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We haven't even made it to January 20 (Trump inauguration). We already have major fires in our second largest city, terrorist attacks, talk of invading Greenland/Panama/Canada. almost no one talking about what we really need to do to cut carbon. Hospitals are full in my area and people talk about washing hands, but not about masking. I am already so weary. I don't know what is going to happen after January 21.

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[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

The internet and the comments on these articles are not real life. Go live your life and if problems arise. You can deal with them then. No sense in worrying.

[–] thisguy1092@lemmy.world -5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Hop off the web and you’ll see things are actually pretty alright

[–] Majorllama@lemmy.world -4 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Chronically online people cannot grasp just how "normal" most every day of their lives will continue to be regardless of who is sitting in the oval office.

Obviously I know there will be effects on many people, but for the grand majority of Americans their daily life will continue on without much change as it did through the first Trump term and the Biden term.

The Republicans cried that Obama was going to ruin the nation both terms. The Democrats are terrified Trump will somehow end this country this time around when they lived through his first term just fine.

Basically whichever party loses acts like a cat that can suddenly see the bottom of their food bowl and they think they are gonna die.

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[–] atro_city@fedia.io -2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Trump is going to be the greatest thing that happened to the planet. It has been promised that he will plunge the US into another series of crisises, estrange the US' closest geopolitical allies, and help the world wake up to the fact that the US is not #1. That the US is dangerous and shouldn't be a template to copy. That new alliances have to be forged and the US monetary hegemony broken.

With any luck, it'll rattle the lazy corpses in that country to finally do something to fix their broken system. Maybe people will realise that Bernie's words weren't just addle-brained mutterings from a communist-infested mind, but that he and many others speak the truth. Maybe enough people will want to rewrite the constitution and get rid of "winner takes all" vote counting, reduce the power of the president, add an age limit to governmental jobs, and so much more.

Things have to get worse before they get better for people to learn, because unless they aren't affected, they have a hard time understanding.

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