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[–] 108 points 5 months ago (27 children)

Real big "some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make" energy here. I wonder if he's just going all in on rigging the election so he's not even trying to keep voters happy.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago* (25 children)

    Midterms are so difficult to rig that it would be impossible on a nationwide basis. All you can do is influence it with gerrymandering, and the kind of intimidation and suppression tactics they've been trying, which are hit & miss.

    Presidential elections are much easier. You only have to rig one race in only seven states, and they proved they could do that in 2024.

    That's why there were millions of straight Democratic ballots, with Trump at the top, all concentrated in the swing states. Nobody votes that way, NOBODY. Yet the Dems declared the race "fair & square" on Election Night, as if the one election Trump needed to win to stay out of prison, was the one time in his entire life that he didn't cheat.

    They'll get crushed in the next Midterm, but the 2028 Presidential Election is going to be a major problem. I expect he'll try to do some sort of write-in campaign, then claim that so many people wrote his name in that it disqualifies the Constitution, and he will remain president, by popular demand.

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  • [–] 51 points 5 months ago (18 children)

    I'm so tired. Trump has done enough as to where everyone should hate him and somehow not enough people do. Why even report on him anymore? Why read about Trump anymore? Nothing surprises me. He's going to do whatever he wants, and no one is going to stop him.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (13 children)

    Hey, almost like the point of all this shit is to batter libs into complacency when the system does excactly what it has always and will always do but now they're not as benefited by it in the same way they used to be.

    Literally, it would only take one person to stop him, or people near him, or destroy any property of companies that support him with the explicit objective to punish that support. It also has been happening, more than they'd ever admit, but because the system is not overturned the day after middle class libs sour on it, they turn to doomerism because that is the preferable option to accepting the work.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (12 children)

    So, my options are either presidential assassination or ignore Trump news?

    I'll not be assassinating anyone and you won't suggest anything productive other than some kumbaya, "take care of your neighbors" bullshit. So, to take care of my mental health, I'll avoid every single tiny thing he does that media garnishes outage with.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (11 children)

    Lmao, yup, exactly that's the point. We all know you have a reaper drown in your garage.

    That you seriously did not consider what the work I had referred to was before literally cringing at the thought of participating in mutual aid to any degree is honestly too perfect of a response.

    You seriously do not even fucking know what you think dude, maybe you shouldnt just wallow and at the very least try to learn how to exercise whatever power you do have to everyone else's benefit.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (10 children)

    Who's wallowing? All I'm saying is that I'm not going to consume media about Trump, because I didn't want to anymore.

    You've yet to say anything of any substance. You pretty much said I should assassinate someone. Any other advice?

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    "I'm so tired. Trump has done enough as to where everyone should hate him and somehow not enough people do. Why even report on him anymore? Why read about Trump anymore? Nothing surprises me. He's going to do whatever he wants, and no one is going to stop him. "

    Literally you started this by declaring that not enough people are doing this and it'd be pointless to try anyway. You liberal doomers are the fuckin worse because you're also too fucking emotionally repressed to even be open about it.

    Someone could fucking assassinate him, it would only take one persob and it would do a lot for all of us. You're betting on it even, and expect the entire system to change now, all of the sudden, because it now makes you upset. Do you have any fucking clue how many people, how many generations of people have fought US imperialism from within the US? Oh does it bother you to never be able to escape information about how this system targets you? How could anyone else understand that feeling!?

    Get fucking real dude, if the most you can do is go "sing kumbaya" with your neighbours, you should he doing it then. How many people in your community even just need a ride to work, emotional support, groceries, do you know how to fix shit people need? Like, holy fuck how do you think it makes you sound superior to be such a selfish person? Youre despairing? Reach out to others like how the rest of us have had to do to help.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago* (4 children)

    They didn't. They said someone close to him. You jumped from that to it being something personal for you to do.

    It's a continuation of your doomerism. The task needs to be impossible so you can justify inaction.

    They then clarified that; for you personally doing something as simple as working with a mutual aid organization.

    But you're doubling down on the misunderstanding. A misunderstanding that allows you to sit in doomerism and pretend that the only actions being advocated for are impossible ones.

    The point is: no, he is not some "all powerful force" that can't be stopped. He's a human that can be shot dead tomorrow. Because your original comment is acting like it's time to ignore the news and close your eyes because "there is nothing I can do".

    Go touch some grass and find a DSA or PSL meetup in your area. Just be around some people aren't doomers. If you're gonna stop doom scrolling that's your best bet to not just isolating yourself in inaction.

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    Democrats should be playing an ad with that comment non-stop.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Remember all those Biden "I did that" stickers?

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/157766146576

    These exist, but please don't get a bunch and vandalize property.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    I do not live in the US, though I appreciate the suggestion :p

    Part of me wonders if those who'd stick on the Bifen version would even realise the irony of the situation. Some of them are so far gone they'll happily flipflop along with Trump's mood dujour, all that matters is that it's their "team" and that they're "winning".

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  • [–] 30 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    "I mean it's one gallon of gas, J.D. How much can it cost?"

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  • [–] 19 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    "If they can't afford oil, let them eat cake."

    We have literally reached this moment in American history, and Trump is too virtuosically ignorant to understand what it means.

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

    Biodiesel might actually be meaningful, given that diesel prices in particular are way up and soy exports are down.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel_in_the_United_States

    Biodiesel is commercially available in most oilseed-producing states in the United States. As of 2023, it is less expensive than petroleum-diesel,[1] though it is still commonly produced in relatively small quantities (in comparison to petroleum products and ethanol fuel).

    I don't know how practical it is to scale up production, though. And fertilizer's probably a global market, so fertilizer prices in the US are going to be up, even aside from Trump's trade restrictions.

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    It sounds like some places are looking into it.

    https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/brazil-weighs-fast-tracking-biodiesel-tests-diesel-prices-spike-2026-04-08/

    Brazil weighs fast-tracking biodiesel tests as diesel prices spike

    BRASILIA, April 8 (Reuters) - Brazil's government is looking at ways to accelerate testing of higher biodiesel blends in diesel, aiming to reach a conclusion this year, the head of ​a soy crushers association said on Wednesday, amid a spike in fuel prices ‌due to the Iran war.
    The measure could boost soybean demand in the world's largest producer of the oilseed, most of which is shipped to China for animal feed. Brazil's biofuels industry has seized on ​the disruptions to oil and gas supplies in the Middle East as a ​chance to push for higher mandated blends of soy-based diesel and ethanol in ⁠gasoline.

    Latin America's ​largest economy imports about a quarter of the diesel it consumes. ​As Brazilian biodiesel ⁠is now cheaper than diesel, higher blends enhance energy security, Nassar said.
    "We have an asset that guarantees energy security and will never be in short supply, as Brazil has abundant feedstock," he ⁠said. "This ​war could drag on ... We need a much shorter ​timeline to complete the tests."

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-01/indonesia-s-b50-pivot-shows-war-is-stoking-global-biofuel-demand

    Indonesia’s B50 Pivot Shows War Is Stoking Global Biofuel Demand

    Indonesia’s abrupt pivot to expand its biodiesel mandate is the latest sign of how the war in Iran is reshaping energy policy, tightening global vegetable oil supplies as more gets funneled into fuel.

    The world’s top palm oil producer will implement its B50 program — an ambitious target to boost the level of biodiesel blended in its fuel to 50% — starting from July 1, Airlangga Hartarto, coordinating minister for economic affairs announced late Tuesday. The move is part of efforts to mitigate energy supply disruptions wrought by the conflict, with Airlangga saying it could reduce fossil fuel consumption by 4 million kiloliters annually.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Turns out owning the libs is really fucking expensive.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago

    Hopefully, being stupid enough to support characters like this orange turd will be as socially unacceptable as taking a dump in the middle of the street... if we survive this one

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    Are you tired of 'winning' yet?

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    He's boasting/encouraging world to come outbid US refineries for oil exports.

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