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The atmosphere is so heated, and the statements are getting more and more extreme. Let's just assume Harris wins the election. After a campaign like this, how could you ever have a normal relationship with your pro-Trump neighbor/father-in-law/Uncle/Barber or what ever again?

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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago

Considering I usually don't spend a lot of time focusing on the election, just enough to know roughly what's going on, I just do business as usual. I also am not in any groups where I deal with major politics during election past my parents watching the news and such.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Finding normalcy isn't hard at all. It's fanning the fire of discontent to effect real change that's the difficult part.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Well, the way we "went back to normal" after an intense election campaign in 2015-2016 was just...not. Not letting it end for the last nine years. This is essentially still the same campaign that started with the stupid escalator ride. I hope it actually does go back to some semblance of normal in a few months, and we can see how that works then.

[–] ulkesh@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

Boomer generation will be dead soon. And Gen X isn’t too far behind. This bullshit is already time-limited.

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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

I think Americans need to address the flaws in their 2 party political system and start working on a change, but it'll never happen because neither party would give up power like that.

Two party system is inherently divisive especially with so much foreign and domestic propaganda. More options would not only reduce the total surface area of conflicts, but it would make propaganda much harder and represent people more closely.

I don't think there is a "normal" anymore? The 2028 campaigns will start on November 6.

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

It won't be over when it's over. If Trump loses we'll never hear the end of how he was cheated and maga people will get extra weird, maybe violent.

If Trump wins, we'll have trump for president, which from experience is also not normal.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

According to my American gf: being a decent human being

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago

Was America ever "normal"?

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

Ignore it all in the first place.

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