America: Getting ready for another election. Rest of the world:

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I don't know how to feel about this election as an ameribro.

I'm left-libertarian (upper case left, lower case libertarian) on the political compass, which is practically not represented in US politics, so I'll take whatever I can get. Biden is, realistically, the best I can hope for this election cycle. He's not great, there's a lot of big policy issues I diverge with him on pretty sharply (both on left and libertarian), but the other candidates for the DNC are a hot fucking mess. As for the libertarian party, it's actually insane. Gary Johnson got booed for saying he'd want people to have driver's licenses to drive. That's a no go for me. And as far as the conservatives go, they run the gamut from not an instant disaster (I guess) to the loud, proud, and complete end of the republic.

Biden has at least done some things that I kinda like, and doesn't seem keen on destroying the republic. I'd love to get a reformer in and sweep Reaganism out on its wrinkled, swampy ass forevermore, but I don't think that's realistic at this point. Where I start getting worried is that the Biden campaign seems dead set on repeating some frankly terrible HRC '16 strats, which, well, we saw how well that worked for her, but the pro-Biden response is "Trust me bro, Trump is actually unelectable this time". I'm also concerned because, let's face it, Biden's old enough that he could get struck down with a stroke or what have you at any minute.* Every day, the cosmic dice are getting more and more weighted against him. The democrats have done very little to make a case for a possible candidate/president Harris, where the republicans have laid a LOT of groundwork against her. If Biden bites it or gets incapacitated, Harris is going to have a huge uphill climb in front of her.

I guess where I get uneasy is that it feels like the democrats are making a lot of avoidable and predictable mistakes, and they're just banking that it won't blow up in their face this time because, uh, what, that was that time, this is this time? They could do better, but they're just going to choose not to, and be shocked if shit goes sideways.

*I mean, so could Trump, but I'm not hoping that he wins.

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Most of us are right there with you. What's most important though is that most of us in like 4 swing states are also right there with you.

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You know what, I'm just gonna say it. American's stupid political situation will destroy the world. There I said it.

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America: NO GOD PLEASE NOOO

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Not just that, soon after the US election, the UK will be gearing up for their General Election. Latest is the end of January 2025 according to a quick search.

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Americans are saying the same thing...

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I feel the need to repost CGP Greys Playlist on Voting (or why the american version is so very very bad)

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Damn, I read election with an R at first and was already getting worried. 😅

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It's proving to be extremely difficult to escape U.S. politics on lemmy as a european because the rest of the world is vastly outnumbered here. But at least it's not voat or ruqqus... I'll take left wing morons over right wing retards any day.

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I am often wrong, but I cant imagine anything crazier than the 2016 election. What a ride.

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Americans: "Voting 3rd party is a waste of a vote, you need to vote the lesser fascist or democracy is over"

Also Americans: [pencils in the stupidest shit to the point a fictional character wins the popular vote]

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Putin's reelection is soon...

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Laughs nervously from north of the border

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Bookmarked for perusal every 2-4 years for the rest of my life 😮‍💨

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I don't care about USA elections

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American Civil War II feels closer every day.

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Can you just not, mkay?

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I feel agitated.

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If you talk about America in any negative light it's always assumed to be relevant to the election, and they feel obligated to interject with, "this is how you get Trump" at any opportunity. To accept criticism of America they need to make sure this phrase stating the obvious is included somewhere: "Democrats may be bad sure, but they're clearly better than Trump." Unless you express that specific sentiment you're assumed to either be an idiot or helping Trump get elected. Always very touchy when it comes to their asinine politics and obsessed with making sure everyone agrees with them or you're their worst enemy.

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