These might be the good old days. Go outside, feel the grass, say wassup to your neighbors,… whatever you do that means community, because sh*t might get bad for a while.

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    People outside the US have always been terrified of what the US president might do. Imagine if China had military bases all over the world.

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    And the thing is: Trump is not a clever man. In fact, he’s blantantly, obviously, ferociously stupid. He didn’t just appear out of nowhere. The rest of us have been watching this dog eat grass for the last 50 years.

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    The best part will be if we wins, those in power will just sit around with their thumbs up their butts waiting for fascism to take over on Jan. 20th.

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      Yeah, it’s like, “You obviously know that he is a clear and present danger this time around, shouldn’t you do something about it? Tradition and democracy are going to be cast aside if he comes to power, why wait for that to happen for the worse?” Biden needs to Seal Team Six Trump/Vance before they ever come close to taking power, consequences be damned, at least that would force the Supreme Court to step in and say that, No, the President can’t have political opponents assassinated, it would still be a constructive ruling for democracy.

      The first time Trump got elected, they could maybe have been forgiven. It was bad then, but I think people assumed that he would somehow “fall in line” or just take a back seat while the adults ran the show or mature or whatever, but I think it’s pretty clear that it’s going to be a total shitshow this time around.

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        The first time he was elected, it was still inexcusable to vote for a known racist, rapist asshole, but nobody thought he’d actually make a serious effort to destroy democracy. It’s been a well-known fact ever since.

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      Its mostly just the echo chamber. But its quite sad in here for sure.

      Edit: Hilarious that you were being upvoted until my comment gave more context to what you meant. Mindless lemmings.

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    We might be living the final moments of not being terrified what the US President is going to do

    Come on dude… I live with that since I can understand the world, US can introduce democracy to my country in any moment doesn’t matter who is the fucking president.

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    I understand that liberal YTs have nothing to fear.

    But genocide Joe has been pushing genocide for more than a year.

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      It’s a little funny to see Americans saying “genocide joe” like if the USA endorsing a genocide was a temporal thing and not the freaking constant of the last century

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    Trump and team don’t need to win the election. They just need to make it tainted with enough irregularities that it forms the basis for the entire thing to be called into question. Even if that evidence is created by them. And this time they’re more prepared for that outcome. They’ve had years to work on his scenario.

    The court cases and investigations will go on for years.

    Doesn’t need to win a vote at all.

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      They already won culturally, as they managed to shift the political culture closer towards theirs. They also managed to set issues that are “theirs”. We see the same shit in Europe, were supposedly progressive parties are implementing the wildest dreams of racist anti-immigration, anti-refugee, anti-science and authoritarian surveillance state policies that the fascists dreamed off. All in the name of “stopping” them, while neglecting actually relevant issues like social services and infrastructure investments. Rinse and repeat and by the time the fascists take over all they have to do is remove the remaining formalities of division of power and democracy.

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      That’s true… They just need enough to start a civil war (and the entire point by Trump, and the rest of his cronies is to stay out of prison).

      And all he needs to do, is start a coup, but not be 100% upfront this time. And he’s been sowing those seeds… He also needs to take over the justice system and the voting system (and he’s been trying to do that too). The idea, like dealing drugs or the mafia, is to try to put measures in place so that other people get blamed

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      Frankly that is BS

      Anyway what happens if he wins fair in square? Would there be a group of people who refused to accept it? Maybe even a violent mob on the capital?

      I think both sides need to chill. I’ve seen so many people questioning the polls even though there is little evidence to back it up. We don’t need mobs from either side causing chaos. I think a lot of uncertainty is coming from US adversaries who want to destabilize the US. It is scary how well it is working.

      Also calling the election into question isn’t a problem by itself. If they want to do a recount that is perfectly fine by me. I think it is way more important to have accurate results. Follow the law and official policies. If doing a recount means settling a dispute then go for it.

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      The major difference is that he’s not president this time, Biden is. Republicans only control the House, and that control is narrow. He will try, but he has very few people in government who support him this time.

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    Hahahahhahahaha you think Trump is the last guy to feel threatened by? The dude was just the starter. There’s a whole movement now with tons of corrupt politicians who will try to get a shot at the presidency. I’m thinking about the Florida governor for example.

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    Like. Did people forget how insane everyday was when he was President? Like you never knew what was gonna happen he was always wanting the attention.

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      It’s crazy that the vote is apparently close. Really goes to show how many “average” americans have utterly lost any connection to actual reality and have guzzled enough of the kool-aid to believe the weird whacky world of wonders the religious fascists constantly conjure up.

      I wonder though, is this ultimately a failure not of the education and internal offices, decades ago? We let schools let people down, leading to them becoming undereducated terrible parents who let their kids down and made them vulnerable to be exploited by republicans and churches and crypto grifters. :(

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          That’s not all, probably not even the main one. It’s a major cost of living crisis and impoverishment of average people while companies and the richest get richer. Neither the Ds nor the Rs want to do anything against it, they get their money from there.

          The people kinda understand this. But they’re not intelligent enough to distinguish “actually changing the system” with “just saying they’re gonna change the system”, like Trump does. Trump is always talking about uprooting the deep state and bringing an “average person”(white middle/lower class) perspective to politics, and people just gobble it up and believe it because he’s kinda good at talking with conviction.

          Of course the misogyny and racism is part of it and an extra, but it’s not the main reason at all. For some people it is, of course.

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          That’s a really black and white way to look at it. These are complex issues. Any attempt to find a simple explanation to them is by definition going to be oversimplifying it massively.

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      I’m just going to keep riding this horse until it fucking dies but the very first thing he did was take everything Obama did during his presidency and throw it out the window, including the pandemic playbook.

      That playbook would have given us step by step instructions and reactions to deal with any type of suddenly erupting national pandemic like Ebola or coronavirus.

      And because of this, which was by all measures a racially motivated attack on Obama, more than 1 million Americans died in a badly managed pandemic.

      Trump’s racism killed a million Americans.

      It undoubtedly exacerbated the problem for the entire world and his total kill count is likely much more than that.

      How can you let somebody who genocided millions of people through racism sit in the oval office?

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        It’s a cult. They have people denying COVID ever existed. Heartily rejecting vaccines.

        There’s just too much to list but it only ever makes sense if you take whatever he’s doing as right and readjust everyone around him to work does it ever make sense.

        The fact that this election is even close is absolutely insane to me.

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        Se simply by popular vote because people are supporting that shit, knowingly or unknowingly

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    I just hope if he loses, it’s by a wide margin so there’s no challenge. Just decisive victory and we can all move on….

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      Don’t underestimate their tactic. For the republican presidential campaign, they will recognize only one of two outcomes: victory, or election tampering/fraud/manipulation. And, the wider the margin of win, the stronger the rhetoric will be.

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        Trump insisted he won the popular vote in 2016. That was him setting this whole thing up.

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      As long as he loses I think it’s mostly good. He currently does not hold the levers of power, and I think as much as his supporters like to play the victim, I think a second loss will lead to evaporating support. Hard to pretend to be a strongman when you look weak

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        A second loss should be a death knell of the current Republican party. He won’t transition any of his power to Vance or any other Republicans. He could die and we still would see 10% of the Americans to vote for him in 2028 because his death was just media propaganda as far as they are concerned.

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        His rallies have fizzled and I suspect this year (unlike 2016) a lot of these attendees were paid for their attendance, hence the common early exodus we have seen from his “supporters”.

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      If we are being honest I suspect this election will be tight. Let’s try not to pull a democrat this time. In 2020 they voted to uphold the election without any recounts because there was a democrat majority in Congress. When you are elected leader it is your job to serve the people. They should’ve at least looked into Trumps claims even if they were fabricated.

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      Expect the challenge. I’ve been watching the usual suspects on Twitter, they’re completely bwashed into thinking there’s only one possible outcome, and if it goes against them it means there’s been election fraud. They’re already calling it a landslide.

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      This, after ten years of this orange baboon dominating the headlines and flinging shit everywhere I’m ready for it to end.

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      Trump will challenge no matter what the margin is, if he loses. He will never concede because he’s a narcissistic loser and his moron followers will blindly do his bidding, especially on the next January 6.

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      I voted Trump but I completely agree. We need a landslide, even if Harris wins. Anything else gives the bad actors on either side fuel for an already out of control fire.

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        What we need is to slow down and take everything slowly. Don’t rush and recount and investigate if needed.

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        Sorry, but I just had to take a peek at your profile. You claim to be on an autism spectrum, yet you voted for a man who will - as the first order of business - make your very life extremely miserable.

        That is my take. May I ask what is yours?

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          I’ve never been one to believe fake political fear mongering bullshit. The right does it too. He’s not Hitler. He’s not going to go after disabled people. It’s bullshit lies. We’re getting more of his first 4 years if he wins.

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                Former President and current Republican nominee Donald Trump has been accused of once saying that it may be better for people living with serious disabilities to “just die.” The startling revelation was laid out in a new book authored by Trump’s nephew Fred Trump III the son of the former President’s older brother Fred Trump Jr who passed away in 1981.

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            I sure hope that’s the case. Are there any particular resolutions you hope he can pull through in his term?

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              Im hoping his foxus is on dropping energy prices mixed with lowering taxes on tips or overtime or social security. I know he wants to do all 3 but we know all 3 probably won’t happen because that’s how our politics works. Nothing ever happens fast

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                You do realize that lowering the energy prices will be at a cost of dropping climate policies? Are you not worried about the earth changing drastically as we speak?

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    I wonder if those folks who cast a protest vote for Jill Stein will be sleeping soundly tonight… I sure hope not. I hope they’re fucking terrified.

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      Hey, if they get their way, they may not be afraid of Trump. But they should still be afraid. There’s only one way to beat Nazis and their enablers, and if that’s the solution it takes, so be it, no sympathy for Nazis and their sympathizers.

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      Of course they are sleeping soundly. They’d literally be marching into the camps convinced they did the right thing.

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        “F ė brıf momimt, Uı þıŋk ð establicmint lṙnd itſ leſėn…”

        spoiler

        “For a brief moment, I think the eetablishment learned its lesson…”

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      You definitely are going to sleep better by not supporting any criminal with blood on his hands. There’s many other things other than voting you can do to change things for good, if you are not fine with Jill Stein and believe she’s evil don’t vote for them either

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    Honestly it doesn’t matter who wins the election. Bam I said it.

    Well it does technically matter but I don’t think it is worth getting stressed about. Your vote is just a small part in the process. If something bad happens you can deal with it then.

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    Honestly, I doubt it. Even if he loses, he’s still going to be spewing his mouth diarrhea nonstop and his cult will still believe the shit he says. Also, I’m thinking the Republican party will continue his shit. He created a new Republican party. They’ll keep pushing candidates who will act and do shit like him since he’s been very successful in fooling his base.

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      I think if he loses theres a good chance that the people behind him will knock him off.

      You know what works better than a hero? A martyr.

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        I think if he wins he’s a dead man.

        He’s great for getting elected, but terrible in power, so use him and lose him, blame it on the other side.

        No reason to leave such a chaotic idiot in actual charge of anything.

        Hope I’m wrong, he’s like Hitler, he always gets in his own way.

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      Policy-wise it is the same Grand Old Party. The vibe and rhetoric is different, but the policy is mostly all there.