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I'm feeling like just hiding in bed for the next 4 years. Friends on Lemmy, got any advice for us Americans coping with the oncoming shit show that is the Trump GOP takeover? (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] arthur@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Lack of hope is a benefit, but not for you. People thought that a revolution was impossible even before the 20th century, and still, 1917 happened.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

For a while, and then it failed. Meanwhile, the Western world got more and more free market.

[–] arthur@lemmy.zip 1 points 19 hours ago

Yeah, and we need to make it last next time.