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[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's why I disowned my family. I am so bitter about it

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sorry to hear you lost your family to a cult.
In Denmark we have 12 parties in parliament, and none of them are as bad as the Republicans. Because none of them would remove healthcare for all.
I don't think most Americans really understand how extreme the Republicans are, even without Trump!
USA has gone mad as a society, and see the selfishness of rich Republicans as an expression of freedom.
It is not all Americans that are mad, but like when a person has terminal cancer, it is not all cells in the body that are cancerous, but it's enough to make the cancer terminal.
USA still has good people and even remarkable people, but unfortunately they are a minority.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks for noticing. We're suffering in anxiety over here. People are getting depressed. There are protests everywhere., but things still look hopeless.

Right now it's obvious that they are trying to provoke people into shooting at ICE agents so that Trump has an excuse to cancel midterm elections. They know that if the elections happen, every one of them are going to prison. Or you'd think so. Our dem party is our best chance and they are paid for by Israel too.

There are a shit ton of armed people here. The majority of guns are owned by those who voted for Trump. Most liberal people just don't have them. A civil war here wouldn't be a war at all. More like a slaughter.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

so that Trump has an excuse to cancel midterm elections. They know that if the elections happen,

Goddam the debates I have had, where people claim that is impossible, because the elections are run by the states.
I suspect we may see if it's possible or not, because Trump and the administration are completely unhinged.

A civil war here wouldn’t be a war at all. More like a slaughter.

Unless enough of the people that voted for Trump switch sides or stay at home because they can see things have gone to far.
Nazi Germany only fell because they were defeated from the outside, that is not possible with USA. So it's 100% up to the American people.
I hope you will have more political allies soon. At least the popularity of Trump has declined a lot since the election.
Even taking Maduro didn't help on that, and such things traditionally gains the administration and president a lot of support at least for a while. But for Trump it failed completely to gain him any popularity.