• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    Fucking shocker

    It damages my calm how many people are surprised by this progression, and how many legacy media organizations are doing the same fucking thing. Almost as if they’re trying to stall the public perception that this is a Serious Fucking Situation and we are very much not going to be ok, based on how fucking nothing and nobody appears willing or able to throw a wrench in the works here.

  • MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I was born here… I’ve lived my whole life here… I’ll likely die here… Why the fuck anyone would willingly travel to this fascist shithole is beyond me.

    • Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca
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      I don’t think it will get better. Trump is doing shit that will be nearly impossible to reverse even if he and the GOP give up power sometime in the future. Trump will eventually bring jobs back to the US - by making the country into 3rd world status with incomes to rival the current poorest countries of the world and no government oversight or regulation. Who in their right mind would want to travel to that?

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      Fingers crossed that it will.
      Unfortunately it doesn’t look good IMO. It seems Americans as a people, don’t have the will to save democracy, or maybe don’t even realize it needs saving?

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            22 hours ago

            Lots of #3s out today. You all really are just reading from the same script. Anything but actually taking action, am I right?

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              I noticed you didn’t answer my question. I guess because the answer is, “absolutely nothing.”

              Well, nothing other than demanding that others run into a hail of bullets while you cower from behind your keyboard lol.

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                Asking people from other countries to come fix the problems we’ve been warning you about for decades is a clown-ass look.

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        I think a lot of younger people voted for Trump thinking he would follow through on his promises.

        It seems Ohio already is is expected to lose a seat in the next election.

        Also his immigration policy has been hugely unpopular.

        My dad was a big Trumper last time around. He would bring up Trump all the time. He has not said anything about him for the past few months.

        So, I think the tides are changing.

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              In the first Trump term, did he ever intimate why he was a supporter in no uncertain terms?

              An acquaintance of an acquaintance of mine, who was a MAGAt, said “it takes someone with some dirt on him to take down the dirty.” He is now against Trump due to the Epstein debacle. We were in our mid 30s then.

              I’m casually interested in the reasoning process people use to convince themselves that it’s acceptable to support someone like a Donald Trump.

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                I forget exactly, but he never believed anything negative about Trump was true. He just assumed the media was lying. In his mind Trump could do no wrong.

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                  Aha, I see. Thanks for sharing. I suppose I’m curious about “what broke his back” and why he’s silent about Trump now, as you’ve indicated before.

                  Just pure curiosity only my part; no obligation to respond at all.

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    The World Travel & Tourism Council projected ahead of Memorial Day that the U.S. would be the only country among the 184 it studied where foreign visitor spending would fall in 2025.

    America alone
    🤣 🤣 🤣

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    no shit you’d have more luck getting past the arrivals desk in North Korea than you would entering the US now, why would anyone want to visit that shithole?

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      Well, I’m going to visit family next month. My sister has had 3 kids since I’ve last been back and I’ve only ever met one when he was a baby.

      So there’s that. Hopefully, my flight is relatively empty so I can be comfortable on the flight.