163
Do You Understand How Dangerous This Moment Is — How Far We've Drifted?
(www.commondreams.org)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 01 May 2025
163 points (100.0% liked)
United States | News & Politics
2827 readers
821 users here now
Welcome to !usa@midwest.social, where you can share and converse about the different things happening all over/about the United States.
If you’re interested in participating, please subscribe.
Rules
Be respectful and civil. No racism/bigotry/hateful speech.
Post anything related to the United States.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Hey! I actually agree with everything you said so that's kind of fun for us! The big problem I see is that the people who decided to make a stand in the last election really had to plan to ensure group buy in so there was no real path to success, just moral high ground for those that refused to vote for more of the same.
Assuming that it's not too late at this point we need real leaders with a real plan to get real people behind a movement for change. If the next four years end in a vote that ushers in change with first destabilizing the entire world then I'll happily admit I was wrong but my fear and the fear of most everyone else who voted for Harris despite it being more of the same is that we won't get a chance for real change without a full on coup now that Trump is in control again.
Yeah, well we didn't manage to stop Trump when he wasn't in office, and I squarely blame Democrats for that. Maybe Harris would have been better in the long view, but maybe not...
Yes, Trump and co are going to try to rig the elections. Or more accurately, they're currently trying to rig state elections to work out what will work and what won't
But Trump is his own worst enemy... Well, second worst, after Musk. People are fucking livid with him, and they're about to be a lot more upset when they see empty shelves. People are demanding representatives do something, and Trump's actions haven't even really hit people yet... But they will
We are where we are, the gunmen are shooting people at random. They're demanding we march even faster.
Which is obviously bad, but they're also backing us into a corner. The sheer amount of malicious incompetence means that people are reacting, even diehard maga are starting to wonder if they messed up. Today we even had MTG go for a power grab
It's going to be an interesting summer