#America is the bad place

[brasskingfisher]

Vague reasons to be positive:

So, since a lot of people probably need it here's some reasons not to give into despair about the Christo-fascist Cheeto's victory:

1. He's really old and unhealthy/mentally unstable. He's got maybe 10 years left, in ideal circumstances. The pressures of high office and politics are likely to take their toll on his already degrading health

2. He's statistically got around a 1 in 6 chance of dying in office (of the 45 men to hold the office of POTUS 8 have died in office, 4 of them being assassinated)

3. There have already been 2 assassination attempts (3rd time lucky?) it'd be surprising if there wasn't another

4. For all of his attempt to promote loyalist sycophants his cult of personality isn't all pervading. In January 2021 there was an attempt from within his own party to oust him under questions of his fitness/competence and margins are thin enough that another similar attempt might succeed

5. The results are apparently being challenged on multiple grounds and given that the overall margin is around 5-6 million votes it could be overturned or at least it's symbolism reduced

6. A lot of his more extreme proposals rely on the use of the military to enforce them. There's a chance that active deployment against USian citizens is going to be controversial enough to inspire at the very least widespread mutiny, if not an outright coup d'etat

[falloutnewvegastransedmygender]

Alright people this is America. Also gonna point out the individualism that's alive and well here. "I'm doing better so America is doing better."

[freepalestinebastard]

Please help a Palestinian woman save her aunt who has cancer 👇

[troythecatfish]

[prismravine]

Holiday selfie?

my least favorite holiday

be safe / drive safe

<3

[kaydub80]

This shit is not okay.

[irishsaints]

oh look tumblr has changed, again

I'm still here, still keeping this godforsaken thing alive. I should probably do a follower purge, bc there's probably so many porn bots following me rn it's insane.

ANYWAY, if you like:

mad max fury road

or any of the mad max movies

If you're especially hyped for furiosa

f1 and f1 fandom [iykyk]

ofmd

queer shit

coffee

good vibes

shouting about how the us govt is the worst place in the world

tattoos

come follow me!

[homoose]

to be an adult in the united states is to completely understand the phrase “ignorance is bliss”

[sparrow-the-tired-lesbian]

My country is fucking embarrassing.

I am literally making plans to move to Canada or some shit what the fuck is this

[hadesbullshit]

sometimes i reaive a reality check about jst how fucking stupid america is. i was readjng a fic and a charitor mentions make $10 an hour. i convert that to ausd and it isnt even legal to pay 15 yr olds that little.

[brasskingfisher]

USian politics; an outsider's perspective

Ok, so with the surprisingly positive news from the UK and French elections I feel the need to weigh in on all the discourse*tm around the impending USian elections, and specifically why not voting is a bad idea.

Now obviously beyond the inherent risks of Trump's return to office bringing in an era of christo-fascism, just consider the wider implications. Not only would a 2nd Trump administration make EVERYTHING worse, the only hope he has of winning is people not voting against him (he's one of 2/3 USian presidents to win the election despite losing the popular vote). Add into that the fact that he is openly going to abuse his power (and had been given carte blanche to do so by SCOTUS). Not to mention the fact he's likely to start a 2nd USian civil war, and WW3, it's like *SERIOUSLY‽*. Every criticism of Biden can also be leveled at Trump, plus more besides.

Oh, and all of you saying 'we can survive a 2nd Trump term', just consider how long that 2nd term is going to be. Even without project 2025, Trump incited an insurrection and tried everything in his power to avoid leaving office when he lost in 2020 (and has since not stopped whinging about how the election was "stolen"), you really think of Trump wins in November he'll willing step aside after 4 years? Hell no!

A Trump victory in November isn't a case of '4 years of shittiness and then we can get somebody good!'. It's a case of 10 years plus of a Trump dictatorship, followed by another christo-fascist dictatorship for however long (assuming the US remains a viable political entity).

[circusm0us3]

I hate to sound like a super communist but can a liberal at least tell me this is a broken nation I feel like I’m crazy right now

[kaydub80]

This appalling act speaks for itself.

[kaydub80]