• arya@lemmy.ml
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    22 hours ago

    It’s shocking to witness what’s happening in the US of A as an outsider.

    • LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz
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      18 hours ago

      Well, unfortunately many other countries aren’t looking at the USA as a warning, but as an example.

      The right wing is gaining ground in a lot of places that should know better.

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        9 hours ago

        That is true! The rise of right wing billionaire funded regimes is not a mistake but a slow tip towards an actual nightmare for many.

    • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      20 hours ago

      The warnings were there when the George W. Bush administration was doing all the things. We should have learned then never again to vote Republican, but we did. Twice. For the same monster both times.

      We need to be having a sober conversation as to why and how that happened, given democracy doesn’t work when people vote based on vibes or propaganda feels.

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        19 hours ago

        given democracy doesn’t work when people vote based on vibes or propaganda feels.

        Unfortunately, it seems like a lot of people are primarily vibes driven. Everyone is, in some cases or other. For example, a lot of otherwise reasonable people will flip their shit if you suggest eating less meat for environmental or animal welfare reasons. You just get excuses and variations of “but i like it” and “but i’m a good person”.

    • Soup@lemmy.world
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      20 hours ago

      It’s upsetting but I am the least surprised I could ever be. They’ve had decades of warnings and done nothing about it as things just got worse and worse and even still they refuse to admit where they are.