[-] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

The main difference is that in equal measure to being a fascist, Trump is an idiot.

[-] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 30 points 17 hours ago

"Something I hope we can do no matter who you voted for is see each other not as adversaries but as fellow Americans, Bring down the temperature."

No. Human rights aren't a disagreement. We can disagree on whether or not we enjoyed a movie or on what pizza toppings we prefer. But if the disagreement is that you want to kill me or people I care about, you are, by definition, my adversary.

[-] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 10 points 19 hours ago

I'm not convinced we'll go even a single decade of this regime without total socioeconomic collapse.

[-] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago

A law that virtually everyone breaks and is easily selectively enforced is extremely valuable to authoritarian regimes. It's a wildcard to imprison whoever they want.

[-] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Trains are extremely convenient. You optimize them for convenience by adding more trains.

[-] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Only if you're exactly the right denomination too.

[-] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It all makes sense when you realize they have no intention to actually run the country in good faith. They intend to do two things, plunder everything they can, and irreparably destroy the country's future to get revenge for having the audacity to try to move forward.

[-] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

That just means you value your own ability to evade blame over the lives of real people.

[-] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

So he's just lifting Jimmy Saville's slogan?

[-] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 96 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

“To all those growing skeptical of this party’s strategies and overall agenda, let me just say we hear you loud and clear. Rest assured we will be doing everything short of interpreting that sound into words and responding to those words in any way shape or form.”

This is an all-timer.

[-] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Fuck embargos, invade and liberate us. Return the favor we did for Germany 80 years ago.

[-] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago

Don't forget what RFK might do in charge of public health. A federal vaccine ban is a nonzero possibility.

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