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[–] misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Third term? I'd be glad if we came to terms with it by his 6th term.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 15 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

I am fully prepared for writing off this entire fucking generation.

We're going to enter dictatorship, tyranny, wars without end, mass waves of poverty, degradation of all our comforts and rights, and techno-feudalism and the average American literally- Does. Not. Care.

This is the way the pendulum swings sometimes. A massive group of people have to literally fucking rot in misery for no reason before their kids grow up and start anew with renewed energy and drive. I know this generation certainly doesn't have it. Let's not be fooled by millions of people turning out for celebratory marches on a single weekend. We all know that won't do anything and it will be a miracle if we can muster up enough group momentum to even get that again.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 1 points 8 hours ago

The top 10% with an absolute absurd amount of the wealth are the ones that don't care. Their miney, therefore their lifestyle seems safe.

The poorest idiots care deeply but think Trump is on their side and will come down to sweep them up right before it gets really miserable cause he needs to break standards of living for all the rich for them to rise up.

What will get people to finally pivot is unknowable. It will be when there is nothing left to lose, probably. If that ever happens without help from the outside, I dunno. It's not like Germans could Stop Germany from the inside or Japan it's fascism, or any other group.
But I think it's wrong to say the average American doesn't care. The over represented, as always, dont care, which includes out government. The average American agrees deeply we just don't have much power and all disagree on the solution.

[–] witten@lemmy.world 11 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

You may be prepared to give up, but the rest of us aren't. I hope you find your hope before it's too late.

[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Who’s the rest of us? As far as I can tell, there isn’t anybody actually doing shit. Well, maybe one or two people. And a misguided and toothless protest isn’t going to achieve anything, no matter how many people show up. I hope you find your rest of us before it’s too late.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

going on a half-century and seeing everyone make the same stupid mistakes over and over, seeing generations not only not pass down wisdom but actively abandon the next generation over and over, it makes it hard to have hope.

I respect and support anyone trying to make change, I will continue to do what I can in my situation, but I don't have expectations anymore. At a point I'll be retreating to the woods with my loved ones to close out the world and spend more time gardening than scrolling.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 6 points 20 hours ago

and seeing everyone make the same stupid mistakes over and over

Propaganda has improved. People don't have communities. It's worse. People have to be more clever than before to compensate.

[–] misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 15 hours ago

"We did not know, but even if we could what could we do?"

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 11 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

The guys so old, I'm not sure hell make it through this term. He's clearly not well, but that's what makes this all crazier. Dems at least knew to kick out their senile old man, how the Republicans are okay with this is wild.

[–] FearMeAndDecay@literature.cafe 5 points 21 hours ago

They’re okay with it bc Trump has a cult and many of his cult members are the ones voting the other republicans into office. If they kick out trump, they kick out a bunch of their voter base. Because unfortunately there’s a larger amount of non-cultist republicans that will still vote republican but just not for trump bc “there’s a difference” between the guy doing the bad things and all his best friends “begrudging” helping him do the bad things apparently. Basically they’re delusional about how politics actually work