Yeah, let's not count our chickens just yet on world events. Though I'd love to hope you're right.
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Now how do we fix the curse of Al Gore's loss and the hanging chads?
Jokes aside, there’s a non-zero chance his death, and the values he portrayed as Captain Picard, influenced voters.
We changed the name of our first shuttle from Constitution to Enterprise because of Trekkies writing in, it absolutely has an influence and we could really use more of Jean-Luc’s resolve and Sir Patrick’s kindness these days.
I get it, it's a shitpost, but the US choosing a slightly less fascistic government halfway through the orange shitstain's second attempt to turn the US into his technofeudal fiefdom isn't really "fixing all the problems"...
It's a VERY small step in the right direction, and the first step of a VERY long road.
Earl gray. Hot. While watching the Epstein criminal class tried and convicted. Whole human trafficking and drug smuggling operations being exposed and brought down. A sliver of Justice. Make it so, oh please gods of trek and beyond.
I'm not from US, but calling this "VERY small step" is really disingenuous...
Fucking texas is now blue, first time since 1988. I know very little about your weird ass country but I didn't think it was possible.
Take your victory and keep pressure on and keep on squeezing.
I'm not from the US.My whole fucking point is that a SINGLE country, no matter how influential it is, switching to a slightly less fascistic leadership is nowhere near "huzzah we saved the world" level change, and thinking so highly of yourself (in this case, on the level of a whole nation) is absolutely narcissistic.
Besides, we've seen what the Dems really do 99% of the time, especially without a charismatic leader who brings cohesion. Aside from a select few new faces, most of the old guard will now just sit back and do nothing. I mean, Hakeem Jefferies already announced they won't seek "to get even" (meaning they won't even try to prosecute obvious criminal activities in the government), nor will they attempt to impeach Trump...
That wasn't a small step. That was about the biggest step that could have happened.
It was the biggest step that could have happened and it was a small first step.
When I’m looking at a boy bleeding out from a racist crowd shooting at him, “A paramedic showed up to the scene instead of skipping work” is the best thing that could have happened but it’s not a moment of celebration yet.
Americans really need to get over themselves.
We gotta keep on fighting! For Jean-Luc!
If you live in the US, email your local senator and tell them how happy you are about Abdul's win, and how you hope they'll follow Abdul's example. Tell them what issues you care about, and what sorts of things would cost them your vote.
The goal was to fix the oops in 2012, but something's better than nothing.
Which oops in 2012?
New Mayan cycle. Or something. They made a movie and everything.
Oh, well we'd have to go back pretty far to change the Mayan calendar.
Everyone always cites Harambe in 2016 as the event where everything started to go wrong... But did anything else relevant happen in 2016?
The bad news - that mess was already being played out before 2016 started. Both the overall plan by the GOP laid out decades before, and the media's weird courting of Trump as a valid candidate. The GOP saw their chance and ran with it, and the obedient media followed their lead, just as they had been trained.
Careful, we thought it was fixed in 2020 when Biden won.
I absolutely did not. If we elect another corporate centrist, then he'll be followed by another fascist.
President Newsom, followed by President...honestly, after Trump sucking all of the oxygen out of the room for the Republicans for 12 years, I'm not sure who'd be able to take his place.
EDIT: Apparently, Newsom is no longer considered a frontrunner for the nomination. Good!
I only wish he lived long enough to see the blue wave surge across the nation.
Yeah, "the" nation, as a Britishman.
He wanted to become a citizen just to vote against Trump.
Til, thank you.
Still not a fan of using "the nation" in an international forum
Harambe's death happened in the bespoke "nation." I don't see how it wouldn't be relevant.
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