• @Eheran
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    1026 hours ago

    This is happening all over the world. The USA are just a little further ahead compared to Europe.

    • @DandomRude
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      265 hours ago

      That’s true, but whataboutism doesn’t help much in a thread about the US election. Besides, in hardly any other democratic country in the world is the far-right or fascist candidate so obviously completely unsuitable: Trump has already been president and has previously made policies contrary to the interests of the idiots who voted for him; he has a criminal record for fraud and has been found guilty in various proceedings for many other crimes, such as sexual harassment, defamation and fraud amounting to millions. It doesn’t get any more obvious than that.

      • @[email protected]
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        Errr… México says hi, we elected the fascist one by a huge landslide and it’s been doing fascist things since day 1 so… Even when it’s extremely obvious, people will still pick the worst one if it has enough astrosurfing behind them.
        We’re doing shit about it too, still acting as if the fascists party would listen to reason and not as their cult leader tells them to.

      • @[email protected]
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        83 hours ago

        Yeah but so many people here didn’t vote for him and are just as appalled, so when we’re lumped in with the people who did vote for him that’s gonna make people pretty defensive

        • @DandomRude
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          42 hours ago

          Yes, I get that of course. I’m sorry for you and every other US citizen that did not vote for him. I’m from Europe and still posted some anti-Trump stuff because I despise him and everything he stands for. I think he is a threat for the whole world.

        • @DandomRude
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          13 hours ago

          OC said America was full of stupid people. I can’t see how that means that the US would be the only country full of stupid people. Of course there are lots and lots of stupid people elsewhere. Pointing that out in the context of the US election sure sounds like whataboutism to me. My only point is that it does not make things any better just because there are other countries with similar issues. But I see what you mean and think you are right: maybe other countries can learn something from this debacle - I don’t have much hope anymore in that regard but we will see.

      • @TrickDacy
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        13 hours ago

        But the original comment, calling us all morons, is helpful?

        • @DandomRude
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          22 hours ago

          No, of course not. It’s just that even people from other countries are pissed because the US elected Trump a second time. Now we have to deal with his horrible policies again. I personally think the man is a threat for the whole democratic world and because of his horrible positions on climate change and other issues even for the whole world.

          • @TrickDacy
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            02 hours ago

            And you’re right about all this, but calling us all idiots specifically is not helpful. Millions of Americans are incredibly upset by this. It will be disastrous and there’s not a fucking thing we can do. We voted and it didn’t matter.

            • @DandomRude
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              22 hours ago

              I’m sorry if you took my comment that way. I’m really the very last person who wants to lump an entire country together. My point was simply that this election has once again shown that there are significant problems in the US (education, racism, corruption, inequality, etc.) that have allowed Trump to deceive the population yet again. To relativize now by pointing out that things are just as bad or even worse elsewhere in the world only distracts from the real issue in my opinion. Nevertheless, I wish you all the best and very much hope that you can somehow put a stop to Trump’s greed and his terrible ideology.

      • @[email protected]
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        54 hours ago

        Only on day 1 haha. Gonna be something interesting to see happen. We should get bingo cards going for day 1

        • TheLowestStone
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          43 hours ago

          You go ahead and make bingo cards, I’ll be prepping for the civil war.

    • MedicsOfAnarchy
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      85 hours ago

      Thanks for trying to make us feel better, but…

    • @[email protected]
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      That is simply not true. The extremely varied political landscape of Europe is not comparable to the US…