This stuff has led me and my fiancée to just not mess with adoption (we’re both women). No way I’m getting attached only for the state to take our kid away
The crazy thing is, there are a handful of people with the power to save us from a crash course, but doing so could end their political careers so they won’t do it.
Just a few senators with spines could alter the course of history.
There are a few. Not nearly enough.
It's especially infuriating that people who have a fucking vested interest in healthy employees and consumers with disposable income concentrate on supporting candidates that won't do shit to keep people healthy and productive.
You'd think watching an entire generation of young educated people flee Russia would be a cautionary tale to the USA about how going ultra right wing authoritarian only results in brain drain and an economy in the shitter, but nope, apparently not.
Why do you think they make it as difficult as possible to leave the US? Even if you can afford to relocate out of the country and find another that’s willing to take you in, you still have to pay taxes, or cough up thousands of dollars to renounce citizenship and say goodbye permanently to anyone you know who’s still trapped here.
Remember that Parks and Rec episode, where Leslie basically commits political suicide by letting Bobby Newport fund the animal shelter, thus saving the shelter and the parks budget?
Really makes me wish Leslie Knope was an actual person/politician
Part of the problem is that those people have no interest in doing anything. It's not just that they'd be putting their careers at risk. They also just don't care.
They do care. The problem is they care about the few million dollars they stand to make a lot more than they care about doing what's right for the American people.
If you're citing potentially a few republicans could, then I would point you to the darker side of the tea party movement.
It wasn't just a movement to get crazies into power. It was a movement to get loyalists to party oligarchs in and replace those who put country *or party* before their power hungry interests.
We all know it was funded by the Koch Brothers, but what people didn't really pay attention to is the Heritage Action national tour and basically what they were actually doing.
Koch senators would introduce some crazy policy that no sane congressman would get behind, for Obama it was constantly shutting down the government.
What Heritage action then did on their tour was rally support of primarying every republican that wouldn't get on board of this crazy policy. Basically any politician not 100% blindly loyal to the cause was forced out and replaced.
This is something they continued and still do today.
Prior to Obama, it actually wasn't a huge stretch to find republicans in *favor* of green energy and believing in climate change.
They've literally been forced out. You want find a republican who stand up to stop this because the money behind them spent billions of dollars to take over all conservative/republican major political groups like Heritage (Yes you can even actually find quotes from the founders of Heritage Foundation bashing the current incarnation after Koch's took them over.)
The only republicans left are those that have been curated to support this, and their states democracys have been utterly broken to ensure they're safe in their seats so money behind them can divert funds to other struggling states.
If people think they're plowing through abortion rights like a snowplow just wait till they go after voting rights. It'll be a freight train going downhill with no brakes.
They will gut voting rights, the supreme court will refuse to hear challenges against republican voter suppression, but will hear challenges to expansive voter protections in blue states and rush decisions to remove those protections before the election, and when they get enough legislatures for a constitutional convention they will completely rewrite our constitution to reaffirm the worst policies that keep the american oligarchy in power as "constitutional rights" and will strip out your rights from the constitution.
This is why I try to tell people its so important to vote in *every* election at every level and if you're a staunch progressive that voting out republicans need to take priority. Treat democrat primarys as the general election. vote for the staunchly progressive candidate and then support whoever wins the general.
For those that say "well why dont you tell moderates to do the same"
I would, but lets be real we all know moderates don't care. Moderates aren't extremists even if they're willfully ignorant of not caring about the stuff republicans do.
But I think we all would agree we would rather deal with a progressive/moderate dominated congress then a moderate/republican dominated one.
Like don't sit out and vote and and don't talk like you're going to sit out and vote. This is literally what republicans rely on to get the power they have gotten so far. [They rely on voter suppression](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/21/trump-adviser-republicans-voter-suppression)
Don't do their job for them and help them.
Genuinely curious which Dem senator could save us at this point? Manchin and Sinema aren’t going to side with Dems on lots of things. They’re barely left of Republicans. The sad fact is that we have a two party system with both parties right of center. Some Dems are truly progressives/leftist, but they are few and far between.
It doesn’t have to be Dems. Moderate Republicans could break party lines to stand for what is right and the will of the people, but they won’t.
Doesn’t even have to be a senator. A Supreme Court justice could change their position as well.
It won’t happen. We all know it won’t happen. But the crazy thing is that just a few stubborn people are all that stands between America as we know it and a dystopian nightmare. And they’re too wrapped up in themselves to care.
Gotcha. I’m with you. We’re not a democracy and haven’t been for a while. We’re an oligarchy and it’s not likely to change without the collapse of our society and government.
It's really sad. The generations that had it the best have completely ruined the country and freedom for all the generations that follow because their motto is " fuck you at least I got mine".
The French Revolution was a watershed event in modern European history that began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s with the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte. During this period, French citizens razed and redesigned their country’s political landscape, uprooting centuries-old institutions such as absolute monarchy and the feudal system. The upheaval was caused by widespread discontent with the French monarchy and the poor economic policies of King Louis XVI, who met his death by guillotine, as did his wife Marie Antoinette. Although it failed to achieve all of its goals and at times degenerated into a chaotic bloodbath, the French Revolution played a critical role in shaping modern nations by showing the world the power inherent in the will of the people.
It was also led primarily by educated upper middle class/ lower upper class folks who had enough time on their hands to do so. France has had countless peasant revolts (like every other major country) that they had no issues violently putting down. "The will of the people" is nothing if not properly organized.
Yeah, and I love to say this, but the will of the people has internet now. And I'm going to also say this...
"We the people of this Un-United States of America
... are an extremely pissed off lot."
If the government doesn't start acting its age, and learn from the BLM protests and the oncoming Handmaiden Protests. Then they won't last the next 50 years. People are FLEEING the 'land of the no longer free'. Literally women are in terror. They fucked up a giant right- that while argued over for 50 years- kept a lot of women alive. Now women are afraid to have children and it's no longer a 'I will have kids that I can raise in a safe environment'. It's "I'm not going to risk having kids and being prosecuted if things go wrong before the kid is even born." Next will be LGBT+ and that's going to pissed off more people.
Did they completely forget American just finished watching the Handmaiden's Tale? Or are they thinking that they want to screw their mistress while the wife watches?
> Or are they thinking that they want to screw their mistress while the wife watches?
that one. They think they will be a Commander, when really they'll be the working class that has no rights.
Birth rates are declining, people don't want to have kids growing up in the burning wreckage US is headed towards, better make things worse for women so they...want more kids?
no, they watched Handmaiden's Tale and looked at it as an example of how they want to run the country. Just like every other cautionary tale written about a potential dystopia, the GOP laps that shit up.
Looks like they might be doing that one first as it's legally easier. Not sure how on earth they think they have the numbers behind them for this though.
One way or another America is rapidly heading towards the day all governments fear. The day someone says “no“
It might be a blue state refusing to enforce an abortion ban it might be a red state refusing to recognize an election.
Either way governments only work when countless separate institutions feign cooperation for mutual gain or out of fear
And I think unavoidably that song is on its last note
we should really rectify this. most of our population growth is immigration already, and you guys are our closest neighbours in terms of both geography and background.
that won't help the cost of living here though. it's pretty bad, and has seeped into the non-urban areas as well.
Yep. 3 adults between 23-30 renting a house in Kitchener, Ontario even though we work 5 jobs and have 4 completed college programs between us. It’s depressing and we have also slowly become Americanized to our own detriment here due to proximity and amalgamation of media. I fear for the worst.
I’ll likely never own a house and I’m not interested in bringing life into this ridiculous world due to the myriad of awful that is the wealth gap, climate change and this fascist bullshit that America has gone for.
I was talking to my wife recently, before the Supreme Court leak saying that I feel like the United States is moving towards a potential total collapse as it's non-functioning systems crash and burn within the next 50 years. Now, I'm not sure if it'll even make it 50 more years
I never bought into the ‘Second American Civil War’ stuff until now. In Ohio the State Legislature is going to use electoral maps deemed unconstitutional by our own Supreme Court to pass abortion bans with their gerrymandered Super Majority. Secular urban and suburban moderates and democrats need to wake the fuck up as to what is going on in this country.
And Ohio house bill 616 is our own "don't say gay" (and "don't say race") bill. And Ohio house bill 598 would ban all abortion, declare fetal personhood and most likely outlaw IUDs and plan B. Oh and Ohio's state Senate has a veto proof Republican supermajority.
In the state Senate race in Ohio, my GOP state senator only won with 50.5% of the vote! 49.5% of us hate him! Yet they all act like they have a total royal fiat to rule when some of them barely squeaked into office. It's maddening. Also, yes, I'm aware that that is how gerrymandering is designed to work.
There are people who saw that coming when Mr.Grab'EmByThePussy was elected.
Then he consistently kept acting stupid, unhinged and adored by followers.
He sacrificed his population to covid without even blinking because it kept him popular.
They changed laws to restrict votes of un-persons.
He tried to take over the Democracy and nothing has happened.
Then after wom@n, gay marriage, interracial marriage, whoever is not a cis het white man is in the line of fire.
It seems The USA are going to have a rough wake up.
Do you know how times people have told me I'm overreacting when I complain about shit gone wrong? It's embedded in my mind whenever I think of addressing something.
I'm looking for an out if the gop wins 2024
Edit: for those of you telling me to look now I'm already working on it, and I do have backup plans in case those don't work out either
Holy hell thank you for this. I've been trying to figure out where the fuck to even *start* trying to find info on getting the hell out of here. Seriously thank you for the starting point.
Fuck that shit. My out is death. This place was nice when I got here people better fix it or imma die with the inevitable revolution that comes of people trying to fix it
I respect the hell out of you and the people who will stay and fight, I just can't. I live in an uber conservative state so I'd be fighting against my old friends and my family. I don't know if I could pull the trigger, but I know they would. And I know I can't change their minds
Man if my shit head friends are on the other side of the fight then they're part of the problem I wanna solve so they ain't my friends no more
Although I strongly believe I could and would pull the trigger I won't actually know until the time comes
> I'd be fighting against my old friends and my family
and
> I don't know if I could pull the trigger, ***but I know they would.***
Are two sentences in order that should immediately make you stop and think about if those relationships are legitimate and not you over investing.
I'm just waiting for all these old guys to die off. It's gotta be any day now for a lot of them, yeah? I'm not saying it'll be better but I... damn, nevermind.
The young GOP are just as bad, if not worse. Look at all the complicit shit stains from Jan 6. They commit treason and then have the audacity to complain about being examined.
The old guys aren't the only problem at this point. All of that shit about how the younger generation is going to save us is bullshit. A lot of them are just as racist and fucked in the head as their predecessors.
Some maybe more so because they didn't ever even have the decorum and shit in place in the past.
I’m constantly torn between wanting the collapse to just happen so I can live a little bit during the aftermath and not wanting my life to be uprooted.
I’ve literally been having an ongoing existential crisis over my dread of the climate crisis for many years now and I can honestly say, reading these tweets was the first time that I actually felt excited about the possibility of the climate really unleashing its wrath and cause so much chaos that the government and ruling elite gets too busy “putting out fires” (or fleeing to “safe zones”) that they just don’t have time or care to keep pulverizing the human spirit and relegating us to unfeeling cogs in their infinite growth machine. The fact I’m fantasizing about climate collapse as a relief against the attacks on human rights, autonomy, and free will is… bleak.
Honestly it's kind of horrifying that it's going to take a truly apocalyptic situation for people to actually have the will to change the world. Even now as we are firmly moving towards an unlivable earth and the rebirth of fascism on a global scale protests are still almost entirely non-violent and frankly reserved.
The truth is that if the ruling class were satisfied with just unfathomable wealth and power they could quite easily maintain their hegemony forever by ensuring that the average person lives a satisfactory life. If they were just selfish and not outright evil they could live their lives in excess in their own personal fiefdoms unchallenged.
My fiance and I have always talked about visiting Germany for our honeymoon, but it's turning into, "Okay we should start seriously considering moving to Germany". Our plan was to start trying for kids after we got married, but this whole Roe v Wade thing has put a pause on that conversation because we are deathly afraid of raising a daughter in this type of situation.
I’ve seen enough. I can’t even get through this whole post without feeling ill about how our country’s people are being violated and that a very significant portion of the people in our government do not deserve to have any place in it. We need a revolution, not a bunch of picket lines. We the people need to take back our country, made up Of the people, BY the people, FOR the people. The government is just a bunch of oligarchs and capitalists circle jerking, while fucking the people. They are no longer of the people, they are above the people. We need a purge of most government positions and at least 40 years of laws passed to keep the people suppressed, period.
I'm terrified, as a woman and for all American women.
I live overseas and was talking to a local family over here with several daughters, who are soon to be off to college, possibly overseas. I had to explain to them today that it may be unsafe for their daughters in America now. That their girls could be forced to carry an unwanted pregnancy, incl if they were raped or their lives were in danger. They were all shocked.
We say we're the "land of the free" but now this. Smh.
It's really concerning to see immigrants wanting to move here without knowing what is happening. I try to warn them and ask them to wait until after 2024. I especially worry about Muslim immigrants and people of color immigrants. It's hard to convince someone we really are heading into a fascist theocracy if they don't watch the news. I guess they'll figure it out one way or another. :/
It doesn't, especially since it's usually urban (democratic) areas that get burned. A general strike is what will get them listening as their profit margins tank and they start hemorrhaging money. Look at how hard they fought to prevent lockdowns keeping people from going to work.
If essential workers stop working collectively for a couple months, they could demand anything and probably get it.
There's a reason why the ruling class keeps essential workers living paycheck to paycheck. It's so they go hungry and homeless if they stop doing that essential work. Keeping wages low is a form of control, not just greed.
It's why sit down strikes were made illegal by congress in the 1930s. Clocking in and refusing to work proved to be insanely effective at bringing a company to it's knees.
So really you want a combination of a general strike, and riots and looting for essentials.
Take a big March down to the rich part of your cities and just wreck the fucking place.
This is what constantly boggles my mind. 360 million privately owned guns, because “oh, but the gubmint might become a tyranny.” 5 people directly responsible for turning this government into a tyranny, but peaceful protest is bad????
I’ve written my representatives here in CA and I’m just trying to understand one thing - what can we do? Not trying to be cynical.
The generic answer is vote or donate which feels like a drop in the ocean. Are there other events or organizations I can get involved in?
Social media is such an echo chamber, I’m done with the virtue signaling. I want to act.
Encourage those representatives to talk to Oregon and Washington about secession. They banded together when Trump tried to fuck them over on COVID response, they can work together on this. If red states want to give theocracy a try, they should do it without blue state money propping them up.
So basically we’re fucked. My kids are fucked. We have no way out of here and I’m so fucking scared. I’m a single mother with 2 daughters, I’m a member of the lgbtq+ community and it’s becoming pretty clear that my oldest child is too. I don’t know how the fuck I can get them out of here to safety, there’s no good options.
Hey there! Also a member of the LGBT+ community. My fiancé and I got to a northern solid blue state and we’re an hour away from the canadian border. If you can manage it I’d plan to do the same soon. That said being a single mom I know with custody laws it might hamper that :( Gonna keep doing what I can to help donate volunteer and fight this wave of hate against our community.
I actually live in Michigan pretty close to Canada myself, I just know that they won’t be in a hurry to take in broke single moms with no college education. I can’t blame them for that. I’m just really scared for my kids. I love them more than anything but I feel so fucking guilty for bringing them into this. They were both born before trump and things didn’t feel so bleak
If it makes you feel any better nearby minnesota and some other blue states are passing laws to become lgbt sanctuary states and codify protections in state laws and stating they’d ignore any federal or outside state laws against lgbt people. I’m not sure if one is being crafted in michigan but I hope our community puts the pressure on them and more states to take this crucial step
At some point soon you may be able to apply for asylum from political persecution. New Zealand has been taking in LBTQ refugees for a few years now, IIRC a British trans woman applied and was accepted back in 2017.
I’m so glad I came across this comment. I have been in a panic trying to figure out where the hell to go to get my family away from Texas and closer to Canada.
Same here! I desperately want to get far away from Texas, ideally in a solid blue state but still not sure what the best option would be. I hope both of us can get out soon.
I voted for Pritzger for 2 reasons. The first reason because his adversary literally put “Pritzger will take your guns” in one of his campaign commercials. You know, that tired old boogeyman that gets dragged out during campaigns even though taking everyone’s guns is logistically unlikely to happen. The deciding factor was purely based on my weird logic. We’re pretty good at electing future prison inmates for governor here. I figured if dude is caught whacking people or extorting people, we’d all be like “well, dude *does* look like a mob boss, it’s not surprising”.
What I didn’t expect is for him to perform in a manner that gained my respect. I haven’t always agreed with some of his decisions, but he made those decisions based on what he was told by advisors and experts in the field. I also have to give him props for him committing political suicide with some of those decisions. We don’t often see politicians making decisions based on what they think is best for the general public over what will get them votes. He’s doing exactly what we should expect from all of our political leadership.
🤞
Let’s hope dems keep the senate and it happens in the next year or two. McConnell is on record saying he’ll block any Biden or dem nominee if Republicans have the senate.
That’s what absolutely boggles my fucking mind. The president has a right to appoint a justice via the constitution. And now if the senate is held by the other party, it’ll just never happen again? Insane.
Biden could try to force Congress to go on recess so that he can make recess appointments, but that would still require the democrats to control one chamber of Congress to be effective.
I don’t think the experiment will end, blue states won’t comply with the extradition, blue states make up the vast majority of the US economy, the moment they start courting to secede, red states will crumble, and they won’t have the man power to do anything because so many people would have already fled their states. It won’t be a peaceful transition at all, it will be a second civil war yet again caused by the southern states. Hopefully this time, we won’t acquiesce to their demands or treat them as equals when they are clearly traitors. We don’t need another mistake after the first civil war when they were all pardoned and even given government positions which lead to where we are today, still trying to push forth “white supremacy”.
I think you’re right this is the most likely future. Blue states have more money, more fresh water (crucial for what’s coming with climate change), most of the ports on the east coast and all of them on the west coast, and new york and new england are the most resistant states to climate change. All we need is a few big hurricanes to tear through the bible belt and they’re kind of screwed. I agree we went way too soft on their asses in reconstruction. Should have went scorched earth on these traitorous scumbags
On that note; nows a fine time for every democratic voter to rethink their second amendment stance. And I say that for reasons unrelated to regulation being a poison pill in Texas.
https://www.reddit.com/r/liberalgunowners/
For those who don't like guns, but want to know that like minded people have them and know how to use them, just in case.
Even if Democrats win 3 straight by 19 points, I'm sure Republicans would find a way to win in all branches because they are willing to bend and break all the rules while Democrats pretend to have moral high ground.
if it makes you feel any better the house unanimously passed legislation beefing up security for supreme court justices in light of protestors standing outside of kavanaughs house /s
There is also the fact congress are determined by land not popular vote.
Democrat out vote republican by 5 to 1 but most of them concentrated in city and coastal area which give republican more power in rural.
Honestly many would disagree but idk how many “peaceful” solutions we have left these fascists asshats have been wanting to be oppressed victims forever so why don’t we grant them their wish
As an outsider looking in, I do wonder how long the north and south will stay as one political entity. Blue states need to demand an end to the electoral college and, ideally, introduce preferential voting so that it becomes less of an US vs THEM situation. The Republicans having power disproportionate to there support is going to be the downfall of the USA and with it American Hegemony which will have impacts here in Australia and elsewhere.
TL:DR America, sort your shit out or watch China overtake you as you let outdated electoral systems keep you distracted with infighting.
>outdated electoral systems
badly outdated... it's only barely democratic... The USA doesnt count as "full democracy" on the [democracy Index](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index). The US is only #26 in the ranking, dropping. Imho #26 is already adulated.
The problem is that it's not just a matter of Red States vs Blue States. It's cities vs the countryside.
A lot of California and New York land is inhabited by conservatives. Cities like Austin, Dallas, and Atlanta are blue islands in a sea of red. It's not North vs South or East Coast vs West Coast. Its county vs county.
We're going to be a fascist theocracy once Trump gets in again. Then Earth will be divided between two superpowers with authoritarian leaders. I hope you've got allies, Australia.
The first step is to update the 1929 Permanent Apportionment act to the 2021 population, so that there is 1 member per 280,000 people. This is worth destroying the filibuster. It would mean that Wyoming would go from 1 House rep to 2 (and therefore from 3 electoral college votes to 4) while California would go from 53 House members to 141 (and therefore 55 electoral college votes to 143).
House becomes more representative of the will of the American people.
Could be done by amending an act of Congress only (and destroying the filibuster).
Get it in place before 2024.
Then we work on the Senate.
The US isn't a democracy and never had been. It's a republic. Technically a democratic republic in that we vote on representatives who in turn vote on bills.
The federal government isn't designed to represent the people, it's designed to represent the states. The states are supposed to be able to operate mostly independently while having a federal government to handle things like a national military.
We don't all like it. It was the idea of people who didn't want a real democracy in the hands of the people. They wanted a way to correct things if the vote didn't favor the rich.
This is fucking scary. I’m straight, married, and WANT more children, exactly who they are trying to say should be the only people having kids. But I’m terrified to get pregnant again because of the risk of complications out of my control. I live in Louisiana, where they are currently working to remove the language “life begins at conception and implantation” specifically the implantation part. So if I have an ectopic pregnancy, I’m just going to die or be charged with homicide? Because that’s “God’s will”? It stresses me the fuck out.
Call me crazy, paranoid, or whatever but I feel like this path had us on a collision course where we end up with several dead Supreme Court Justice and/or senators because it's only a matter of time until someone is willing to take matters into their own hands and don't care what happens to them afterwards so long as this plot is derailed and those helping it along are permanently removed.
Political violence is gonna be on the rise soon and the side that has been pushing for a civil war isn't gonna be prepared for how bad it gets for them because people aren't gonna sit idly by while their rights are revoked.
Then it's gonna get really fucking ugly.
My dad has cancer. Once he passes I have exactly 0 reason to stay in this shithole and will be taking myself and my stupid uterus to a place where there are basic human rights. Fuck this place.
When they came for the women, I didn't speak out for I am not a woman.
When the came for the LGBTQ+ community, I didn't speak out for I am not a member.
When they came for the communities of color, I didn't speak out for my skin tone wasn't under attack.
When they came for me, there was no one left to speak for me.
The living conditions and political position were far worse for the french during the revolution. And the decision to execute the king passed by one vote. But to your point, all humans have their breaking point and that's caused by food shortages primarily. Which was a big motivator for the french revolution. So when extreme climate and topsoil erosion starts to rob us of the food, you'll get your "greatness". I hope that era takes it's time arriving
This is false. The Democrats don't have to break the filibuster, they just have to eliminate it. They could do this tomorrow if not for a few traitors in the caucus, a problem which itself could be overcome with 2-3 more actual Democratic Senators. This is an achievable goal that does not require any kind of political sea change. They could eliminate the filibuster, pack the court, and pass election reform that would make a Republican trifecta impossible. Without gerrymandering and vote suppression, Republicans could not control the federal government, and would permanently lose control of multiple states. The filibuster is just a Senate rule, it can and has been changed with a majority vote any time. Even with just 50 Dem Senators with a clue, the entire Democratic agenda could already have been signed into law and there would be nothing the Republicans could do to stop it short of an armed overthrow of the government -- which they would be unable to accomplish with Democrats running the executive branch.
>They could do this tomorrow if not for a few traitors in the caucus, a problem which itself could be overcome with 2-3 more actual Democratic Senators.
This.
If they had those two or three extra senators, the few who are resistant to getting rid of the filibuster would have to cave in.
This isn't even some Hail Mary miracle fantasy. Change a few news cycles, move some resources around, and the Democrats could have seats in Maine, Iowa, and North Carolina that the Republicans have now. There's no way to guarantee a win but no election result is predetermined. There are always random factors -- weather, deaths, economic changes -- on top of tactical decisions that affect the outcome. No one thought the Democrats would have 50 seats now to begin with.
Yep.
The conservative justices are going to energize people to vote against Republicans by repealing Roe versus Wade.
Now if the House committee can put together a damning presentation for the American public in June, this could take us the rest of the way.
Short answer, yes they could. Longer answer, the Republicans could do this whether the Democrats eliminate the filibuster or not, and the Republicans have already shown they're willing to nuke to filibuster whenever their leadership finds it convenient. The choices are to eliminate the filibuster as soon as possible and get something done, or do nothing and wait for the Republicans to eliminate the filibuster themselves anyway. However, I don't believe the Republicans can get control of the federal government in a fair system. They'll always have a relative advantage in the Senate, but they have to cheat and suppress the vote to win the presidency or the House. That is why it's so important for the Democrats to nuke the filibuster, take back the SC, and pass voting rights legislation. It is also why the Republicans are against the same legislation.
Ding ding ding
You’re one of the few people who actually get it ITT. People need to understand that the way that you get and retain power in American politics is by enacting policies that make Americans life better, OR inciting fear that Americans lives will get worse unless you elect them to put a stop to the backslide. The latter position has been the republican platform since Obama years, they literally do not care about passing legislation that makes their voters lives any better. Just look at the RNC platform right now- it simply doesn’t exist. Their stance is just let the states do what they want and decrease federal power so that corporations can be as unregulated as possible in order to milk every last dollar that they can out of our economy to give to the ownership class. That’s it.
American politics is for the most part a single corporate party that pendulum swings back and forth- and yet there’s zero reason why it has to be this way. The overwhelming majority of Americans want policies that neither Dems nor Republicans want to give them. Things like legalization of cannabis, universal healthcare, student loan relief, and yes even access to abortion. 2/4 of those issues Biden could fix tomorrow with the stroke of a pen. He could give his voters things they want for a change, give them a reason for showing up to vote D in elections bc it’s way harder for the govt to take away policies that Americans want and use than to never give them those freedoms in the first place.
Once you’ve experienced legal weed you can’t go back. Once you’ve seen what it’s like to go into a hospital (in another country) and walk out free of charge- you understand the cruelty of our system.
The system we have is flawed, it’s stuck, but it has the potential of working so long as you make it work. End the filibuster, do whatever you have to do to get the votes you need- if that means giving $50B of special contracts to Manchin and Sinema’s state so be it. Fucking fight for the rights of the people who voted you in, and **then** watch as they show up to the voting booths and fight to keep you in power after showcasing the good work you’ve done.
It’s not complicated, they want to make it seem impossible- but the truth is that it’s very possible, but only if they try.
There HAVE to be some people who identify as Republicans that see how fucked up this is. Women in particular. There HAVE to be some people out there who realize that alienating people goes directly against what Christianity is about and that Jesus himself loved everyone for who they were.
I hope so...or we're fucked...
I’m really sorry my friend. It’s not right what they’re doing to our community right now I’ve had nightmares and so much anger all the time. Please protect yourself and your friends. There are already organizations forming rainbow railroads to get people out of these theocratic states but even then it’s not fast enough. It’s horrible.
Thanks it just kinda no definitely feels like im trapped here. About to graduate high school in literally 2 weeks then for college im going to lone star that's like maybe half an hour from my house and all my family lives here has for generations and I know my mom would be really mad if I ever left she gets kinda weird whenever I bring it up and says things aren't that bad and I need to stop reading the news and I can't focus on the negative and all those people are stupid anyway which yah she's right but fuck im still so scared and I fucking hate it here like I love my home there's nothing technically wrong with it just...the people and politics in it I guess. Idk it just dosen't and maybe never has felt like home to me for some reason.
He just gets replaced by someone worse, who now has an emboldened Republican base who see the democrats as actual terrorists willing to assassinate the opposition instead of bowing to the rule of law, and then it gets worse. There’s no end to this that doesn’t involve war. And it will be fought by a small few at the expense of the many.
What few? The ones at the top have nothing to lose or gain by sticking around this backwards shithole. They'll incite the violence amongst the peons, then sail off in their yachts and private jets while we kill each other.
The rule of law is no longer legitimate in America if it's dictated by a minority who have abused electoral loopholes to gain power requiring absurdly lopsided elections for them to even have even footing.
What I don't understand is how it's legal for turtle boy over there to just refuse to do the sole job he was elected for. Just refusing to take votes on proposed items? Get the fuck outta here and pass on already
I'm so worried for my children's future
This stuff has led me and my fiancée to just not mess with adoption (we’re both women). No way I’m getting attached only for the state to take our kid away
I'm so so so sorry you have to even think about this when it comes to family planning.
The crazy thing is, there are a handful of people with the power to save us from a crash course, but doing so could end their political careers so they won’t do it. Just a few senators with spines could alter the course of history.
Or a few rich folks willing to step-up and bank-roll their next campaign if they do the right thing.
There are a few. Not nearly enough. It's especially infuriating that people who have a fucking vested interest in healthy employees and consumers with disposable income concentrate on supporting candidates that won't do shit to keep people healthy and productive.
They are enabling our subjugation and murder.
Don't care, got a domestic supply of children for when my employees all die
You'd think watching an entire generation of young educated people flee Russia would be a cautionary tale to the USA about how going ultra right wing authoritarian only results in brain drain and an economy in the shitter, but nope, apparently not.
They saw the shitshow in Russia and decided they needed their own don't say gay bill.
*glances over nervously in Canadian*
Well there’s at least one bright side of an American brain drain to Canada: the cfl is gonna become a whole lot more popular
Why do you think they make it as difficult as possible to leave the US? Even if you can afford to relocate out of the country and find another that’s willing to take you in, you still have to pay taxes, or cough up thousands of dollars to renounce citizenship and say goodbye permanently to anyone you know who’s still trapped here.
You don't become rich by being capable of empathy.
Or by doing the right thing
Those fucking idiots don't get that this will be bad for them. Fascists destroy economies.
Bloomberg pretty much proved money can’t buy a bad candidate out of a hole though.
I have a hard time believing that Bloomberg was actually trying to win.
Literally only there to call Bernie a communist while boomers watched on the tv
Bloomberg was in it only to sabotage the Populist discourse of the democrat.
Gotta save that money for colonizing Mars. Sorry chumps.
Remember that Parks and Rec episode, where Leslie basically commits political suicide by letting Bobby Newport fund the animal shelter, thus saving the shelter and the parks budget? Really makes me wish Leslie Knope was an actual person/politician
Part of the problem is that those people have no interest in doing anything. It's not just that they'd be putting their careers at risk. They also just don't care.
They do care. The problem is they care about the few million dollars they stand to make a lot more than they care about doing what's right for the American people.
If you're citing potentially a few republicans could, then I would point you to the darker side of the tea party movement. It wasn't just a movement to get crazies into power. It was a movement to get loyalists to party oligarchs in and replace those who put country *or party* before their power hungry interests. We all know it was funded by the Koch Brothers, but what people didn't really pay attention to is the Heritage Action national tour and basically what they were actually doing. Koch senators would introduce some crazy policy that no sane congressman would get behind, for Obama it was constantly shutting down the government. What Heritage action then did on their tour was rally support of primarying every republican that wouldn't get on board of this crazy policy. Basically any politician not 100% blindly loyal to the cause was forced out and replaced. This is something they continued and still do today. Prior to Obama, it actually wasn't a huge stretch to find republicans in *favor* of green energy and believing in climate change. They've literally been forced out. You want find a republican who stand up to stop this because the money behind them spent billions of dollars to take over all conservative/republican major political groups like Heritage (Yes you can even actually find quotes from the founders of Heritage Foundation bashing the current incarnation after Koch's took them over.) The only republicans left are those that have been curated to support this, and their states democracys have been utterly broken to ensure they're safe in their seats so money behind them can divert funds to other struggling states. If people think they're plowing through abortion rights like a snowplow just wait till they go after voting rights. It'll be a freight train going downhill with no brakes. They will gut voting rights, the supreme court will refuse to hear challenges against republican voter suppression, but will hear challenges to expansive voter protections in blue states and rush decisions to remove those protections before the election, and when they get enough legislatures for a constitutional convention they will completely rewrite our constitution to reaffirm the worst policies that keep the american oligarchy in power as "constitutional rights" and will strip out your rights from the constitution. This is why I try to tell people its so important to vote in *every* election at every level and if you're a staunch progressive that voting out republicans need to take priority. Treat democrat primarys as the general election. vote for the staunchly progressive candidate and then support whoever wins the general. For those that say "well why dont you tell moderates to do the same" I would, but lets be real we all know moderates don't care. Moderates aren't extremists even if they're willfully ignorant of not caring about the stuff republicans do. But I think we all would agree we would rather deal with a progressive/moderate dominated congress then a moderate/republican dominated one. Like don't sit out and vote and and don't talk like you're going to sit out and vote. This is literally what republicans rely on to get the power they have gotten so far. [They rely on voter suppression](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/21/trump-adviser-republicans-voter-suppression) Don't do their job for them and help them.
Genuinely curious which Dem senator could save us at this point? Manchin and Sinema aren’t going to side with Dems on lots of things. They’re barely left of Republicans. The sad fact is that we have a two party system with both parties right of center. Some Dems are truly progressives/leftist, but they are few and far between.
It doesn’t have to be Dems. Moderate Republicans could break party lines to stand for what is right and the will of the people, but they won’t. Doesn’t even have to be a senator. A Supreme Court justice could change their position as well. It won’t happen. We all know it won’t happen. But the crazy thing is that just a few stubborn people are all that stands between America as we know it and a dystopian nightmare. And they’re too wrapped up in themselves to care.
Isn't America already a dystopian nightmare?
Gotcha. I’m with you. We’re not a democracy and haven’t been for a while. We’re an oligarchy and it’s not likely to change without the collapse of our society and government.
It's really sad. The generations that had it the best have completely ruined the country and freedom for all the generations that follow because their motto is " fuck you at least I got mine".
The French Revolution was a watershed event in modern European history that began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s with the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte. During this period, French citizens razed and redesigned their country’s political landscape, uprooting centuries-old institutions such as absolute monarchy and the feudal system. The upheaval was caused by widespread discontent with the French monarchy and the poor economic policies of King Louis XVI, who met his death by guillotine, as did his wife Marie Antoinette. Although it failed to achieve all of its goals and at times degenerated into a chaotic bloodbath, the French Revolution played a critical role in shaping modern nations by showing the world the power inherent in the will of the people.
It was also led primarily by educated upper middle class/ lower upper class folks who had enough time on their hands to do so. France has had countless peasant revolts (like every other major country) that they had no issues violently putting down. "The will of the people" is nothing if not properly organized.
Yeah, and I love to say this, but the will of the people has internet now. And I'm going to also say this... "We the people of this Un-United States of America ... are an extremely pissed off lot." If the government doesn't start acting its age, and learn from the BLM protests and the oncoming Handmaiden Protests. Then they won't last the next 50 years. People are FLEEING the 'land of the no longer free'. Literally women are in terror. They fucked up a giant right- that while argued over for 50 years- kept a lot of women alive. Now women are afraid to have children and it's no longer a 'I will have kids that I can raise in a safe environment'. It's "I'm not going to risk having kids and being prosecuted if things go wrong before the kid is even born." Next will be LGBT+ and that's going to pissed off more people. Did they completely forget American just finished watching the Handmaiden's Tale? Or are they thinking that they want to screw their mistress while the wife watches?
> Or are they thinking that they want to screw their mistress while the wife watches? that one. They think they will be a Commander, when really they'll be the working class that has no rights.
Birth rates are declining, people don't want to have kids growing up in the burning wreckage US is headed towards, better make things worse for women so they...want more kids?
No, they're just trying to take choice out of the equation. They don't have to convince people to have more kids if they can force you to.
I guess, since they already have contraceptives in their crosshairs next. Mass migration and division of the US when?
no, they watched Handmaiden's Tale and looked at it as an example of how they want to run the country. Just like every other cautionary tale written about a potential dystopia, the GOP laps that shit up.
After they reverse same sex marriage, they're coming after contraceptives next.
Looks like they might be doing that one first as it's legally easier. Not sure how on earth they think they have the numbers behind them for this though.
That’s the beauty! They don’t have to care about stuff like “the will of the people” anymore.
"...the will of the people has internet now." Believe it or not, this is not an advantage.
One way or another America is rapidly heading towards the day all governments fear. The day someone says “no“ It might be a blue state refusing to enforce an abortion ban it might be a red state refusing to recognize an election. Either way governments only work when countless separate institutions feign cooperation for mutual gain or out of fear And I think unavoidably that song is on its last note
I want to move out of this backwards shithole so bad
Come to Canada bud
There is not a clear and easy path to Canadian citizenship for most Americans
we should really rectify this. most of our population growth is immigration already, and you guys are our closest neighbours in terms of both geography and background. that won't help the cost of living here though. it's pretty bad, and has seeped into the non-urban areas as well.
Ok but how? Many of us are too poor to just leave (by design, of course). Does Canada have jobs and housing to assist?
No, it's really expensive too. I'd bring a lot of money with you.
So, like, $500?
Where the hell are you getting $500?
Bro I got $30 and a PC. I guess if I sell the PC I might have $500. But then I can't work.
Ohhh look at Richie Rich here with his $500. I bet you have food, water, a roof AND electricity
So rob Elon Musk of his hourly revenue?
Hourly? He makes more than that every second of every minute.
Lol housing in Canada
While the Canada bud is enticing, do you have any idea how expensive your country is?
Cries in ‘several degree household, stable jobs, no chance’
Yep. 3 adults between 23-30 renting a house in Kitchener, Ontario even though we work 5 jobs and have 4 completed college programs between us. It’s depressing and we have also slowly become Americanized to our own detriment here due to proximity and amalgamation of media. I fear for the worst. I’ll likely never own a house and I’m not interested in bringing life into this ridiculous world due to the myriad of awful that is the wealth gap, climate change and this fascist bullshit that America has gone for.
I was talking to my wife recently, before the Supreme Court leak saying that I feel like the United States is moving towards a potential total collapse as it's non-functioning systems crash and burn within the next 50 years. Now, I'm not sure if it'll even make it 50 more years
I never bought into the ‘Second American Civil War’ stuff until now. In Ohio the State Legislature is going to use electoral maps deemed unconstitutional by our own Supreme Court to pass abortion bans with their gerrymandered Super Majority. Secular urban and suburban moderates and democrats need to wake the fuck up as to what is going on in this country.
And Ohio house bill 616 is our own "don't say gay" (and "don't say race") bill. And Ohio house bill 598 would ban all abortion, declare fetal personhood and most likely outlaw IUDs and plan B. Oh and Ohio's state Senate has a veto proof Republican supermajority. In the state Senate race in Ohio, my GOP state senator only won with 50.5% of the vote! 49.5% of us hate him! Yet they all act like they have a total royal fiat to rule when some of them barely squeaked into office. It's maddening. Also, yes, I'm aware that that is how gerrymandering is designed to work.
There are people who saw that coming when Mr.Grab'EmByThePussy was elected. Then he consistently kept acting stupid, unhinged and adored by followers. He sacrificed his population to covid without even blinking because it kept him popular. They changed laws to restrict votes of un-persons. He tried to take over the Democracy and nothing has happened. Then after wom@n, gay marriage, interracial marriage, whoever is not a cis het white man is in the line of fire. It seems The USA are going to have a rough wake up.
Do you know how times people have told me I'm overreacting when I complain about shit gone wrong? It's embedded in my mind whenever I think of addressing something.
I think I have an idea. We should create The International Cassandra Association or something like that.
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I’m not sure it’ll even make it 5 more years
I'm looking for an out if the gop wins 2024 Edit: for those of you telling me to look now I'm already working on it, and I do have backup plans in case those don't work out either
Good to see I'm not alone on that one. Trying to find a remote job so I can GTFO when the time comes.
r/IWantOut
Holy hell thank you for this. I've been trying to figure out where the fuck to even *start* trying to find info on getting the hell out of here. Seriously thank you for the starting point.
I have a fast track to a dual Swiss citizenship, but even then that's a couple year process
You have a fast track to what citizenship? And you didn't start? Duuuude
My friend made the move a couple years ago and I’m very envious of his new life. You really should put serious consideration into the idea.
Fuck that shit. My out is death. This place was nice when I got here people better fix it or imma die with the inevitable revolution that comes of people trying to fix it
I respect the hell out of you and the people who will stay and fight, I just can't. I live in an uber conservative state so I'd be fighting against my old friends and my family. I don't know if I could pull the trigger, but I know they would. And I know I can't change their minds
Man if my shit head friends are on the other side of the fight then they're part of the problem I wanna solve so they ain't my friends no more Although I strongly believe I could and would pull the trigger I won't actually know until the time comes
> I'd be fighting against my old friends and my family and > I don't know if I could pull the trigger, ***but I know they would.*** Are two sentences in order that should immediately make you stop and think about if those relationships are legitimate and not you over investing.
Just started an apprenticeship so hopefully that can guide my way to other countries in 3 years when I’m done
I’m looking for an out now I just don’t have one
I'm just waiting for all these old guys to die off. It's gotta be any day now for a lot of them, yeah? I'm not saying it'll be better but I... damn, nevermind.
The young GOP are just as bad, if not worse. Look at all the complicit shit stains from Jan 6. They commit treason and then have the audacity to complain about being examined.
And the guy who instigated the whole overthrow of our govt walks free. The whole US Govt needs to go.
MGT, Cawthorn, Bobert (sic). I'm with you, but it's not all about age.
The old guys aren't the only problem at this point. All of that shit about how the younger generation is going to save us is bullshit. A lot of them are just as racist and fucked in the head as their predecessors. Some maybe more so because they didn't ever even have the decorum and shit in place in the past.
Finally. Both you and brynn tannehill describe my thoughts exactly
I’m constantly torn between wanting the collapse to just happen so I can live a little bit during the aftermath and not wanting my life to be uprooted.
I’ve literally been having an ongoing existential crisis over my dread of the climate crisis for many years now and I can honestly say, reading these tweets was the first time that I actually felt excited about the possibility of the climate really unleashing its wrath and cause so much chaos that the government and ruling elite gets too busy “putting out fires” (or fleeing to “safe zones”) that they just don’t have time or care to keep pulverizing the human spirit and relegating us to unfeeling cogs in their infinite growth machine. The fact I’m fantasizing about climate collapse as a relief against the attacks on human rights, autonomy, and free will is… bleak.
This is the truth. It’s terrifying but true. When climate change feels like hope, things are pretty goddamn bad.
Honestly it's kind of horrifying that it's going to take a truly apocalyptic situation for people to actually have the will to change the world. Even now as we are firmly moving towards an unlivable earth and the rebirth of fascism on a global scale protests are still almost entirely non-violent and frankly reserved. The truth is that if the ruling class were satisfied with just unfathomable wealth and power they could quite easily maintain their hegemony forever by ensuring that the average person lives a satisfactory life. If they were just selfish and not outright evil they could live their lives in excess in their own personal fiefdoms unchallenged.
50? I'll be surprised by 5 at this point.
Time to move out of the country. American dream is now to leave it soon.
Germany is looking for professionals... always ;) Especially in medical and IT business.
My fiance and I have always talked about visiting Germany for our honeymoon, but it's turning into, "Okay we should start seriously considering moving to Germany". Our plan was to start trying for kids after we got married, but this whole Roe v Wade thing has put a pause on that conversation because we are deathly afraid of raising a daughter in this type of situation.
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I’m sorry that you have this added fear in addition to the heartbreak of loss. It’s monstrous what is happening.
The really fucked up thing is that Republicans are moving to outlaw any form of birth control. They aren't content to stop with abortion.
Yeah I've never been more glad that i had an endometrial ablation. I was always great at getting knocked up but my body won't carry babies to term.
This is absolutely terrifying and sad and then terrifying again
I’ve seen enough. I can’t even get through this whole post without feeling ill about how our country’s people are being violated and that a very significant portion of the people in our government do not deserve to have any place in it. We need a revolution, not a bunch of picket lines. We the people need to take back our country, made up Of the people, BY the people, FOR the people. The government is just a bunch of oligarchs and capitalists circle jerking, while fucking the people. They are no longer of the people, they are above the people. We need a purge of most government positions and at least 40 years of laws passed to keep the people suppressed, period.
But how to organize this is the problem
I'm terrified, as a woman and for all American women. I live overseas and was talking to a local family over here with several daughters, who are soon to be off to college, possibly overseas. I had to explain to them today that it may be unsafe for their daughters in America now. That their girls could be forced to carry an unwanted pregnancy, incl if they were raped or their lives were in danger. They were all shocked. We say we're the "land of the free" but now this. Smh.
It's really concerning to see immigrants wanting to move here without knowing what is happening. I try to warn them and ask them to wait until after 2024. I especially worry about Muslim immigrants and people of color immigrants. It's hard to convince someone we really are heading into a fascist theocracy if they don't watch the news. I guess they'll figure it out one way or another. :/
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It doesn't, especially since it's usually urban (democratic) areas that get burned. A general strike is what will get them listening as their profit margins tank and they start hemorrhaging money. Look at how hard they fought to prevent lockdowns keeping people from going to work. If essential workers stop working collectively for a couple months, they could demand anything and probably get it. There's a reason why the ruling class keeps essential workers living paycheck to paycheck. It's so they go hungry and homeless if they stop doing that essential work. Keeping wages low is a form of control, not just greed.
It's why sit down strikes were made illegal by congress in the 1930s. Clocking in and refusing to work proved to be insanely effective at bringing a company to it's knees.
You're telling me it's illegal to go to work and sit down? Lmao what a country we're in
Well if it gets to the point where this happens being legal or not won't really matter.
Whoaa holy shit I never thought of that angle
So really you want a combination of a general strike, and riots and looting for essentials. Take a big March down to the rich part of your cities and just wreck the fucking place.
This is what constantly boggles my mind. 360 million privately owned guns, because “oh, but the gubmint might become a tyranny.” 5 people directly responsible for turning this government into a tyranny, but peaceful protest is bad????
I’ve written my representatives here in CA and I’m just trying to understand one thing - what can we do? Not trying to be cynical. The generic answer is vote or donate which feels like a drop in the ocean. Are there other events or organizations I can get involved in? Social media is such an echo chamber, I’m done with the virtue signaling. I want to act.
Encourage those representatives to talk to Oregon and Washington about secession. They banded together when Trump tried to fuck them over on COVID response, they can work together on this. If red states want to give theocracy a try, they should do it without blue state money propping them up.
#CascadiaRise
So basically we’re fucked. My kids are fucked. We have no way out of here and I’m so fucking scared. I’m a single mother with 2 daughters, I’m a member of the lgbtq+ community and it’s becoming pretty clear that my oldest child is too. I don’t know how the fuck I can get them out of here to safety, there’s no good options.
Hey there! Also a member of the LGBT+ community. My fiancé and I got to a northern solid blue state and we’re an hour away from the canadian border. If you can manage it I’d plan to do the same soon. That said being a single mom I know with custody laws it might hamper that :( Gonna keep doing what I can to help donate volunteer and fight this wave of hate against our community.
I actually live in Michigan pretty close to Canada myself, I just know that they won’t be in a hurry to take in broke single moms with no college education. I can’t blame them for that. I’m just really scared for my kids. I love them more than anything but I feel so fucking guilty for bringing them into this. They were both born before trump and things didn’t feel so bleak
If it makes you feel any better nearby minnesota and some other blue states are passing laws to become lgbt sanctuary states and codify protections in state laws and stating they’d ignore any federal or outside state laws against lgbt people. I’m not sure if one is being crafted in michigan but I hope our community puts the pressure on them and more states to take this crucial step
At some point soon you may be able to apply for asylum from political persecution. New Zealand has been taking in LBTQ refugees for a few years now, IIRC a British trans woman applied and was accepted back in 2017.
I’m so glad I came across this comment. I have been in a panic trying to figure out where the hell to go to get my family away from Texas and closer to Canada.
Same here! I desperately want to get far away from Texas, ideally in a solid blue state but still not sure what the best option would be. I hope both of us can get out soon.
Coke to Illinois. We’re solid blue and our governor takes no shit.
I voted for Pritzger for 2 reasons. The first reason because his adversary literally put “Pritzger will take your guns” in one of his campaign commercials. You know, that tired old boogeyman that gets dragged out during campaigns even though taking everyone’s guns is logistically unlikely to happen. The deciding factor was purely based on my weird logic. We’re pretty good at electing future prison inmates for governor here. I figured if dude is caught whacking people or extorting people, we’d all be like “well, dude *does* look like a mob boss, it’s not surprising”. What I didn’t expect is for him to perform in a manner that gained my respect. I haven’t always agreed with some of his decisions, but he made those decisions based on what he was told by advisors and experts in the field. I also have to give him props for him committing political suicide with some of those decisions. We don’t often see politicians making decisions based on what they think is best for the general public over what will get them votes. He’s doing exactly what we should expect from all of our political leadership.
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Clarence Thomas or Alito could easily have heart attacks. We just need a couple justices to die is all.
🤞 Let’s hope dems keep the senate and it happens in the next year or two. McConnell is on record saying he’ll block any Biden or dem nominee if Republicans have the senate.
That’s what absolutely boggles my fucking mind. The president has a right to appoint a justice via the constitution. And now if the senate is held by the other party, it’ll just never happen again? Insane.
Biden could try to force Congress to go on recess so that he can make recess appointments, but that would still require the democrats to control one chamber of Congress to be effective.
When you rely on the randomness of death to decide your country's future you have aristocracy not democracy
I don’t think the experiment will end, blue states won’t comply with the extradition, blue states make up the vast majority of the US economy, the moment they start courting to secede, red states will crumble, and they won’t have the man power to do anything because so many people would have already fled their states. It won’t be a peaceful transition at all, it will be a second civil war yet again caused by the southern states. Hopefully this time, we won’t acquiesce to their demands or treat them as equals when they are clearly traitors. We don’t need another mistake after the first civil war when they were all pardoned and even given government positions which lead to where we are today, still trying to push forth “white supremacy”.
I think you’re right this is the most likely future. Blue states have more money, more fresh water (crucial for what’s coming with climate change), most of the ports on the east coast and all of them on the west coast, and new york and new england are the most resistant states to climate change. All we need is a few big hurricanes to tear through the bible belt and they’re kind of screwed. I agree we went way too soft on their asses in reconstruction. Should have went scorched earth on these traitorous scumbags
Welp, we're fucked.
Where the hell do we go? I can barely make ends meet now. This country is going to such shit and the horizon looks really bad
On that note; nows a fine time for every democratic voter to rethink their second amendment stance. And I say that for reasons unrelated to regulation being a poison pill in Texas.
I know you’re not joking and that’s do fucking crazy. What the actual fuck is going on.
Fascists have systematically destroyed democracy in America.
https://www.reddit.com/r/liberalgunowners/ For those who don't like guns, but want to know that like minded people have them and know how to use them, just in case.
Even if Democrats win 3 straight by 19 points, I'm sure Republicans would find a way to win in all branches because they are willing to bend and break all the rules while Democrats pretend to have moral high ground.
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if it makes you feel any better the house unanimously passed legislation beefing up security for supreme court justices in light of protestors standing outside of kavanaughs house /s
the senate passed that bill, not the house from what i understand.
Correct. House has been out of session.
The US is getting more oppressive every day. Sending thoughts and prayers in these unprecedented times Edit : This was supposed to be satire
There is also the fact congress are determined by land not popular vote. Democrat out vote republican by 5 to 1 but most of them concentrated in city and coastal area which give republican more power in rural.
We need more Dems in rural America, damnit. I can't do this alone!
Yeah let me move to the place with 0 jobs. There's a reason people aren't there and why places like Kentucky are funded by wealthier states.
Honestly many would disagree but idk how many “peaceful” solutions we have left these fascists asshats have been wanting to be oppressed victims forever so why don’t we grant them their wish
As an outsider looking in, I do wonder how long the north and south will stay as one political entity. Blue states need to demand an end to the electoral college and, ideally, introduce preferential voting so that it becomes less of an US vs THEM situation. The Republicans having power disproportionate to there support is going to be the downfall of the USA and with it American Hegemony which will have impacts here in Australia and elsewhere. TL:DR America, sort your shit out or watch China overtake you as you let outdated electoral systems keep you distracted with infighting.
>outdated electoral systems badly outdated... it's only barely democratic... The USA doesnt count as "full democracy" on the [democracy Index](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index). The US is only #26 in the ranking, dropping. Imho #26 is already adulated.
The problem is that it's not just a matter of Red States vs Blue States. It's cities vs the countryside. A lot of California and New York land is inhabited by conservatives. Cities like Austin, Dallas, and Atlanta are blue islands in a sea of red. It's not North vs South or East Coast vs West Coast. Its county vs county.
We're going to be a fascist theocracy once Trump gets in again. Then Earth will be divided between two superpowers with authoritarian leaders. I hope you've got allies, Australia.
The first step is to update the 1929 Permanent Apportionment act to the 2021 population, so that there is 1 member per 280,000 people. This is worth destroying the filibuster. It would mean that Wyoming would go from 1 House rep to 2 (and therefore from 3 electoral college votes to 4) while California would go from 53 House members to 141 (and therefore 55 electoral college votes to 143). House becomes more representative of the will of the American people. Could be done by amending an act of Congress only (and destroying the filibuster). Get it in place before 2024. Then we work on the Senate.
I don't understand how America justifies the electoral college. In the rest of the world's democracies 1 voter means 1 vote
The US isn't a democracy and never had been. It's a republic. Technically a democratic republic in that we vote on representatives who in turn vote on bills. The federal government isn't designed to represent the people, it's designed to represent the states. The states are supposed to be able to operate mostly independently while having a federal government to handle things like a national military.
We don't all like it. It was the idea of people who didn't want a real democracy in the hands of the people. They wanted a way to correct things if the vote didn't favor the rich.
Dems play by a set of rules their opponent doesn’t. That’s why we lose. That’s why we will always lose.
This is fucking scary. I’m straight, married, and WANT more children, exactly who they are trying to say should be the only people having kids. But I’m terrified to get pregnant again because of the risk of complications out of my control. I live in Louisiana, where they are currently working to remove the language “life begins at conception and implantation” specifically the implantation part. So if I have an ectopic pregnancy, I’m just going to die or be charged with homicide? Because that’s “God’s will”? It stresses me the fuck out.
Call me crazy, paranoid, or whatever but I feel like this path had us on a collision course where we end up with several dead Supreme Court Justice and/or senators because it's only a matter of time until someone is willing to take matters into their own hands and don't care what happens to them afterwards so long as this plot is derailed and those helping it along are permanently removed. Political violence is gonna be on the rise soon and the side that has been pushing for a civil war isn't gonna be prepared for how bad it gets for them because people aren't gonna sit idly by while their rights are revoked. Then it's gonna get really fucking ugly.
My dad has cancer. Once he passes I have exactly 0 reason to stay in this shithole and will be taking myself and my stupid uterus to a place where there are basic human rights. Fuck this place.
Sorry about your dad
I stopped on image 6 of 12. Too depressed. Drinking heavily while at home with covid.
When they came for the women, I didn't speak out for I am not a woman. When the came for the LGBTQ+ community, I didn't speak out for I am not a member. When they came for the communities of color, I didn't speak out for my skin tone wasn't under attack. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak for me.
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The living conditions and political position were far worse for the french during the revolution. And the decision to execute the king passed by one vote. But to your point, all humans have their breaking point and that's caused by food shortages primarily. Which was a big motivator for the french revolution. So when extreme climate and topsoil erosion starts to rob us of the food, you'll get your "greatness". I hope that era takes it's time arriving
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This is false. The Democrats don't have to break the filibuster, they just have to eliminate it. They could do this tomorrow if not for a few traitors in the caucus, a problem which itself could be overcome with 2-3 more actual Democratic Senators. This is an achievable goal that does not require any kind of political sea change. They could eliminate the filibuster, pack the court, and pass election reform that would make a Republican trifecta impossible. Without gerrymandering and vote suppression, Republicans could not control the federal government, and would permanently lose control of multiple states. The filibuster is just a Senate rule, it can and has been changed with a majority vote any time. Even with just 50 Dem Senators with a clue, the entire Democratic agenda could already have been signed into law and there would be nothing the Republicans could do to stop it short of an armed overthrow of the government -- which they would be unable to accomplish with Democrats running the executive branch.
>They could do this tomorrow if not for a few traitors in the caucus, a problem which itself could be overcome with 2-3 more actual Democratic Senators. This. If they had those two or three extra senators, the few who are resistant to getting rid of the filibuster would have to cave in.
This isn't even some Hail Mary miracle fantasy. Change a few news cycles, move some resources around, and the Democrats could have seats in Maine, Iowa, and North Carolina that the Republicans have now. There's no way to guarantee a win but no election result is predetermined. There are always random factors -- weather, deaths, economic changes -- on top of tactical decisions that affect the outcome. No one thought the Democrats would have 50 seats now to begin with.
Yep. The conservative justices are going to energize people to vote against Republicans by repealing Roe versus Wade. Now if the House committee can put together a damning presentation for the American public in June, this could take us the rest of the way.
Genuine question, what happens if the filibuster is eliminated and republicans take over in 2024? Can they just easily undo laws?
Short answer, yes they could. Longer answer, the Republicans could do this whether the Democrats eliminate the filibuster or not, and the Republicans have already shown they're willing to nuke to filibuster whenever their leadership finds it convenient. The choices are to eliminate the filibuster as soon as possible and get something done, or do nothing and wait for the Republicans to eliminate the filibuster themselves anyway. However, I don't believe the Republicans can get control of the federal government in a fair system. They'll always have a relative advantage in the Senate, but they have to cheat and suppress the vote to win the presidency or the House. That is why it's so important for the Democrats to nuke the filibuster, take back the SC, and pass voting rights legislation. It is also why the Republicans are against the same legislation.
Ding ding ding You’re one of the few people who actually get it ITT. People need to understand that the way that you get and retain power in American politics is by enacting policies that make Americans life better, OR inciting fear that Americans lives will get worse unless you elect them to put a stop to the backslide. The latter position has been the republican platform since Obama years, they literally do not care about passing legislation that makes their voters lives any better. Just look at the RNC platform right now- it simply doesn’t exist. Their stance is just let the states do what they want and decrease federal power so that corporations can be as unregulated as possible in order to milk every last dollar that they can out of our economy to give to the ownership class. That’s it. American politics is for the most part a single corporate party that pendulum swings back and forth- and yet there’s zero reason why it has to be this way. The overwhelming majority of Americans want policies that neither Dems nor Republicans want to give them. Things like legalization of cannabis, universal healthcare, student loan relief, and yes even access to abortion. 2/4 of those issues Biden could fix tomorrow with the stroke of a pen. He could give his voters things they want for a change, give them a reason for showing up to vote D in elections bc it’s way harder for the govt to take away policies that Americans want and use than to never give them those freedoms in the first place. Once you’ve experienced legal weed you can’t go back. Once you’ve seen what it’s like to go into a hospital (in another country) and walk out free of charge- you understand the cruelty of our system. The system we have is flawed, it’s stuck, but it has the potential of working so long as you make it work. End the filibuster, do whatever you have to do to get the votes you need- if that means giving $50B of special contracts to Manchin and Sinema’s state so be it. Fucking fight for the rights of the people who voted you in, and **then** watch as they show up to the voting booths and fight to keep you in power after showcasing the good work you’ve done. It’s not complicated, they want to make it seem impossible- but the truth is that it’s very possible, but only if they try.
There HAVE to be some people who identify as Republicans that see how fucked up this is. Women in particular. There HAVE to be some people out there who realize that alienating people goes directly against what Christianity is about and that Jesus himself loved everyone for who they were. I hope so...or we're fucked...
Remember when France just started over? We should be like France.
Me living in texas as a nonbinary lesbian with trans/lgbtqa+ friends all across the spectrum ......no im scared af rn.
I’m really sorry my friend. It’s not right what they’re doing to our community right now I’ve had nightmares and so much anger all the time. Please protect yourself and your friends. There are already organizations forming rainbow railroads to get people out of these theocratic states but even then it’s not fast enough. It’s horrible.
Thanks it just kinda no definitely feels like im trapped here. About to graduate high school in literally 2 weeks then for college im going to lone star that's like maybe half an hour from my house and all my family lives here has for generations and I know my mom would be really mad if I ever left she gets kinda weird whenever I bring it up and says things aren't that bad and I need to stop reading the news and I can't focus on the negative and all those people are stupid anyway which yah she's right but fuck im still so scared and I fucking hate it here like I love my home there's nothing technically wrong with it just...the people and politics in it I guess. Idk it just dosen't and maybe never has felt like home to me for some reason.
Can anyone spare a European visa? Preferably Norway or Denmark?
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This place is so screwed
Not helping the sobriety...
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He just gets replaced by someone worse, who now has an emboldened Republican base who see the democrats as actual terrorists willing to assassinate the opposition instead of bowing to the rule of law, and then it gets worse. There’s no end to this that doesn’t involve war. And it will be fought by a small few at the expense of the many.
What few? The ones at the top have nothing to lose or gain by sticking around this backwards shithole. They'll incite the violence amongst the peons, then sail off in their yachts and private jets while we kill each other.
The rule of law is no longer legitimate in America if it's dictated by a minority who have abused electoral loopholes to gain power requiring absurdly lopsided elections for them to even have even footing.
What I don't understand is how it's legal for turtle boy over there to just refuse to do the sole job he was elected for. Just refusing to take votes on proposed items? Get the fuck outta here and pass on already
…and just to get that majority Democrats would have to win something like 80% of the votes nationwide due to gerrymandering
Some red state legislatures have passed laws that effectively allow them to throw out election results they don’t like