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Observing American politics feels really strange at the moment (lemm.ee)
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As an outsider (I live in Belgium) it feels very weird and dystopian to see everything happening in American politics with Trump and Musk.

On one side, it's very interesting and almost entertaining; on the other side, it's scary. I can't imagine what it must be like to live in the USA.

Americans, how do you cope? What's your take on the situation?

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[–] JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Same. My parents tell me to just stop reading the news so I'll feel better. I can't look away from the train crash that is our country, how can you guys?

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Exactly. I would feel this way, even if I didn't know people affected and I may be as well, but I do and I might be, so that doesn't help. I was told I stress too much. Fucking absurd dismissive bullshit. This is how we got here. People thinking the American way is to only give a damn about yourself and the people right in front of (assuming your uninformed political beliefs don't conflict with caring about those people). Maybe it is the American way but it didn't have to be.