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Let it all out, dear Americans (lemmy.cafe)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [M] to c/statecraft@lemmy.cafe
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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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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

feeling like Cassandra for having correctly predicted a 50/50 call where everybody knew it could go both ways

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    No. Because nearly everyone around refused to take the possibility of a fascist win seriously and they still refuse to take the impending consequences seriously. People are still talking about "whether the Dems will learn anything and have a good candidate next election" as though the fascists haven't literally said that they are going to end democracy and commit genocide.

    I'm tired, boss.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm tired too, friend. I was staunchly in it to keep things going awhile longer while everyone was getting their shit together, but the war is lost now, and honestly? I don't really plan on making it out alive.

    Too many morons lived through the dark times of his first term, saw the horrible things he did and said, saw how unfit he was for any office position at all, among many many MANY other matters that would prevent a normal person from running, and still chose to vote for him. By a majority this time, no less. I.. think I'm done.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Do remember that it was the majority of those who voted, not the majority of the populace. Right-wing politics have been in the minority and declining for some time but holding on through cheating the electoral system and making the House of Representatives not proportional as it was intended.

    Try to help your fellow people, as you can, even if it's telling shitty jokes. I try to take some comfort in the fact that authoritarian governments are unsustainable and always fall eventually. Whether we make it through alive or not, we can try to make things better for those who come after us.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    everyone around refused to take the possibility of a fascist win seriously

    I don't who's "everyone around you" but on the internet the possibility of a fascist win was taken very seriously and was kind of the only conversation subjects in the last couple months.

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