I get the hopelessness, but if you give into it then you become a part of what you’re worried about.
The option to hope might feel pointless but it’s literally the only rational option because it gives you a chance even if it’s slim. The other path is no chance at all and I can’t accept that.
I encourage everyone to check their cynicism, it’s a drug, it feels good, it feels practical, and it always leads to ruin.
There’s a difference between outsized influence and full rigging.
I said before I fully expect them to attempt to influence the election in illegal ways.
If the people stand up against this, however, they can’t stop it.
Rigging requires nationalized elections which we don’t have and never should have.
Dude I full agree with you. We need all of these things.
I agree with the general strike, but we also need an opposition party with power to do something during and after the strike.
It’s not all made up fiction and both sides are not the same.
Apathy of the populace and cynicism got us here and we have to push back against that to get out of it.
Right but it cannot be rigged it’s too decentralized. They will try to fuck with it but if everyone votes its too big to rig.
It’s being a defeatist. When you call it being a realist you shoot your whole point in the foot.
It is not happening. Gtfo with this fear mongering nonsense it just makes people think why vote.
They can’t stop this yet, but if we give up right now they will win.
We are not fucked. Everyone needs to vote like their life depends on it because it does.
If people don’t vote because of fear then we are fucked. It’s up to us to unfuck ourselves.
You silly man Trump will be on the ballot for 2028. The constitution says he can’t but Trump will just run anyway.
I don’t think he’d win 2028 but I do think he’s going to just run anyway if he’s still alive or doesn’t get impeached and removed.
This is it exactly. It’s not necessarily the form of government you’re running, it’s the elites that are running whatever form of government you have.
The only thing that has ever kept elites in check is a people united and willing to do whatever it takes to fix it.
I’ve been calling the current government the Nazi regime and the people that still support it Nazis for about a year and a half now.
This includes family members sadly, I just call them nazis. They don’t like it but I don’t back down because I’m not wrong.
People have been saying this exact thing about him for ten years and he keeps violating it.
If you’re into this Sarah Longwell’s book is a pretty funny, fascinating, page turner. I can’t recommend it enough.
Aww yeah first time I’ve seen the bulwark on lemmy! Can’t recommend them enough, Sarah’s latest book is a fascinating explanation of what’s going on with us voters, I highly recommend reading it if you want to understand the insane contradictions in the US populace
Yeah well fuck it everyone needs to go vote no matter the conditions.
Being afraid is a guaranteed loss.
This comment deserved more attention. He is going to go nuclear before his term is up. He needs to use that power, it’s in his dna to want to touch that stove.
100%, I like the new trek but not enough to support fascism.
Yeah the physical limitations to this are massive.
I expect them to try, I don’t expect them to succeed.
Gatorade’s got what plants crave!