Because you now did it to yourself.

  • Echo Dot
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    3710 hours ago

    I know Americans get upset when I say this to them but honestly, I think it’s the time the United States broke up, it’s too big, it’s too powerful, and as soon as someone like him gets in charge everything goes to shit.

    If the United States was smaller it wouldn’t matter as much if a random dictator got in charge of a small bit of it.

    • @quantumantics
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      2310 hours ago

      As an American, I’m in agreement with that in concept. Partition would be a harrowing process though, as people scramble to go where they feel they belong. I’m not sure such a process could happen without another civil war.

      • @[email protected]
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        810 hours ago

        Czechs and Slovaks managed to do it in a civilised manner only 30 years ago, so it’s not impossible.

          • @genXgentleman
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            99 hours ago

            You’re either being sarcastic or you don’t live in the U.S. I’m currently living in Louisiana, and I’m surrounded by racist idiots.

        • capital
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          59 hours ago

          What’s their landmass in comparison to the US?

    • @BigBenis
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      810 hours ago

      I was saying this the last time around. America is too big and the parties are too polarized, the federal government can’t fairly represent all of its constituents at once. At any given time, half of the population is being underrepresented.

      • Echo Dot
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        11 hour ago

        Well that’s a good point as well it really doesn’t help that the Americans have decided to turn their politics into something so tribal.

    • @brucethemoose
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      That’s more practical than just reforming the election system, apparently. Ugh.

      Oldschool Republicans may have a point here too, perhaps less federal power is better.