TheCriticalMember

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[–] TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone 15 points 2 months ago

I believe the US is a failed state. trump just decided that himself and his AG are the only people who can decide which laws apply to the executive, and ordered the termination of all remaining Biden era US Attorneys. I know we've been saying this a lot lately, but it feels like a mask off moment.

[–] TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Not my kids, but my wife is American and I lived there for 10 years before moving our family back here in 2015. I thought all my in-laws were decent people, but found out that they all voted for trump last November, and I have to say it's got me feeling very conflicted. I doubt I'd be able to maintain a relationship with any of them if I were still there, knowing what they chose to support.

[–] TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone 21 points 2 months ago

If you thought trump was ever going to help working people, you're a fucking idiot.

[–] TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It does, thanks. And I agree. I don't claim to know what the perfect system is, but I believe it would be some form of democratic socialism with some sort of magical built-in safeguard against wars of misinformation of the type we're seeing now.

[–] TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

What do you mean by "these things"?

[–] TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What about them?

[–] TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's still infuriating that there are people who think "Labor isn't putting out the fire fast enough, so let's vote for the petrol party".

[–] TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago

Me either. 9 years ago I moved my family here from the US (I'm Aussie born), and I've been dirt poor ever since. But I don't even know where the hell else we'd go.

[–] TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's pretty horrifying, makes me worry that the average Australian is exactly the kind of person I suspected.

[–] TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone 40 points 2 months ago (10 children)

Jesus fucking Christ, are we all learning nothing from what's happening in the US right now???

[–] TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not bad, but my favorite so far is "gulfefe".

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