• Embargo@lemm.ee
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    17 hours ago

    I have found myself asking this a bit recently… What the fuck, America?

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        10 hours ago

        Probably about time to go protest in the streets and get mowed down by a squadron of corporate armed drones.

        On the upside that’s sequel to 1984 is going to be lit

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      16 hours ago

      The majority of us did not vote for this. And we’re trapped. We can’t riot like the French do; we’ll lose our jobs and our healthcare and our houses.

      This has been long in the making.

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        8 hours ago

        We can’t riot like the French do; we’ll lose our jobs and our healthcare and our houses.

        If we don’t riot, we’re likely to lose our jobs, our healthcare, and our homes.

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        10 hours ago

        The vast majority either did vote for this, or couldn’t be bothered to vote against it.

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          4 hours ago

          No, there was massive voter suppression. Stop blaming the “majority” when voting is working exactly as the system and politicians intend it to work.

          If we had a national day off for voting, then you can shame others.

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        11 hours ago

        Hmm. A majority of voters voted for this. If you didn’t vote you don’t count.

        I get that a third of the population voted against a Trump presidency, and you do have my sympathy, I just think its important to acknowledge the extent of the problem.

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          11 hours ago

          Voter suppression is widespread. I didn’t vote. I would have liked to, but I live 3k miles from the nearest polling center and my absentee ballot came a week after the election. I know people who can’t vote because of DUIs (not defending DUIs, but they aren’t a valid reason to silence someone imo). Even among people with the right to vote, if you have to wait three hours in line with no access to food, water, or shade, that can be difficult to impossible depending on your health condition and employment circumstances.

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        12 hours ago

        The French did not have healthcare back when they had their revolution 😉

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          The French also didn’t live in a surveillance state with the largest power disparity between the top 1 percent and the bottom 99.