• kubica
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    And yet there is so many people thinking they will make an exception for them.

    • @[email protected]
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      361 month ago

      “I’m one of them, surely they will spare me as I’m part of the group, right?”

      schadenfraude, we’re gonna live of schadenfraude for 4 long years

      • @[email protected]
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        121 month ago

        If we’re lucky then Trump dies, there won’t really be another cult of personality like him. Even now he’s coasting on his old persona, he’s just a grumpy old man with limited ability to remember much of anything.

            • @brightandshinyobject
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              61 month ago

              Doesn’t matter if we cyber bully him or not, Putin would bully him for real.

          • @[email protected]
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            11 month ago

            Do you think he would really inspire any kind of loyal following? Feels similar to how they tried to really the troops around Desantis in Trump’s absence, shortly before they all started to cannibalize and make fun of him too

            • @brightandshinyobject
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              11 month ago

              They don’t need that, they already have all three branches, they just need someone who can follow orders and regurgitate project2025.

          • Doug HollandOPM
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            11 month ago

            Vance is the reason I absolutely don’t wish Trump dead.

  • @[email protected]
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    731 month ago

    Nobody’s going to be fine. Tariffs on our 3 biggest trade partners are going to raise the prices of nearly everything by 25%

    • magic_lobster_party
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      Who could possibly have the foresight to know that making things more expensive won’t lower the prices?

    • @chiliedogg
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      201 month ago

      If we’re lucky.

      At least he’s not raising the effective tax rate on the bottom 95% of.Americans… right?

      • @rayyy
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        51 month ago

        You gotta be shitting, right? That’s how he financed the last tax cut for the rich.

    • @Cornelius_Wangenheim
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      131 month ago

      And mass deportations are going to lead to food shortages and massive price hikes at the grocery store.

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      Nobody’s going to be fine.

      Not even Elon?

      Promise?

  • bizarroland
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    And just like everybody else, you forgot the Native Americans.

    You know, the ones that they’re trying to remove their citizenship based on some 140-year-old law that has already been superseded by other better law?

    • @[email protected]
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      231 month ago

      I really, really, don’t understand how/why Native Americans are treated so bad. It makes no sense to me. Then their artifacts and regalia will be copied or sold for top dollar. It’s insane.

        • bizarroland
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          I think it’s more about getting revenge on successful casino owners when the carrot in chief has failed multiple casinos.

          And also about getting rid of the loudest objectors to all of the oil pipe lines.

          Reservation land is typically pretty terrible. I’m from Pine Ridge and that is a fucking poverty hellscape of a place.

          Nobody wants to be there.

          • @[email protected]
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            11 month ago

            This goes beyond one president, literally back to the founding of the country. It’s not just some grudge held by this particular president. Even Obama has done some heinous shit to natives in regards to their land and rights.

            The reservations have always been a set off moving goal posts that have been granted, moved around, and revoked—regardless of how ‘good’ or ‘not good’ the land is. The US government (read: capitalism, bc that’s what it’s always been) wants ALL the land.

            • bizarroland
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              You…

              I really want to insult you right now, but we’re literally talking about Trump taking away my native citizenship.

              Natives have only been citizens for roughly 100 years,

              President Cock smoker is trying to take it away.

              Your whataboutism isn’t going to keep my family American and out of the detainment camps.

              So put that stupid shit in your peace pipe and smoke it.

              • @[email protected]
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                11 month ago

                What are you talking about? I’m not defending Trump, or using whataboutism? I’m trying to explain the history of consistent oppression of native peoples. It’s unfortunately as old as white people coming here in the first place; Trump is just the latest flavor of awful. This country is literally founded on genocide, and just about every president has partaken.

                I live in Oklahoma, my spouse is a tribal member, as is my child. I’m extremely close to the issue and try to make myself as educated on the topic as I can. I also try to educate others, since a lot of people genuinely don’t know how far back this shit goes, as our education system deliberately leaves it out. That’s what I was trying to do here.

      • @ChickenLadyLovesLife
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        41 month ago

        They had the unmitigated gall to be living on our land before we got there.

    • Doug HollandOPM
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      61 month ago

      One of my best friends in childhood was Duwamish, and his family had it rough. Haven’t seen him in 50 years, and all that was forgotten come meme-making time. I’m guilty as charged, sorry.

    • @[email protected]
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      I think that society becomes hopeless at some point. Ruled by 5th-generation lizard monsters. You can’t fight that.

      Attend to the health of your own soul. Cultivate your own garden. Buy a gun.

    • @AngryCommieKender
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      241 month ago

      Yep. I’m cis, literally the whitest kid you know, and male. I just bought a backup crossbow.

    • @makyo
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      71 month ago

      Yeah nothing is off the table. A bunch of incompetent bootlickers backing an elderly dimwit conman without any serious checks or balances? Recipe for disaster in any number of ways.

  • Resol van Lemmy
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    351 month ago

    I’m not even in the US and I’m worrying. Especially due to the fact that I’m both Moroccan and queer (specifically aroace). Guess I’m not visiting the US at all during his term.

    • @surewhynotlem
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      431 month ago

      Don’t visit us. Don’t travel here. They need to understand there’s financial consequences to making this country unwelcoming.

      • Resol van Lemmy
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        171 month ago

        This is the advice I’m following. And it’s really sad because I was so interested in seeing the US in person for a really long time. Now some scumbag came to ruin it all.

        • @surewhynotlem
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          181 month ago

          We’d love to see you after we fix our little fascist infestation.

      • @[email protected]
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        61 month ago

        I just heard an ad on a podcast inviting me to visit Key West, Florida, which is apparently an LGBT resort paradise.

        Not happening, not even if they paid me.

        • @surewhynotlem
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          31 month ago

          I live in the US and I’m also boycotting Florida. We used to go to Disney a couple times a year, and my kids miss it, but I’m not getting accidentally caught up in that crazy.

    • Banana
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      181 month ago

      Dude I’m in Canada and shit’s looking bleeeeak

        • Banana
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          81 month ago

          We’re never alone. Community is our strength. This is as important right now as ever.

      • Meursault
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        31 month ago

        As a Californian, take us with you?

        • Banana
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          41 month ago

          Would love to have California as an ally if the secession goes through!

        • Banana
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          71 month ago

          Regular Americans seeking refuge from fascism aren’t my enemies though. Rich fuckers hoarding wealth from the working class are.

    • @chiliedogg
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      51 month ago

      Ace of hearts here:

      At least us ace folk can hide more easily. Nobody knows I’m ace unless I specifically tell them. I don’t hide it - it’s just not a topic that comes up. I’m just a single dude as far as most people know.

      • Resol van Lemmy
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        71 month ago

        It’s not really as easy for me because I’ve been a victim of sexual harassment quite a few times, mostly by men (I am male). Classmates keep resenting me for “not acting normal” and have accused me of misogyny and being gay. Parents called my asexuality “not normal at all”. Hell, my dad accused me of atheism simply for not wanting children. I just can’t stand being bullied by society all the time.

        • @[email protected]
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          21 month ago

          I’m also ace, but I live with an opposite sex partner, so that helps me look less queer. We’re both gender non-conforming (I’m non-binary, he’s unlabeled), but that’s something we can tone down.

          I can’t tell if you’re in high school or college. Things got easier for me when I moved away for college. I got to figure out who I was, away from my family and people that knew me as a child. I went to an engineering school and it was wonderful to have a bunch of other misfits to hang out with. Looking back, I think my new friend group was very non-neurotypical.

          Anyways, I hope you find a good, supportive friend group.

          • Resol van Lemmy
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            21 month ago

            Thank you so much.

            Btw I finished high school years ago.

        • Doug HollandOPM
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          01 month ago

          Screw ‘society’. You’re better than ‘society’.

          If you’re ever in Seattle, DM me and I’ll take you to breakfast.

          • Resol van Lemmy
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            21 month ago

            I’m still in Morocco, unfortunately. I’ve never even been to Seattle.

      • Doug HollandOPM
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        01 month ago

        Ace of hearts

        Always there’s some new insider lingo I don’t know. Sounds good, but what’s it mean?

        • @chiliedogg
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          21 month ago

          Romantic asexual. My gf and I do all the couple stuff, minus the sexuality.

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              For most, we definitely appear to most people to be a regular heterosexual couple.

              So we really fly under the radar.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 month ago

      Forget about our politics, don’t come here because if something happens and you need healthcare you’re fucked.

      • Resol van Lemmy
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        11 month ago

        Guess I’ll never attend those fun conventions.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 month ago

          Well if you want to anyway maybe there’s special travel insurance you can buy that covers it or maybe your governments insurance will cover it. Just be careful about that, it’s the quickest path to bankruptcy for us.

          • Resol van Lemmy
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            11 month ago

            My income isn’t that high anyway, so… I guess I really won’t attend the fun conventions.

      • Resol van Lemmy
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        21 month ago

        You live in a place where nobody has an issue with not being interested in relationships. But where I live, it’s literally a giant problem.

        Also, yeah I might not get deported, but I could still face arrest, you know. At this point it’s a miracle nobody managed to convince the police that I deserve to be in jail in my country, let alone the US under the new Trump administration.

        And I never wanted to immigrate to the US, I just wanted to drop in and say hi, spend time for a few weeks and leave. That alone requires a visa too, you know. And different countries get different amounts of restrictions. I’m just glad I’m not banned from entry altogether. And even then, facing prejudice is still very possible.

        You quite literally ruined my day.

        • Doug HollandOPM
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          01 month ago

          Too many idiots and trolls walk among us, but that one’s gone.

    • @disguy_ovahea
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      111 month ago

      Maybe the rest just need to relax for you to fit in

    • @Death_Equity
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      81 month ago

      Have you tried not being you are?

        • Doug HollandOPM
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          11 month ago

          I know you’re both joking, and it’s funny, but also jeez it’s sad.

          • @[email protected]
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            21 month ago

            its definitely a cope through humor 🥲

            some are gonna be really hard, like gaslighting myself to believe there’s a magic friend in the sky

            • Doug HollandOPM
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              11 month ago

              Tried that for a while, but I couldn’t pull it off.

  • @[email protected]
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    181 month ago

    Oh, you’ll be fine as long as you don’t have to work to live. If you are rich enough to live of the work of others.

    Everyone else is fucked. The plutocrats are going to make sure of that.

  • @CritFail
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    I’ve always considered Musk to have the look of the Innsmouth about him; pale clammy skin, wide eyes clumped above his guppy jaw. I hope he will be lured by the ancestral calls and return to the murky depths in due course.

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