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[–] _chris@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (11 children)

There’s way too many, like myself, who can’t even afford to take a week off of work much less however long it would take to revolt.

And we’d be going up against a military that just waltzed into another country which has a functional and organized military and expect to succeed against them grassroots?

I don’t think anything will happen before a state or group of states splinters off with their national guard as support.

We’re definitely not laughing. Well, not the ones against him - which does seem to be the majority, at least when you’re here.

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 28 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

This is really it in a nutshell.

I'm honestly not sure what to say to the Europeans and other non-Americans posting a lot on Lemmy lately, who seem to think all Americans - even those who have opposed every Trump action and have despised Trump since the 90s - are individually to blame for Donald Trump.

I'm like: Imagine everyone around you decided you were going to be married to an abusive spouse. You never agreed, yet sure enough, one day you woke up legally married to, and having to live in the same house with, a delusional, malignant narcissist abuser. No divorce possible, consent was never required after all. And if you tried to ask for help, your neighbors - who want you to know they absolutely hate abusers! - would spit at you and say, "Take care of your own problem!"

Ok, thanks, appreciate it.

[–] lzrSnap@piefed.social 18 points 2 weeks ago

You know its even worse than that - fascist or fascist adjacent parties are leading in polls in the UK, France, and Germany simultaneously. Canada and Australia only avoided electing mini trumps as a response to trump. And that's only speaking of the larger countries. When I hear someone on here go off about how the "world" has always known the US is just bad I'm amazed. Can you not see what is happening in your own countries? International capital is making its move, and something is happening across the democratic world.

Cribbing this from some tumblr i saw: "My wish for 2026 is that Europeans will be as critical and vigilant about authoritarianism and racism in their own country as they are about them in the U.S. and that Americans will be as critical and vigilant about authoritarianism and racism in the U.S. as Europeans are."

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