• FuryMaker
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    Those who think this is only going to be four years are deluding themselves.

    • 𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆
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      Exactly. Even if he leaves office in four years and we never hear from him again, the ripple effects of his presidencies will take decades to unfold and undo.

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        A upsettingly large portion of the country doesn’t understand how the world works in any meaningful capacity

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        At this point I’d rather see California split off and become it’s own country (not gonna happen, but I can dream).

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          That would be great, but what would prevent the fascist country next door with the most powerful military in the world from annexing it back?

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            That’d be pretty rad. Hell, I’d be down to be Canadian at this point. I just want to live a quiet, peaceful life dammit. I’m not looking forward to the next few years.

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            Cyberpunk theme intensifies

            Where are my goddamn robot arms. We have corporate hellscapes, hacker collectives, and private militaries, but I still can’t get robo limbs at a Walgreens walk up clinic.

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      I read somewhere that someone spoke about how it might take 40 years to get rid of Mr. Trump’s wild ride