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[–] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee -5 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Can the Chinese even discuss politics like we do here? Haven't seen anything on rednote beside "political studies" and some Marx praises.

Must admit it's a bit more difficult with all of it being in mandarin, but god damn, are they under surveillance.

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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl -2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (14 children)

Oh, come on. About 90 million people listened to everyone and their (non-conservative) mother say how this might be the most important election, Trump won't give up his power, they're going to enact Project 2025, it'll be nothing but a revenge tour, they're fascists, a second Trump administration is an existential threat to this country, Trump is compromised, this administration will end American democracy, the people who stood in his way last time aren't around any more, etc... 90 million people heard this... then still chose to stay home and let this happen. I'm sorry Biden/Harris didn't sweep us off our feet, but we deserve this. Don't you dare say we "tried" voting against it.

If Did Not Vote had been a candidate:

https://i.redd.it/ne5nmguwlqzd1.png

[–] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So you think it's right to blame people who did what they could? Just because others voted against them? Prick.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Wow, personal insults, classy. And "people who did what they could"...? Are we reading the same words?? I'm calling out my fellow Americans who decided not to do all they could. Those who literally didn't do the absolute minimum to prevent all of this: gestures broadly at the everything by voting. And I'm not acting above it or anything. Maybe I should have done more outreach? Apparently we didn't hammer home the dire consequences clearly enough...?

Still, what in my rant makes you think I'm targeting anyone who made any effort at all?? I'm saying to people who did nothing: they and we need to do better. We literally won't have a country anymore otherwise...

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[–] PurpleSkull@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Well, you can't vote fascists out, but historically speaking they've always been voted IN. Authoritarianism is always a degeneration of liberalism. When people get fat and lazy, shit like this happens. Weak men creating hard times ect.

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[–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 days ago

You're still under the illusion that Biden/Harris and the Americans history of voting for their fascist enabling policies isn't what lead us to where we are now.

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