everyday was when he was President? Like you never knew what was gonna happen he was always wanting the attention.

I just hope if he loses, it’s by a wide margin so there’s no challenge. Just decisive victory and we can all move on….

American propaganda is wild.

Trump and team don't need to win the election. They just need to make it tainted with enough irregularities that it forms the basis for the entire thing to be called into question. Even if that evidence is created by them. And this time they're more prepared for that outcome. They've had years to work on his scenario.

The court cases and investigations will go on for years.

Doesn't need to win a vote at all.

Hahahahhahahaha you think Trump is the last guy to feel threatened by? The dude was just the starter. There's a whole movement now with tons of corrupt politicians who will try to get a shot at the presidency. I'm thinking about the Florida governor for example.

I like your optimism but I think he was just the test run.

Not if you're a wage earner, sadly.

I'm 34. I have been terrified since 2003. Since americans could just lie to invade a sovereign country, what could prevent them to do it to us?

Have a taste of your own medecine ahah. The US sponsored fascists to do a coup in russia, they had nothing to eat for ten years, and now the americans are whining the fascists they put in power are doing fascist things and trying to "interfere with their elections" lmao you guys are a disgrace for the "civilized" world.

I wonder if those folks who cast a protest vote for Jill Stein will be sleeping soundly tonight... I sure hope not. I hope they're fucking terrified.

Honestly, I doubt it. Even if he loses, he's still going to be spewing his mouth diarrhea nonstop and his cult will still believe the shit he says. Also, I'm thinking the Republican party will continue his shit. He created a new Republican party. They'll keep pushing candidates who will act and do shit like him since he's been very successful in fooling his base.

We might be living the final moments of not being terrified what the US President is going to do

Come on dude... I live with that since I can understand the world, US can introduce democracy to my country in any moment doesn't matter who is the fucking president.

666 upvotes, hahaha

There's surely no chance he can win.. the last fortnight has been an utter shit show.. I can't see how it would even be a contest to be honest

Ok everyone chill. Yeah, it sucks. But we kinda foresaw this ever since Biden decided to run again. Take a deep breath, think about it more later. The worst thing is to be angry instead of smart. Remember George Floyd. Remember specifically how everyone got angry and did dumb things about it, and today efforts at police reform are actually in a worse place than they were before he was murdered on video.

Think about ways to counter Trump that will be more effective and less just expressions of rage. I think the biggest problem is the media that really plays to Trump's reality TV-style politics. It's not enough to wine that the voters are too stupid, but what do we do about it?

Moments? Yeah right, the closing times start at 6pm Eastern Time, pal.

Relax ull be fine.

Good! It's a shame you were asleep the last four years!

This isn't a shower thought. This is propaganda.

I understand that liberal YTs have nothing to fear.

But genocide Joe has been pushing genocide for more than a year.

Honestly it doesn't matter who wins the election. Bam I said it.

Well it does technically matter but I don't think it is worth getting stressed about. Your vote is just a small part in the process. If something bad happens you can deal with it then.

Then you’re showing your privilege, and clearly haven’t seen the thousands of images and videos of shredded children coming out of Palestine for the past year.

As opposed to the last four years of being afraid of all the things the president was failing to do.