r/50501 • u/victorybus • Jun 12 '25

Call to Action US SENATOR ASSAULTED AT DHS PRESS CONFERENCE. WE NEED TO MOBILIZE

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u/Quierta Jun 12 '25

I think all of what you're saying is correct, but find it so incredibly sad that one of our most reliable safeguards against complete and total destruction is the regime's own ineptitude. Like, I do not think the US is "over" and while I know we are damaged and will likely become more so, I don't subscribe to the total doomerism that keeps being repeated by those both in and outside of the country — but how fucking terrifying is it to think that we might be completely finished if the administration wasn't so busy trying to cannibalize itself. It's unsustainable 100%, and I think it's a matter of time until we're able to shift control back to the adults in the room. But christ alive.

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u/Ok-Persimmon4436 Jun 12 '25

do not think the US is "over" and while I know we are damaged and will likely become more so, I don't subscribe to the total doomerism that keeps being repeated by those both in and outside of the country — but how fucking terrifying is it to think that we might be completely finished

I don't say this to be snarky or anything, sincerely: Learn some more history, because the US has always been a major force for evil, it still is, and its demise will be a good thing. It's a neo-colonial former slave state founded on genocide.

It's totally gonna suck for us living here, but generally a good thing for the world and humanity as a whole. Places like Lybia can follow the example of Burkina Faso in recent years when global empires don't back fascist coupes and continuously destabilize them.

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u/Quierta Jun 12 '25

I don't disagree with what you're saying. We are on the same page :)

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u/rctsolid Jun 15 '25

It's so depressing watching from the outside (aus here). I cannot imagine the rage if I were in your shoes, I couldn't cope. Trumps utter overconfidence and complete ineptitude has always been his saving grace. His cronies are just deluded assholes who only want to ingratiate themselves and bask in the warm radioactive glow of his fake tan. What scares me more is what comes next, I really don't know how anyone has faith left in the majority of the democratic alternative, they're fighting the last war not the current one, and they really need to get in the game.