• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Americans after one bad election: “Everyone in the whole history of the world is trash and we should all be exterminated”

    • clove@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      14 hours ago

      Eh, one bad election? Have you been under a rock? Do people forget 2016? And all the smaller elections in between then and now? Millions of us are losing basic human rights for a while now.

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        7 hours ago

        Do people forget 2016?

        Yes. That’s how Trump wins in 2024.

        Millions of us are losing basic human rights for a while now.

        The eugenists insisting that humanity is failed and we need a grand culling to fix it are at the forefront of that effort.

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      No I’ve recognized the virus-like existence of humans for the bulk of my 43 years. We have the capacity to do better, but don’t and that’s what makes us so fucking awful.

      No one thinks they’re a bad person, but bad people exist.

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        No I’ve recognized the virus-like existence of humans for the bulk of my 43 years.

        So do most of the people who vote (or don’t vote) for this shit. Maybe we should stop focusing so much on how much everyone else sucks and start trying to help each other.

        People giving up is what got us into this position.

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            My guy, I’m almost as old as you. I just haven’t given up yet.

            If you want to give, that’s fine. You can enjoy your schadenfreude while the world burns around you, I’d rather at least think about doing something about it.

    • ummthatguy@lemmy.worldOP
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      More a series of ongoing failures, whittling away of freedoms, vilification of the “other” (chosen targets periodically changing), and willful ignorance spread over decades. Just seems more focused these days and across more than the US.