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    3 months ago

    Who would have thought Americans would be so weak in the face of a fascist takeover. It’s truly pathetic.

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      3 months ago

      Has there ever been a more timid, passive, weak, complacent, idiotic population than the current USA?

      From afar I watched them passively accept people dying or losing their homes because they couldn’t afford health care. I saw them go off to fight stupid unjustifiable wars overseas with little protest. But it is when I saw them accept their kids dying in mass slaughters in schools with barely any outrage for decades that I realized they had lost their humanity. If you can accept such outrageous things without acting you can and will accept anything.

      A large number of them actively cheer their own downfall as a nation, their own impoverishment, their slavery and their stupidity. I wouldn’t underestimate the tasking of rebuilding a civilized society there. They might kick the Trumpists out with some effort but the rot goes very, very deep.

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        They might kick the Trumpists out with some effort but the rot goes very, very deep."

        I honestly feel that the best thing for America is to break into two parts, let the Maga / Racists have their own country, and the normal ones their own. America isn’t compatible with itself as it stands.

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          They fought a very bloody civil war to avoid that outcome and the US is a much, much stronger country if they bury their differences and work for a common good. In many ways a split would be a much worse outcome than even what we are seeing at the moment.

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            It’s funny that, the North supposedly won, doesn’t look that way these days. Do you honestly think they can bury their differences? Maybe in a few generations if these Trump policies are reversed soon. Otherwise it doesn’t look good for America.

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              The south is still losing. Doing even worse under Trump. Things are grim out there. People will swallow their pride and their hate for a better life for them and their kids. Well sane people will anyway. It has happened throughout history. Bitter enemies lay down their weapons and go back to living a life together. I don’t believe the US has met my personal definition of sane for some time, accepting stuff no sane society would. The media and for profit religion has a big role in the psychosis I am sure.

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                I mean they’re winning in that their racism is now back and they can behave like cunts

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        Has there ever been a more timid, passive, weak, complacent, idiotic population than the current USA?

        You ever visited Ontario? Alberta?

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      Plenty of pushback against Trump. But the news coverage is always some mix of “These leftists are too weak to stop us” and “These leftists are ruining America! Send in tanks to crush them!”

      Trump’s already had somewhere north of three different assassination attempts on him. We’ve got protests and riots running from LA to DC. How many times does a President have to call out the National Guard to suppress the public before it counts?

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        It’s kinda ridiculous how out of touch the “why aren’t Americans regularly shooting politicians” crowd is. Like, just completely ignoring how militarized American law enforcement is and treating the gun ownership rates as evenly distributed instead of recognizing that the same people who support Trump are the sorts to own 20-100 guns.

        Hell, it wouldn’t surprise me if encouraging leftists to go out and buy guns to kill politicians is straight out of the COINTELPRO playbook, given what the FBI has been doing to the Muslim communities in the US. But no, by all means, they should keep ignoring the organizing and pushback that has actually been happening and keep baying for blood, regardless of whose

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          Hell, it wouldn’t surprise me if encouraging leftists to go out and buy guns to kill politicians is straight out of the COINTELPRO playbook

          Americans love the idea of having someone else do their dirty work for free. So the endless “Why won’t anyone shoot more Republicans? I guess they’re all pussies” carping is less about the actual state of American politics and much more about people on the Internet wanting a new thing to jerk off to.

          I don’t know how you distinguish this from regular old Alex Jones tier bullshit.

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        there should be riots in the streets at this point. He’s calling out the national guard for bullshit reasons and you’re allowing him. The Europeans would have driven him off by now, America is a sham lol.

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            Where? Please send me some links, because there’s nothing in any news I follow.

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            Gladly living on a continent that has nothing to do with the west. You sound like someone happy with this administration. Criticism of your shitty regime is legit, like criticism of Israel, Saudi et al. If you can’t see you’re no longer a democracy you need a wake up call.

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              Bro, are you slow, read the fucking room

              get out of your own ass, fuck off back to Europe.

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                Oh, so you pity, is that it, you don’t want to acknowledge the truth. Good luck with that. And kindly fuck off too, you’re unable to rebut any of my statements so your comments are just attacks.

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      It’s likely coming your way. I’ll be sure to link you this post if we still have access to the outside internet.

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        I’m between Lebanon which is already fucked and Nigeria which is, well Nigeria. More developed countries will be graced well before it hits these parts. Hopefully it will be too late then and lets just fuck the world.