Yes, and we will be dumbfounded how quickly they forget.

it's so incredibly frustrating reading americans thoughts on this stuff. like you just stroll over to virtually any reddit thread regarding anything the administration is doing and it's always "this must be illegal" or "it's happening" and what have you. Like they still don't get it. "I can't believe they're doing what they said they were going to do, I hope someone stops them" - proceeds to keep doom scrolling.

And then you have the democrats that insist the system isn't broken, insist that if they continue to play by the rules than the other side will also eventually decide that the rules should be followed...no, that's not how this work. A cheater doesn't suddenly have a come to jesus moment and thinks "you know...I really shouldn't cheat anymore."

This was in the plan

It's also generally where our government operates. Under Clinton we watched the social safety net get cut. Under Dubya it was cut further. When the poors tried to revolt Obama stood by and let the NYPD brutalize them and let the banks con and rob them. Biden and Trump I also got in on the fun of making life harder for the poors, by standing by and doing nothing as the cost of living has doubled and tripled while wages stayed stagnant. (And for added fun, Biden and Trump have done nothing while homelessness is increasingly criminalized.)

It's who we are at a cultural level. We ARE a cruel people.

Like all the money saved by hiring vibe coders cause they're cheaper! The bugs are the point!!!

People vote for a convicted rapist and then are surprised when their country gets fucked.

It really sucks that normal people have to suffer as well, but I will be watching with great joy at my neighbors and family complaining about this when we all know who they voted for. I'm lucky I'm insulated from this, but I can't say the same for my cousin who just had a second kid, is reliant on this program, and is passively a maga idiot. I'll cook for and feed her kids, but her and her Hispanic maga baby daddy can suck eggs.

I think escalation and violence from one side or another is happening regardless.

On one hand, if this is the game he will play he can make things worse and worse and just say "but if you react, I get what I want". Then he ruins programs and gets what he wants. On the other hand he has made things worse and more violent by lying and claiming that there is already a violent response... and he gets what he wants.

Win win for fascism either way.

They've been poking the bear for a while now and the bear continues to sleep. It's either because a good chunk of Americans are wise to their scheme OR a good chunk of Americans are too lazy or afraid to do anything about it. ICE, deploying the National Guard to various places, political assassinations and attempts, potential hunger riots, etc, etc, etc and non of it has worked.

It'll be interesting to see exactly WHAT results in Americans saying "enough is enough" but at this point...I don't think there's anything that will do that.

Someone dumbfounded by the actions of the current administration is almost by definition someone who struggles with coherent and consistent thought.

No sympathy at all.

And the oroboros of American politics continues it's spiral.

It's weird they keep generalizing... 63 percent of Americans right now disapprove of Trump.

Tell it like it is: Conservative idiots are dumb and can't understand whats going on.

He didn't win the popular vote the first time. He lost by 3 million votes, but a Democrat has to win by a lot more than that because of the handicap set up by Republicans to favour Republicans. He lost by 8 million to Biden and that was enough for a Democrat to be appointed by the "Electoral College".

George W. Bush also lost the popular vote in 2000, but was appointed.

I don't know if Trump actually won the popular vote in 2024. At this point it doesn't really matter. The rich and powerful are just going to appoint who they want, they don't give a fuck what the people vote for. The popular vote is an opinion at best, and it's not considered. Americans don't elect presidents, the ruling elite does.

Totally agree with what you are saying. I would like to add that I was part of our cities homeless task force. The progressive people wanted to help them and the conservatives wanted to drive them away. Don't generalize too much about Americans because there are a lot of us that want to help.

Isn't a vote for Trump still worse effect-wise than a third-party vote or not voting?