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Unfortunately I have seen no indication that improvement happens. Before trump I could not believe we would have a president as stupid or irresponsible as bush jr. and before that I did not think any politician could top newt and then of course we have reagan. The trending direction is clear.
Right!?!?!?! I thought we hit rock bottom with Bush Jr and then this whole thing with Trump came along. I am starting to realize that it’s just going to get worse from here. If GWB wasn’t the worst then Trump will likely not be the worst.
You're lucky Musk is born in SA, or he would be your president in a few terms!
Who says he won't be? Constitution doesn't seem to matter much these days. More of a suggestion really. Except, apparently, the 2nd amendment.
Just the part after the comma
Yeah, they don't have any use for the reasoning it's based on, especially since it's no longer applicable.
I mean we have a history of folks who run for vice president running for president. So right there.
Musk has negative rizz, I doubt he'd be able to sway the masses like Trump has. Trump is - for all his many incomprehensible flaws - entertaining. Musk is a deeply boring man.
I was really gobsmacked listening to the Ultra podcast by Rachel Maddow about Nazis infiltrating the government during WWII. The parallels were so frighteningly similar to today, but in a way reassuring in that some things never change. There will always be schmucks in politics trying to ruin everyone’s time. The struggle for decency is perennial.
Yeah the problem is as trump came in there was already sorta an overuse of like hitler thing (and again by our republicans who try to normalize everything. My god the pictures of obama with a hitler mustache, ugh) and its like trump came in and the way he spoke and acted its like hes going right out of hitlers playbook. super eerie.
Trouble is you need an event which causes a purge to get rid of them. WW2 was it last time. What will it be this time.
Well ok but you're pointing out the authoritarian avalanche in the Republican Party, not American politics writ large.
I think people like AOC and Max Frost (and heck, Tim Walz) show that it's possible for there to be progress. We just have to want it. Also we have to learn to ignore trump and his ilk instead of giving them equal time.
well yeah but that is what trump is apart of. Sure it will be better anytime there is not a republican at this point but its crazy how hard we have to hold the line since they are full steam best case corpo run cyberpunk future, worse case totalitarianism. This is why I feel we have to get to the point were they just can't win in any meaningful way.
Just wait until the tick tockers and twitch streamers and YouTubers all grow up and become politicians. It's coming faster than you think. Fidias just got elected to the European parliament in Cypress. If you are lucky enough to not know who that is all you have to know is he is a very annoying YouTuber as of... well now still. Its inevitable that we'll have a Mr. Beast type presidential candidate pretty soon. I have zero doubt.
you mean mister beast Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho.
He already has my full support
Waldo moment