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‘It’s mindblowing’: US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

No, only if he loses.

If he wins, America is done.

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[–] actually@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

If he wins, America is done.

Which America? It’s a huge country, only parts would be done , only some groups would be persecuted, and the background death rate would only go up by 2 or 3 times elsewhere due to collapse of services and medicine. People as a whole would get poorer, but many are already poor

Vast amounts of people will never notice

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