#long live democracy

[is-the-owl-video-cute]

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/dZPyQKnY7J

So is this bullshit even legal or able to happen if trump wins!? Aka him bragging about doing away with voting all together if he gets in

It won’t happen unless he does a more effective coup. I think he may just be saying “I only get four more years anyway just vote for me and don’t worry about voting after that when it’s not me I don’t care”.

The thing about trump is he just. Says things. That make no sense. He’s speaking out his ass. I wouldn't worry about it too much beyond voting against him this election. Now that he’s not against Biden I feel he may be spiraling a bit. With Biden we would have seen a landslide in his favor, with an annoying neo-liberal on the other hand, well. The results are likely to mirror the 2020 election. Trump is looking down the barrel at a serious loss, so he’s just appealing to whatever extremists he can at this point. The Republican Party by and large is not a fan of trump. It’s actually a massive division in the party at present with a very sizable fraction of republicans leaning towards not voting or voting third party/democrat. Just like there were a lot of democrat voters biting the bullet and willing to vote Biden just to avoid trump, so too were there plenty of republican voters only willing to vote trump to avoid Biden. With the threat of a second Biden term gone, you will see a weaker turnout, even if just marginally.

Trump is also rapidly showing his age, it was just less noticeable when he was against Biden who was worse. Everyone but his cultists see it. Republican voters also despise Vance, trump’s selected VP, because Vance says the quiet part a bit TOO loud, even when compared to trump. Republicans overall tend to agree with the things Vance has said about women, immigrants, etc., but it’s preferred to keep the mask on (ironic choice of words is unintentional). If trump wanted to win this, choosing a more moderate Republican as VP is a better look because it would have garnered support from people who hate trump but favor the next in line. As is, he picked someone so far right it makes trump look moderate in comparison which is a worse move by a long shot. People on the fence about voting trump are not going to be won over by someone like Vance. People who are die hard trump fans probably recall Vance speaking unfavorably about trump in the past.

Overall, the future is very uncertain for trump. There’s a good chance in another four years he’s going to be too old to run at all. As a result, he’s making even weirder promises he knows he can’t and won’t keep. His strategy has gone into just banking on the votes of the far right and hoping for a silent majority.

Every word the man says is a lie. If you are concerned by them, vote. I don’t even care if you vote for Harris or whomever the presidential nominee for the democrats is going to be, vote democrat on every other seat on the ballot. Ensure that, even if the electoral college selects trump, his nonsensical and dangerous actions will be blocked. That is the most important thing you can do this election.

But no, to answer your question, he cannot just remove the already flimsy democracy we already have. The ones who could would be the Supreme Court. They are already playing heavily in favor of trump, if you want to uno-reverse card them on all the actions they are taking to ensure a dictatorship can occur, I would recommend voting a democrat for your presidential pick.

[bloodycoolfrye]

Why West Asia chants "Death to America" 2023 edition.

[ode-on-a-grecian-butt]

Im worried about a bloodbath happening.

[saturniandragon]

LETS GOO

[armanicaesar]

stop barking at minorities to vote for the president in 2024. i’d rather die then kill you

[possum-playground]

So I know I don’t post very often, but it’s actually fucking astonishing how many people voted for a man who WILL take their rights away and make this actual shithole of a country into a living hell for anyone who isn’t white, straight, or wealthy.

[genniviva]

The mood was pretty weird while counting votes tonight. We were all... baffled? Baffled, yeah, especially at first when we were unfolding the votes and were met with party four, four, nineteen, four again. Wilders' PVV ended up with more than a quarter of the votes cast at our location.

We tried, but none of us could imagine what that guy would do if he were to somehow form a coalition. He has been opposition for so long that we had to wonder--does he even know? He doesn't have a party program beyond "fuck migrants." He relies on charisma and the neat thing called "not being in charge of the government people hate." Dick.

Anyways. Not happy about this at all.

[zwei-rhunen]

@lord-kefka-palazzo would this win you over on a new bird

Lucia, leading with a new Chocobo behind her: I'm getting Kefka his own company chocobo, because he keeps "bOrRoWiNg" Harold.

Kefka: I DONT WANT IT

Lucia: I cant think of a name, and he doesn't even want it. Any suggestions, Zwei?

Kefka, suddenly trapped in a transparent box, voice muffled: RETURN IT OR I'LL EAT HIM. I'LL CALL HIM FRIED CHICKEN, I WILL.

Zwei: .....

Kefka: *clenched fists going bangbangbangbang against the walls* LET ME OUT

Zwei: he could call it Lucia, so that he can mount it whenever he wants.

Kefka in his box, fist pulled back mid-swing, dead silent: ...

Lucia: ......

Zwei: 😃😄

*gets shot*

[olden-towne]

being in your 20s in the 2020s is so bizarre. Like, as a kid, I was not sure whether or not my hometown would be above sea level by the time I entered the job market, but it didn't really matter, because my top priority was having fun in middle school, followed by just trying to survive high school. "have fun with friends" is a short term goal. "don't step in front of a subway train or slit your wrists in the bathtub, today" is a short term goal. Now that I'm in my 20s I'm expected to plan for my long term future. Getting schooling and internships in areas I think I might enjoy having a career in. However it's all pervaded by this ever-present sense that I will see society as we know it crash and burn in my lifetime.

How do you do career planning when you feel like you might outlive capitalism? How are we living in an atmosphere where writing may be a safer long-term career path than accounting?

[saspas-corner]

I am so fucking scared for myself and every other female oriented-human being in this fucking country. This isn't about "the kids" or religion- this is about control.

Did you know that in the Catholic Bible, there is INSTRUCTIONS on HOW TO GET AN ABORTION.

Have you ever seen a zygote? What about a fetus? And until it's not in a body, it meets all the qualifications to be a parasite. A PARASITE.

This is about controlling a vast majority of the population, moreso than already.

This is going to be bad. With the way rape culture is progressing, and without reproductive care, women could threatened in submission with rape.

Read that again- threatened into submission with rape. Or worse!

What happened to "church and state must stay separate", dear Republicans (/derogatory)?

It's in your precious constitution that you invoke and fight over so dearly? When did religion start shoving its way into politics where it DOESN'T BELONG and why do your politicians not act for the good of the people in the county, state, nation that they were voted into?

This is not a theocracy, so you can fuck right off with your religious bullshit citing a 2000-year-old mistranslated, misinterpreted work of fiction.

This is today, this is now. Women are not baby-making objects, women are not second-hand citizens. Get that through your thick skulls and then MAYBE we can have a civil conversation. Because otherwise I might commit an unaliving, despite your constitution.

[13thpythagoras]

baby boomers hitting the job market during one of the only unionized eras of human history: "Whoa we can make a living wage doing regular work, this is great."

T-Reaganator-1000: Americans you are the problem not the solution, I declare war on you *kills the unions*

later generations: "whoa this post-capitalist hellscape is not something you can make a living in, like whatsoever, unless you're doing an extremely hard job with advanced degrees or you literally started your own company"

forget fast fashion in 2023 the only viral trend i wanna see is workers unionizing

[genlosscharliie]

everytime someone calls the aanes a u.s. base an angel loses its wings

[eddieydewr]

Hi! This may be a bit of a rant but there is something I really wanna share with someone so I hope you don't mind.

I have a friend who I knew 'cause we were in the same club at uni. He's very eloquent and smart, so I really respect him (but mostly from afar 'cause I was shy lol). And then I saw him post about ST season 4, and about Will in particular so I mustered up my courage and messaged him "hey have u seen the parallels between Will and Vecna?". And we started talking about other ST-related stuff. We even ranted a lot about vol 2 after watching that lol. We also talked about books and TV shows and overall, I was glad ST helped me make more friends.

When the free Palestine movement became popular last year, I was not surprised when I saw him post about Gaza or Rafah 'cause well... he's just like a typical queer, chronically online, twitter user lol (both complimentary and derogatory, sometimes I find his humor funny, sometimes I just wanna roll my eyes). We have never talked about this topic and honestly I really don't feel like. I just simply carry on sharing posts and stories about discrimination against Jewish and Israeli people and anti-Hamas stuff.

And then recently I saw him posting overtly anti-Israel things, like "u think this is hot now, wait til you go to hell for supporting Israel". Not gonna lie, I chuckled when I saw that 'cause first of all, I am an atheist so whatever man I don't believe in hell anyway. Second, I don't know what other non-Jewish people who support Israel (as in 'its existence is legitimate and the people there deserve peace', not the government itself) may feel about hell, but as far as I'm concerned, Jewish people don't seem to put that much weight on the concept of hell and heaven, right?. So like "bro you should have choose something else more menacing than that lol"

Now I can scroll through that post but what irks me the most is what he chose to share today.

https://x.com/redstreamnet/status/1841561550378651724

I find it so freaking ironic how after everything that has happened in Iran recently (and how many Iranians have spoken out against the Islamic republic), this is the first Iran-related thing he posted about. Like I'm so close to just forward to him a video of Iranians celebrating the death of Nasrallah or comments/posts of Iranians thanking Israel for it, or overall just people between these two countries wishing each other peace and freedom. I'm not sure if I can call what I'm feeling "anger" 'cause it's not exactly strong as when I see people deny October 7. But there is surely a sense of resignation.

I don't see those pro-pal people as bad or evil. I actually believe that most of them have good intentions, but to me, they are too caught up in their self-righteousness and black-and-white views to acknowledge the grey area of this whole mess.

I saw you own up to your own hypocrisy a few days ago and ngl I admire you for that lol. I only think of humans as "paradoxical by nature" so a person saying conflicting stuff is normal to me. But it's annoying as hell when someone doesn't think they are capable of hypocrisy or double standards.

Anyways, have a great day. Thank you for reading all this. Sorry it's kinda long. Being concise is not my strong suit lol.

hey anon, let’s hug. if you want?

i rly don’t have much to offer bc my brain is currently mush, you probably just wanted to vent and that’s ok. i just didn’t want to leave you on read. 💚

look, i’m using jquinn even though he annoys me atm but i just couldn’t resist, lmao. like yeah, #me.

[liminalweirdo]

the CDC isn't trusted by anybody — covid cautious people OR antivaxxers.

when the next pandemic comes, literally no one will listen to their advice. all they're doing, quite literally, is making sure the big bucks get into the pockets of CEOs and every single member of the public suffers because of that. they are a governmental branch, not a public health agency, and they do not care about you. The CDC cares about the economy, and their own wealth. That's it.

The disabled and vulnerable people the Covid Distribution Committee CDC abandoned during the ongoing pandemic won't trust them (and haven't trusted them since like 2021)

and the antivaxxers don't trust them either so, like, what are the CDC actually even doing?

it would be better just to get rid of them; they're functionally useless. they didn't even recommend respirators for the worst of the wildfires last year. do y'all remember when they suggested long sleeves? instead?

they're useless for public health no matter what side you're on. i'd even say they're one of the main things exacerbating the political divide.

but we literally all want the CDC gone so... idk team. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[venus-light]

renaissance in the 21st century

[smelly-fozzy]

“Stand up straight” sorry I can’t, I was too busy kicking your ass on amoung us and it has caused permanent spinal damage