[-] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 14 points 10 hours ago

Sounds to me like you are not very well read on 1930's German history.

[-] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 hours ago

Fighting fascism is a great cause to rally behind and give people purpose.

[-] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 10 points 10 hours ago

A constitutional crisis is very likely over the next 4 years. And if it does, all bets are off.

[-] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Holding Trump supporters accountable for their actions is the only way forward. There are no more excuses. Every bad thing to happen now moving forwards is 100% on Trump supporters AND complacent bystanders who chose not to take a stand. It was plain for everyone to see. Repudiate fascism and the toxicity plaguing the country at every opportunity.

[-] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

I think issues are too complicated for uneducated voters to understand when lectured to. People can learn, but many often only in hindsight when they experience something first hand. The educated/uneducated divide sheds light on this so obviously. Which is why it is so frustrating. Not suggesting being educated makes people smarter, but I think people who pursue education are more accepting of lecture. Obviously.

Democrats have to stop and realize this. It's why there is no debate to be had with many Republicans. They don't think about issues through rational extrapolation and curiosity. Everything is an emotional response to the now. They are just wired that way.

[-] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 17 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

The good fight. Keeping majority voters accountable for the choices they impose on everyone else is as much a part of democracy as anything else, especially with candidates who actually deliver on the promises they make during elections.

God speed. I hope you can be reunited with your family again.

[-] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 6 points 14 hours ago

Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me.

American individualism goes too far. It's just sad.

[-] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 61 points 15 hours ago

Trump voters: "Trump is the most peaceful president ever. We need to bring the defence spending to Ukraine home. America first".

Trump is elected and inevitably drags the US into yet another war in in the Middle East

Trump voters: Pikachu face

Nah. Just kidding about that last part. It was all just empty rhetoric to justify the grift and looting all the way down as the country burns to the ground in the background.

[-] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 9 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Keep telling yourself institutions are going to save democracy.

The ultimate responsibility of keeping a functioning democracy lies with the people. Complaining about failing institutions or parties is no more productive than armchair political activity.

Confront people about their choices and how they let this happen. Hold people accountable for all the election promises and obvious outcomes the new administration implements.

[-] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 59 points 15 hours ago

Hold MAGA voters accountable for their choices. Every. Single. Day.

Thanks Trump.

[-] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 36 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Trump didn't lie. This was all out there for everyone to see.

Anything else is just denying the reality that a majority of Americans are sheep and don't know what is good for them.

I don't like that reality either, but here we are. It's time for these people to lie in the bed of their own making.

Hold Trump voters and non voters accountable for the consequences of their actions and inaction. It's the only way forward.

[-] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 30 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

This is what the American people voted for. They voted to give their money away to people who don't need it.

We've been warning people of this for more than 8 years now, trying to soften the blow. At some point we gotta realize that protecting these people might not actually be helping, it might just be enabling the grift by providing convenient cover.

Maybe we ought to just step aside and let these voters suffer the full consequences of their actions. Democrats need to learn that unlike them, many people only learn about consequences by experiencing them.

Sure, many others who voted against will suffer the consequences too. What are we going to do about it? This is how democracy is designed to work.

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