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It's kinda a weird take? Like if I'm in a discussion about some scary things AfD are doing and a left-of-center German joins the conversation, I'd like to think I'd have the ability to...you know...hear what they have to say about things.
There are a bunch of Americans who asked for this; there are a bunch who stood by and did nothing to stop it; and there are a bunch who tried to stop it, did not, and are devastated.
I guess at the end of the day it's just a meme.
Iβm german and I watch in real time how a fascist Gouvernement is taking over the US.
Sometimes I feel like I take crazy pills, when a friend of mine assures me that Donald Trump is just a business man who wants to help the country. Or when a good friend of mine who I considered sane and intelligent until this moment sends me a link to a J. D. Vance interview and tells me what a very smart guy this is.
Itβs infuriating. And lonely. I think every American against this should be allowed to speak openly and participate. We have to work together, or we have lost already.
I can assure you that itβs the people you are talking to that take the crazy pills on the regular.
Thanks mate!
You may be, but clearly more than half of you are not π€·ββοΈ
Have you checked the voter turnout? Because I didn't but it's traditionally low in the US for different reasons. And this doesn't take into account people not allowed to vote. I don't live in a utopia either but the US is especially undemocratic by design
Trump didn't even get half of votes, much less half of the population. The vast majority of Americans aren't Trump supporters. Unfortunately, the vast majority of Americans don't vote.
I consider those who didn't vote to be just as bad as Trump supporter
"What do you mean, I can't fix this by posting on social media? Stop oppressing me π’π’π’"
I posted it all over X, why isn't it working?!
What is it you are suggesting exactly?
Look at countries that have successfully enacted change when they are angry with their government: Serbia currently, France whenever pensions are threatened, the Maidan Revolution, the Arab Spring (for what that was worth). What do they all have in common? Hint: it isn't posting from the comfort of your couch.
Well, I'm not looking forward to the German elections next week either. #notallgermans #fckafd
I'm willing to consider California becoming the 11th province. We're gonna make these GAFAM pay for all these years of manipulation and rename the US to Naziland.
New England would almost entirely very much like to become the southern-most Canadian province.
Nah, California is too right-wing and populous, it'd overwhelm Canada's Canadianness.
I think we should take Alaska, it always made more sense as a Canadian territory.
Americans whining about wanting to leave the country and take refuge in Canada
for what, so you can squat here and continue to do nothing while your country becomes a Fascist and Imperialist Oligarchy?
No. Maybe we can talk after the Civil war starts when your country invades ours. But for now, this is your problem to deal with.
So...we don't want allies before they invade us, only after. Got it.
There are a few people in America who agree with your stance on refugees.
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Civil war starts when your country invades ours
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Ohhh, when the USA erupts in civil war AFTER they invade us. I initially thought that you were saying America invading us would be civil war
Imagine telling Jews in the Holocaust their opinions and thoughts don't matter because Hitler was elected.
That's not what's happening. People weighing in on the political situation, airing their concerns, or trying to highlight issues that aren't being reported on aren't the ones being called out here. It's the "but I'm one of the good ones" comments that have been peppered into every discussion on non-US-centric communities.
Whether you're one of the good ones or not is immaterial. It's contributing nothing. It's just people trying to make the discussion about them.
What is it you are saying those people should have done/should be doing?
So there were no German Jews in the 1930s? You don't think they voted? Or are you saying since they weren't successful in defeating the NSDAPT in the elections they weren't good? Seems like you are being disingenuous and letting propaganda to support a narrative.