• Rhaedas@fedia.io
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    10 hours ago

    Yes, I guess. But can they? Without consequences, that is.

    I suppose everyone has their own set and level of consequences that keep them from immediately reacting or trying to stop events.

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      5 hours ago

      can they? Without consequences, that is.

      What are the consequences if they don’t?

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      8 hours ago

      Sorry, Americans. You had 20-30 years to stop this slow motion reactionary train wreck without risking serious consequences. You failed to do that, so now your choice is to do it the hard way or just roll over and give up now. All indications point to you having already decided to do the latter.

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        2 hours ago

        Things have to get much worse before people do anything on a large scale. In most parts of the country, day to day life is unchanged.

      • JennyLaFae@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        3 hours ago

        I’ve spent years screaming into the void, trying to wake people up, feeling like Cassandra. After the election I had way too many people try to console me with “at least they’re gonna go after the immigrants now”

        I don’t know what to do now but all I see is no quick solution. I think the hard way won’t result in the change needed and is only part of the accelerationism that got us here. We should all be doing what we can to set up for the longer haul.

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        8 hours ago

        I’m American and I agree. People can downvote us if they want, but what we believe is true. There is literally no way this ends peacefully, and we shouldn’t just be rolling over and taking it. Our whole country is a fucking joke full of larpers

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        6 hours ago

        I don’t disagree at all with that aspect. As a minority who has been screaming at the others, it’s hard to both try to explain why we’re going down this path while totally understanding why the world is looking at us like we’re all insane. Fire may be the only remedy at this point.

        I disagree with the timeline. I’m old, and things were already in motion when I was born. This has been a long train wreck with so many false points of hope and promises of change tricking and deluding us.

        I have the same take on humanity as a whole. It’s been a long road of disappointment with lots of missed exits to possible better times.

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        5 hours ago

        I need a more direct tag than Canadian

        Edit: Canadian Troglodyte, got it