• ssillyssadass@lemmy.world
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    It’s the end of one of the worst empires in recent history, that’s a plus.

    And he’s motivating the rest of the world to not vote right.

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    I was hoping his first term would lead to dialing back the new powers the executive branch has given itself since 9/11 but it didn’t happen and I don’t expect it to this time either

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    When we rebuild government, maybe it will actually improve service as we prioritize what is important now vs what was important historically

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    The crypto reserve idea might actually work, but it would work a ton better if it was less public because him tweeting about caused insane volatility in the price of Bitcoin.

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    If he destroys the DoE, tuition rates will fall because there’s no more student loans and universities will have to compete on price

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      Didn’t elect their own Trump wannabe yet.

      Fascism is on the rise globally, so we must all be vigilant. There are enough warning signs that Canada could be just around the corner.

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        Australia has a federal election this weekend. Fingers crossed that hopefully they can make the correct choice.

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        This is what has me so depressed. This is a forever thing. They lost there for now, but they’re just going to get better at their manipulation as “they” have globally. Reich wing asshole billionaires have been solidifying control of all major media. It’s only a matter of time when fascism runs most major countries. :(

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          Reich wing asshole billionaires have been solidifying control …

          They have been consolidating all control of the news AND more importantly, social media to blame the misery on various scapegoats caused by their ever increasing wealth disparity. The poor ignorant masses are bombarded relentlessly day in and day out with hate propaganda.

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      The Conservatives increased their share of the vote compared to the last election (+7.5%), in particular among younger voters. The Liberals only scraped together just enough for only a minority govt because the vote for other parties plummeted.

      https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4jd39g8y1o

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    From my European perspective:

    • Countries are finally starting to push for independence from the US when it comes to defence etc
    • The UK and Canada moving closer to the EU, increasing political and economic cooperation
    • Brain drain from the US leading to American academics moving to Europe, bolstering our economy and research
    • Hopefully seeing how fucked up the US is will eventually lead some people to reconsider voting for the far-right in Europe
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        Yeah, but I don’t think the nutters make up the full quarter of the voting population currently willing to vote for them. Lots of them are protest voters who are just vaguely “against”. Besides, I don’t think it’d be the deportations making some people reconsider, but the sheer economic stupidity of the Trump government as well as their attitude towards Europe. I fully expect Americans to be far poorer and more miserable in 2-3 years and that might do wonders to dispel the myth that the far-right could “fix the economy”.

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    The Canadian people are united like they have never been before. Canadian dollar as been rising. Canada is getting more doctors and high level professionals as some flee the U.S. Canada has been expanding trade ties around the world (exception is U.S.). Traveling Canadians are welcomed around the world.

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    I’ve picked up the gardening hobby and actually seem to be keeping up with it.

    Nothing like a crisis where food is looking to be a concern to get ones ass in gear.

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    i appreciate the BuyEU and BuyCanada movements.

    also uniting both canada and eu in terms of defense is a good move, imo.

    the amount of incompetency people didn’t think would exist, we now have a good example of~! maybe it is not incompetency, but retrograde thinking~.

  • Diva (she/her)@lemmy.ml
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    I never stopped doing organizing work since Trump 1, during the Biden regime a lot of people went back to brunch, it was harder to find volunteers. Now they’re all back and ready to be mad at the government and do work.

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      Freedom has to be fought for every day. A lot of folks stopped fighting, now it has become much harder.

      Thank you for keeping the fight going.

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    We’re getting a heavy dose of “You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone”.

    It’s become apparent to even people that normally don’t pay attention that, despite being less than we want, a lot of our tax money actually does go toward things that help the citizens.

    Other than that, I got nothing. These policies, decisions, and the people making them are all a disaster that are going to take decades to repair.

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      a lot of our tax money actually does go toward things that help the citizens.

      Not for long