• A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    Every time I hear the news from the USA I think: it’s not like things were peachy before Trump 2.0 or even 1.0. How much worse can it get?

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      I mentally added the US to countries with weird draconian authoritarian rules like Russia, China, North Korea, etc.

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        Many countries are putting out tourism warnings for people wanting to travel there. Invasive practices on entry, chance of being detained if you’re any number of minorities, generally more dangerous, and an increased risk of catching an infectious disease.

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          Yes, and fortunately, a lot of people seem to be paying attention. Our government thinks we don’t need the rest of the world? Let us rot in isolation.

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      As my college RA who suffered from an extreme fear of zombies once told us during one of his multiple zombie preparedness meetings:

      Never try lighting zombies on fire, especially if you’re in the same building as them. You know what’s the only thing worse than a bunch of zombies shambling up the stairs towards you? A bunch of zombies on fire shambling up the stairs towards you.

      You underestimate our ability to analyze every problem and solution, and then light both of them on fire.

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        Except if destruction of the brain kills zombies, their heads would explode from the heat, probably within 5-10 minutes.

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        He was forgetting the most important step: you have to nail their feet to the floor before you light them up.

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          Yeah, if you ever wonder how we got to this situation, the number of people who seriously prepare for zombie apocalypse and studying zombie movies for tips is non-zero. It’s a depressingly non-zero number.

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              Oof.

              But one thing my sister’s partner said that stuck with me during the ramp-up to the pandemic about people refusing to take things seriously:

              Remember these people when the zombie apocalypse starts because now you know who will hide the bite.

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                I think liberals (and fascists, in pretty much the same way) are so alienated from reality that stories abd feels are the only thing they can engage with ever.

                Unfortunate that they can’t engage critically.

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      Despite everything, this remains a state created by Enlightenment liberals, extremely decentralized, with a powerful independent judiciary and literally the strongest speech protections in the world.

      Obviously the direction of travel is wrong, but let’s keep some perspective.

      PS: disappointing to see such a display of irrational groupthink in this community, I had hoped for better. Perhaps the instance was a clue.

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        The first president stole his shiny new teeth from the mouths of living humans that he kept as property.

        So lets take this with an entire dead sea worth of salt.

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        Despite everything, this remains a state created by Enlightenment liberals, extremely decentralized, with a powerful independent judiciary and literally the strongest speech protections in the world.

        My goodness, you really drank the koolaid. You sound like a car salesperson. Or is this some form of satire?

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        disappointing to see such a display of irrational groupthink in this community, I had hoped for better.

        Oh yes, taking refuge in the narrative of “morally superior underdog”. FWIW, everything you said could also be defined as “irrational groupthink”. Honestly, even more so.

        Perhaps the instance was a clue.

        And no idea how federation works.

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            Powerful independent judiciary

            Have you read the news recently?

            Enlightened liberals

            Have you seen the current administration, or half the politicians?

            literally the strongest speech protections in the world.

            Like getting deported or denied at the border because you criticized the dear leader online?