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What really is going on in the US right now? Is this worse than the first term? Why're legal people being kicked out? When is it time to really consider leave? (lemmy.selfhostcat.com)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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First term a lot of people considered leaving but frankly it didn't feel like this.

Mods: I am unsure if this question goes against rule 2 or not. I mean to ask this as the general situation but of course it is political. The wording of the rule makes it unclear if politics are allowed or not...

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[–] CapriciousDay@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I hear this kind of thing a lot and I've been tempted to think it myself. But ultimately I have come to the conclusion that twice is too often to be a coincidence and this kind of thinking has been too complacent.

There's this whole alignment of the billionaire class taking long term, unveiled and direct ownership of the government sphere, in the most powerful, militarised country in the world, in a way that was even unprecedented under neoliberalism. And it really depends on how little backstabbing goes on between them which determines how long this show will go on for. It might be 5 years, it might be 500.

[–] frozenspinach@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

But ultimately I have come to the conclusion that twice is too often to be a coincidence

Wait, who said anything about twice? I think you're dead on about the second term, I think it was intentional. Just the first term was the dog that caught the car.