I’m not saying you’re wrong, because I don’t know enough details about their economy at that time, but people have been saying that about the US economy for decades and it hasn’t happened yet (not that I think it wouldn’t under Trump, because he’s really going nuts on it, but…).
Do you have anything you can point to that makes the case that the situation was so precarious that collapse was inevitable, or just that they were precarious (as the US has been since GWB at least)?
You’re making a really common mistake.
You assume that everyone who voted for trump is ultra hardcore maga. A lot of them are just ignorant shits who fear the woke boogeyman.
I live in a district that voted for Trump. I’m around people who voted for him all the time. The vast majority of them are extremely low information voters and are uncomfortable with change. It’s not that they all think Trump is the second coming. The most visible ones think Trump is the second coming, but that’s not most of them…
I personally know at least 2 who have changed their mind about him since the election. And I try not to talk to them about him, so I probably know others who just haven’t told me yet.
I’m not op, but I like speculative fiction. I was really into Ministry For The Future. I also liked Termination Shock.
What have you got?
I think it’s pretty rad that you offered to recommend books. You’re alright.
Primaries!
If more people voted in primaries we would have probably had president Sanders instead of Trump the first time around
Massed armies in the street aren’t how you beat superpowers.
At this point I’m not going to be looking to the US institutions for medical recommendations. I’ll be looking at Canada and the UK.
And I’m fortunate enough to be day trip range to canada, so as long as the border stays open I’ll be able to get vaccines.
At some point people are going to start having to risk their comfortable lives to resist
“We love America just as much as they do. But in a different way. You see, they love America like a 4-year-old loves his mommy. Liberals love America like grown-ups. To a 4-year-old, everything Mommy does is wonderful and anyone who criticizes Mommy is bad. Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow.”
-Al Franken
As long as there is substance to the reasons for pride, yes…
Yeah, and the problem isn’t the trains, it’s the politics, and ultimately the voters.
The train would make things better, and we could build it, but the will to do so isn’t there.
Only assholes use two seats when more than half the seats are full.
People who claim more than their share of a limited resource are the reason society isn’t nicer.
In the US most employers used to provide coffee and some kind of creamer free for employees.
About 25-30 years ago the capitalists realized their employees wouldn’t quit over not having free coffee, so they stopped providing free coffee.
Maybe you got the custom from them, but they have decivilized while y’all have maintained?
I don’t like violence.
But some people need to get punched in the mouth
Some brave patriot needs to test it and demand a jury trial
Assuming the election wasn’t hacked, yeah…
I have my doubts about the election (and I’m a big data engineer with a cyber security cert)
It’s really sad that we practically have to forgive them if we want to progress as a society. Because I agree with your sentiment…
But
We can’t exterminate them. They are gonna live here on the other side of this, whatever that looks like. Those who have a genuine change and see not just that trump was wrong, but that they were either wrong or very very gullible should be forgiven and accepted as allies. We’re gonna need all the people we can get on our side through what’s coming.
“We tried to warn you. Welcome to the resistance.”
There are a lot of people who wear the label catholic because they always have, not because they identify with other catholics or believe that the pope is the earthly voice of god.
JD Vance is a fascist white supremacist who happens to be catholic. The fascism and white supremacy being more important to him than the catholicism…
The bit about calling sam out and down with lies makes it pretty clear that he views it as a counter attack
Currently unavailable on amazon, but this is where I bought it:
All the post said was that she voted for Trump to piss off liberals. She never said she was hardcore maga.
If you weren’t talking about the post in question, I think my mistake in assuming that you were was reasonable, given where we are…
Have a good one