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[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As much as I agree with you, I do not believe it will immediately be fixed if Harris is elected. Some polls show that she will win both the Senate and the House, but that's a best case scenario and may not happen. Regardless America will still have to contend with the culture and mindset that fostered Trump and his ability to run as the Republican candidate for 3 straight elections. And don't even get me started with the Supreme Court. I genuinely hope that Harris winning will be a turning point for American politics to stop leaning so right, but this will take years at minimum.

Reading a bit between the lines it sounds like you've been very negatively impacted by certain policies that have been enacted. If this is the case, I just wanted to offer my sympathies. Hopefully it gets better for you soon.

[–] Blackbeard@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 6 days ago)
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

I do not believe it will immediately be fixed if Harris is elected.

That future was abandoned long ago.

Currently the fight is to keep the very ability to fix things at all, because the alternative is a future locked-into elitist hate.

It's going to take A Lot of work to correct the mountain of lies and then help the people dealing with the dawning realization of their patsy role in this. But, with luck, we'll have the ability to do that.