this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2024
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It appears Trump is going to be the next president of US. I'm not sure such a thread is needed in the first place, but here goes.

Feeling anxious? Desperate? Got the expected result?

What do you think went wrong? What do you think went right? What do you think the future holds?

EDIT: it's official - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/us/results

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I feel like the not-right will just take it. Just accept things. Go into the concentration camp. Let the government be dismantled. Let laws be ignored.

The right wing is full of bad ideas and hate but they organize and sometimes riot.

Everyone else seems too busy infighting and being smug.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do you want to start the direct action to disrupt their agenda or should I? If we do that, our lives are over. If we don't do it, our lives may be over at a later date or it may only make it unpleasant.

There lies the problem. You have to have enough people willing to give it all and this country does not allow for that because at every moment we are desperately trying to survive. Hard to fight back from that position.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was thinking about this, and how it's hard to organize without being infiltrated by cops or bootlickers.

And yeah as much as I want to thanos snap away the right wing, I don't want to die or go to jail.

But somehow the right wing got a whole riot going for their Jan 6 insurrection. They're not any richer. Just more hateful and stupid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Those investigating those sorts of actions lean rightwing. Those encouraging the right wing are very rich and have a lot of reach with their message. And yes, hate is very effective and easy to build a group. Doesn't last though. But who cares about that? Once they're in power they can lock it in and oppress the people who just voted for them to ensure they can never change it. Weeeee