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[-] Cyv_ 96 points 1 month ago

I see so many people talking about passports and moving. I'm on a fixed income, and barely got an apartment with my mom cosigning. I'm fucking stuck in a red state and I feel so fucking screwed.

Also lets stop acting like most of the voters were misled, lied to, bamboozled into voting for trump. They saw the racism, sexism, hate, and disrespect for the law and others and they LIKED IT. They want this. They aren't idiots they're fascists.

[-] ToastedPlanet 35 points 1 month ago

It's important to remember there are 340 million people in the US. Only 70 million, counted so far, voted for Trump. Of those 70 million people, many of them will also be targeted by the fascists, who make up a minority of that group. We outnumber the fascists. We do a disservice to ourselves and others by making it seem otherwise.

The number one polled issue for Republican voters was the economy. They got duped by Fox fucking News. Jokes on them when the Republicans inevitably tank the economy.

The real question is will the mass deportations or the tariffs do it first. Hopefully the tariffs. If we're going to be dysfunctional as a country, we might as well do it before making camps.

[-] metallic_z3r0@infosec.pub 21 points 1 month ago

Conversely, at most 68 million people voted for Harris. That means roughly 270 million people either didn't vote or voted for fascists, which means they're either so disenfranchised they couldn't vote, are idiots, were scared for their livelihoods and lied to (meaning they're still idiots, but at least they're also cowardly), or are fascists themselves.

I don't know when we'll learn, but given our ever-deteriorating education system I don't think it'll be anytime soon.

[-] ToastedPlanet 13 points 1 month ago

There's no sense in lashing out at nonvoters. We need to organize in order to make a difference.

[-] MayonnaiseArch@beehaw.org 19 points 1 month ago

No sense, but I'd like to see the morons who kept bullshitting that there is any kind of sense in not voting. The dumbest fucking people anywhere

[-] ToastedPlanet 18 points 1 month ago

It's hard to understate how fucking awful the accelerationism was this last year.

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[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted 55 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I know. hug I know.

I'm super terrified myself. I'm scared. I don't know what I'll do.

Except for one thing: I'll survive. GodDAMN that motherfucker I'll survive. Even if I have to survive just to spite him, TRUMP WILL NOT CLAIM MY LIFE. >:(

[-] Catpurple 23 points 1 month ago

Me too. Although I'm not out yet. I'm thinking I'll need to scramble, now, to put in my name/passport changes before I potentially lose the chance. Of course, I don't pass, don't have the wardrobe, makeup or body to pass. I wanted to wait a little longer before coming out, lose weight, fix my shit, you know. Don't have the money to do anything, change anything how I want.

[-] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Well, one silver lining is that at least this can serve as motivation to jump-start your journey. We need more silver linings...

[-] Catpurple 13 points 1 month ago

We sure do... I've been on hrt for over a year now, at least, so there's that.

[-] KaRunChiy@fedia.io 46 points 1 month ago

Yeah umm, me and my spouse are now creating a plan to at least get us to the most blue state we can but... fuck

[-] TastyWheat@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago

I'm a straight milquetoast white bloke so I can't really talk, and I'm not American so I didn't really have a say, but I feel so sorry for everyone effected by this.

The US just turned around and put themselves back 70 years, if not more. How fucking hard is it to accept people for who they are? Is that country really so self centered and stupid?

[-] ToastedPlanet 21 points 1 month ago

It's a combination of the right-wing infosphere brainwashing people and systemic flaws in our democracy that allow for minority rule. A minority of the population in key states needed to fed Republican propaganda for decades and that's what happened.

Unfortunately, this will have global implications. Trump's foreign policy will allow dictators to do whatever they want. If anyone reading this knows a place they can go where they can be safe, don't let me stop you. But, this is going to allow dictatorships to carve the world into spheres of influence.

The way we push back against this is by organizing.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Don't go thinking you're unaffected! This election has sealed the fate of the entire world in regards to being destroyed by climate change.

[-] TastyWheat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Agreed.... But still.

[-] dandelion 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I would encourage you to not assume votes for Trump were necessarily endorsements of what he stands for. My vote for Harris certainly wasn't an endorsement of her policies (such as pro-Israel, pro-fracking, etc.). Like many people, I vote for the lesser evil.

Lots of people are voting Trump out of anger about inflation and price-gouging. Sure, his base is made up of bigoted individuals, but I'm talking about the people who voted for Obama, Trump in 2016, Biden in 2020, and Trump in 2024 - these voters are mostly working class folks, they are more diverse than you would think, and they are mostly upset about the economy and punishing the incumbent for not taking better care of them.

We can criticize these voters until we're red in the face and there are plenty of legitimate critiques, but it's helpful to remember the rage of poor people rarely gets channeled in healthy or constructive ways. I believe Frantz Fanon noted this about the violence that boils up in response to colonial imperialism, and while it doesn't directly apply here, I think there are some similarities worth considering.

[-] socialpankakemix 33 points 1 month ago

anybody outside the us want to adopt a cute trans girl? I'm partially housetrained already! and I only bite occasionally.

[-] KaRunChiy@fedia.io 17 points 1 month ago

In the US and I would but I'm in the same situation unfortunately :(

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[-] Catpurple 32 points 1 month ago

I feel ill. I wish I could go back to sleep, but I'm too wound up on fear and trepidation.

[-] zea_64 24 points 1 month ago

I hope not too many of us die or suffer a lot. But I feel powerless to help much.

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I feel sorrow for my brothers and sisters and enby pals who will have to endure these uncertain times.

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[-] Sasha 21 points 1 month ago

I don't know what I can do to help anyone, are there any organisations which directly protect, or perhaps help relocate at risk trans people that I can throw money at?

I had a look through the listed resources on the post election post but nothing jumped out to me, perhaps I missed something though.

[-] sonori@beehaw.org 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

And here I was thinking that my egg cracked too late to be a part of the civil rights movement.

I was planning on moving to Washington, but I really wanted another year or two to get things together first. Looks like that’s not an option anymore.

Speaking of, does anyone know of any good mutual aid groups that could use a hand in the Olympia region?

[-] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

It's hard to know what to say. Just know that you aren't alone and you still have support from many millions of allies, even if it may not feel like it right now.

I weep for every woman, minority, and member of the queer community who tried to stop this. It sickens me to witness fascism growing not just in America, but the world over.

There are truly scary times ahead. Stay strong ❤️

[-] Benchamoneh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 month ago

Sorry guys. I'm not American but I'm sorry for what is probably going to happen. We can only hope not

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[-] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago

Good luck everyone - hope to see you all again.

[-] Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I like how accepting the world is a very dark place, where you work hard for your own points of light, helps me appreciate how dark this day is while being minimally affected emotionally. Feels to me that being more comfortable with darkness/bad luck/mortality/terror/"The bad parts about being human" (or whatever you want to call it) gives me more space and safe-environment (in mindspace) to understand how completely screwed some things are. Stay strong & Good luck ❤️

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[-] JokklMaster@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Oh I'm sorry did you want rights? I thought you wanted The Right™️

[-] alx 19 points 1 month ago

Not funny nor useful thing to answer.

OP, i'm so sorry and frightened. I hope you'll have a great community to survive this and build a better society by the example.

[-] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Sigh. Just an ally, but I'll keep being one however I can.

[-] Zorsith 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I need to get my skills up to snuff and get a new job... the idea that I will technically be working for that failure of a human being is nauseating. I refuse to be complicit.

There's nowhere to even fucking go, half the rest of the planet is going the same direction or is otherwise semi reliant on the US

[-] sonori@beehaw.org 6 points 1 month ago

On the other hand, if all the good people give up the fight and leave it to project 2025 to find their replacement the public as a whole will be in even greater danger.

Obviously it’s not fair to expect you to put yourself in danger for everyone else, but it might just be worth considering of forms of resistance.

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[-] Smorty 6 points 1 month ago

I'm not a US person, but I would like to know what exactly is so bad about the trump man.

Besides looking funi and not being all that cool, did his win last time influence trans people that much?

Or is he just really pushing the anti-trans agenda harder this time?

Maybe I missed a twitter post or something, I'm just confused about why people are only now thinking of moving out.

[-] apotheotic@beehaw.org 7 points 1 month ago

Did you see the whole project 2025 thing?

[-] Smorty 7 points 1 month ago

Nope I did not see the whole project 2025 thing. Imma look at it now and probably edit this comment when I'm done

[-] apotheotic@beehaw.org 11 points 1 month ago

Its... Scary. I'm not even in the US and it terrifies me.

[-] Smorty 11 points 1 month ago

Ok WOAH this is scary! This reads like a dictatorship and strong influence of the people leading the country.

Also Eliminating woke propaganda at every level of government. sounds like such a shitpost, but they seem to mean it.

Removing critical race theory and gender ideology curricula in every public school in the country. Ok oof. They really mean it.

[-] apotheotic@beehaw.org 6 points 1 month ago

Using the word "woke" in official political messaging really has thrown me for a loop this election cycle.

And yeah. This shit is scary. Trump tries to downplay how linked he is to this, but its a facade and a bad one at that.

[-] transhetwarrior 10 points 1 month ago

Key points include classifying "transgender ideology" as pornography, banning porn and making it a sex offense, introducing the death penalty for sex offenders. All those together....

[-] Smorty 7 points 1 month ago

Sooo they wanna ban porn (people totally gonna like that), making it classify as a sex offense and then point at transgender people and allys and say look, they're offending me!?

That's actually insane

[-] SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Take a look at the Wikipedia page for Project 2025. It's basically the Republican manifesto for everything they want to to "acomplish" now they have power. This time, Trump has the House, the Senate and the supreme court on his side so there's nothing that can stop these plans.

[-] Smorty 6 points 1 month ago

I just read this german article about it and oof it scary woah

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