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[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 3 points 6 days ago

As pointed out below, most were always MAGA wingnuts going on with that. The only way the populace will fix it is a national shutdown and even that would bring extreme hardship to many.

The way Gingrich and Ryan were obstructing and the general behaviour of US conservatives? This was only ever going to end one way if people didn’t vote and pay attention. There were a lot of people warning Americans, and they…we…were told to mind our own business, that it was their right not to vote, that it made no difference, that the 2nd would stop it, the institutions would stop it. It’s why I get so annoyed when they expect asylum from a vote result from us or us to step in and fix the issue…which we can’t. They told us to bugger off. Now, ‘we’re all in it together’.

That said, a lot of their progressives reminded us outsiders that it was the difference between their freedom and our oppressive governments, among other things. We always knew, as did sensible Americans, that going the violent path wasn’t going to happen or wouldn’t succeed and we said as much when it was ever raised.