• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    I lived thru 9/11 and 2016.

    For over 20 years everytime a republican became president I’ve been told we’ll never have another election.

    Maybe this time the wolf is real, but it’s a basic part of human psychology that more and more people will stop having a fear response everytime they hear “wolf”.

    If we really don’t have an election in 2028, we’ll have a civil war before 2032. Maybe what comes after will be better than what we have now.

    It sucks to live in interesting times, but that’s what’s happening.

    This is literally the day after the election, don’t fucking tell me it’s too late to plan how to fix shit for 2028

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      9 hours ago

      If it were like 2016 I’d be less worried but taking into account what happened with the 2020 election and now facist rhetoric has reached new heights. They want King Trump and I am worried they will get it.

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        8 hours ago

        Shit. I was more worried in 2016.

        He didn’t leave office peacefully, but he still left.

        That’s how human brains work, we avoided the worst case scenario and life moved on. So we run into the same danger, but the response is lowered.

        Which is why Dem turnout was so low this time

        I’ve been saying this would happen for a long time, lots of people were.

        The difference is the people running the DNC are just the people who can raise the most money. And the people with psychology degrees rarely have money as a priority.

        We need to start having a party run by sociologists, psychologists, hell even go back to lawyers

        The current strategy of 80s go-go Reaganites who only care about money ain’t working.

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          5 hours ago

          Why were you more worried in 2016? He literally attempted to stage a coup and it failed. That’s why he left. Did you expect him to start an armed insurrection by himself?

          I don’t remember “this may be the last election ever” being a mainstream or credible narrative for any election prior to 2020… you know… The one he tried to make the last election ever.

          Your comment is exceptionally naive, and probably the same sentiment that lead to Trumps win. Americans are completely ignorant to the reality of the situation; liberals included.