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[–] Naich@lemmings.world 135 points 2 months ago (6 children)

America - you are so fucked.

[–] notapantsday 103 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Not just America, another Trump presidency is bad news for all of us. Yes, the USA is not the center of the world but they do have a lot of influence.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately we are the rome of our time...and we seem to be following in their footsteps more and more.

[–] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

Hey mighty brontosaurus

Don't you have a lesson for us

You thought your rule would always last

There were no lessons in your past

You were built three stories high

They say you would not hurt a fly

If we explode the atom bomb

What would they say when we were gone?

Walking in your footsteps...

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

There's a lot of far right movement happening around the world and evertime they come back from their propaganda meetings in Hungary, there's a new far right idea regurgitated. Even Trump and other Republicans went and came bace with talking terms for Republican Americans.

Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈfidɛs]; Hungarian: Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Hungary led by Viktor Orbán.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not exactly. Sure it seems that way for all of us, but we really didn't have the political weight that we have globally until after WWII.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

you are right. so at least 100 years.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Ah, imperial years.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 66 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

BUCKLE UP BUCKAROOS, WE'RE TAKING Y'ALL DOWN WITH US! ~~ohgodImsodepressed~~

[–] olicvb@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (4 children)

What is worse than Biden doing so terrible last night? It's the Democrats insisting he did really well.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 7 points 2 months ago

I do not think many democrats have insisted that. Biden did considerably better on content, he actually got his facts right whereas Trump lied constantly. But presentation is everything, and Biden failed horribly at that.

Of course, the day after Biden seems fine again at the rally he did. Really unfortunate for him.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I will never forgive the Democrat party for treating our citizens with such contempt. They literally hate us and think we're all mindless idiots, in their feverish desperation to preserve the status-quo with their UberLib presidential candidate that they think they're "above" actual politics, which consists of things like talking to people and listening to people's concerns and creating easy-to-follow narratives with engaging leaders.

Nope. They want line to keep going up and they will force this nightmare on you to keep it going up.

You could have put nearly ANYONE on that state and they would have ran circles around Trump's inept lying. Anyone. Get Bernie, get Newsom, get Kamala even, get fucking Hillary back and get her drunk. Literally ANYONE could have done better against the man most likely to win the presidency and also most likely to end democracy.

The only reason I can imagine they think it's safe to gamble this way is if they don't actually care about the outcome. They don't want change, they want the story to unfold the way they have already written it.

[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

We beat Medicare tho.

[–] catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The majority are calling for him to step down though

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[–] JimSamtanko@lemm.ee 20 points 2 months ago

You think it’ll be just America?

[–] don@lemm.ee 16 points 2 months ago

~~America~~ World - ~~you~~ we are so fucked.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 16 points 2 months ago (13 children)
[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

And sex education, birth control, maybe gynecology in general, and say a big hello to child-brides, enforced prayer in school, and the courts loosening up all those old "restrictive" policies about racial discrimination. Also, industries everywhere will have a solution for dealing with all their toxic waste. Directly into your drinking water.

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[–] vonbaronhans@midwest.social 6 points 2 months ago

You're not wrong.

[–] joneskind@lemmy.world 70 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Hi there, European dude here

Can someone nourish my anxiety with a quick summarization of what happened here? Looks like Biden was "a little" off?

EDIT: Nevermind, I read USA Today recap... Fuck...

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 56 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Democrats really have no way to spin this. We break down Biden’s disastrous debate. It was rough.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/28/trump-biden-debate-result-takeaways-00165701

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 38 points 2 months ago (3 children)

What do you mean. They're gonna spin it with either Biden was just sick or he actually had the information while trump lied as expected

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 41 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It wasn't a debate. It was 2 hours of clip harvesting in which the right got everything they could possibly want while the left got squat diddly

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yep, Trump was just being Trump. He lied every time he opened his mouth, nothing new

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Yep, now they will run those lies on every social media timeline and they'll look believable to low information voters

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[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No shit. The left is unrepresented in the USA.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

I think they're using those terms in US specific way

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Only an idiot would think this ever could have gone differently. I fucking hate the democrats. The fact I have to keep voting for them is really pissing me off.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Biden is simply too old to respond properly to a firehose of lies. That doesn't make him senile, but it does mean they SHOULD have given him a shitload of Adderall.

Oh, wait, he can't have Adderall. It's literally too dangerous to give to people past retirement age!

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 points 2 months ago

He need performance enhancing drugs. All of them!

[–] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Abortion is slam dunk for dems. Biden instead talked about a migrant murdering a woman and "brothers and sisters" raping women.

And you gotta do an up/down mix. Little stim, little opiate, hint of modafinil and bam!

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[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

Sadly I think rambling about nonsense and lies coherently looks a lot better than loosely rambling about actual policies incoherently.

The fact that people think amyone came out actually looking good is the worrying part. We've known since the last election both candidates are a mess.

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[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 65 points 2 months ago (2 children)

"Hey now, life goes on... long after the thrill of living is gone." -JM

[–] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Holy shit. It wasn’t until I just read those words that I figured out what they mean. I need to start reading more lyrics instead of just making sounds with my mouth

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Read the lyrics to Hook, by Blues Traveller. Dude hit the top 40 with a song that was literally saying that we wouldn't listen to the words.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

That whole song is a masterpiece.

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Good example, there is also Africa by Toto which is just nonsense and yet one of their most famous songs.

[–] WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Profound words by a wise man.

[–] Ibuthyr@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I don't get it, why can't you just appoint a mid 40's person instead? Wouldn't that be an instant win? Literally anyone could outdo Trump, like what the hell?

[–] lightnegative@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

"politics"

Next in line are still elderly but they've been spending their whole life building up to this so they aren't going to put some young whippersnapper in charge and undo the years of bribery, corruption and arse-kissing that got them to where they are

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

The sitting president is the leader of his party. That's the rule. He's a sitting president, he has to get someone else to run, preferably WAY before now, but that looks like ''I'm a bad president'' which usually throws the election to the other party.

In reality, the president isn't running the country solo, you're voting for administrative appointments. We know who Trump will appoint, out of the two I'll stick with the Biden admin.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do people usually need two hands to chug a bottle of water?

[–] Not_mikey@slrpnk.net 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a reference to a trump clip where he drinks water with two hands,.

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