• @[email protected]
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    9711 days ago

    Yeah only 2 generations ago, LGBT people were considered mentally ill. 4 generations ago women were considered unfit to vote. 8 generations ago about half the US though it was OK to own slaves. It takes a while for ideas to die out. That’s why US elections turn out the way they do.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 days ago

        Wonder how long it’ll take before we get to step forward again. As far as I’m seeing, we’re in for a long ride back. Not just for 4 years.

        • @VoterFrog
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          The American people are pretty fickle. It won’t take long for them to become unhappy with the Republican party. Of course once that happens and you and I are celebrating “Yay! We got rid of the fascists!” they’ll be going “Hmm… These other guys are pretty uninspiring. Maybe we should try fascism again.”

          * There’s a big asterisk here that this is all predicted on elections continuing unabated. Which is not a given.

        • @[email protected]
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          811 days ago

          This has happened before. Even after Abu Ghraib Bush Jr won re-election. Even after Iran-Contra the Republicans won re-election.

          But the fact is that they do not have the answers. They can only take things for themselves, and hope that people give up.

      • @thespcicifcocean
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        710 days ago

        two steps forward, random.randint(1,4) steps back.