Sure is going to be more difficult to make progressive change in a fascist state. I've no doubt conservatives are going to be more open to change than their counterparts, but something tells me that those changes aren't going to be anywhere near progressive.

Yeah, I do blame the voters who sat this election out or voted 3rd party. Absolute ignorance in the face of factual, tangible datapoints.

"Oh, the democrats should have campaigned harder! Oh, they should have been more progressive!" while conservatives just consistently lie through their teeth, skirt the law, and prey on the weak and ill-informed. While conservatives are open-faced about their regressive policies.

Change takes time, but yeah, let's sit this one out. Real progressive. Nothing like watching the trolly going toward the wrong side of the track and saying "Oh, not my problem, I didn't touch the lever! Whatever happens, it's not my fault because I did nothing to help or hurt the situation! My hands are clean!"

I don't know, y'all can point fingers in every direction, but the fact is - those voters who didn't show up to vote, voted 3rd party, or voted Republican knew who Trump is and what the outcome would be. Project 2025 was laid out in full right in front of us. We all saw his previous 4 years in office. We saw the repeal of Roe with a majority court. These (potential) voters just don't care about progress or people and want to speed up the burning of Rome. US Presidential elections have been binary in everyone's lifetime here.

There's no excuse other than simply "I don't care" regardless of which excuse you want to pick from the box. The House, Senate, and Supreme Court are all lost - they have absolute free reign to do whatever they want in the next 4 years. The best case scenario is that it's not as bad as last time. The worst case scenario is the US becomes reclusive, regressive, and more corrupt akin to other dictator run countries. Just like those other dictator run countries, in the worst case scenario, there will be no revolution if/when things go "too far" because they hold the power and have the support to stomp down any opposition to dust.

It's certainly a sad state of affairs, and in no sane world should DJT have won a 2nd term, but here we are, watching the circus erect their tents while we whisper in the stands.

oh no...

You're absolutely right. He pulled off quite the balancing act though, just in case.

I think escaping the shadow of Trump might be tricky though, but 4+ years is a long time.

Ah Safari, the IE8.5 of modern browsers...

No good will come of this “Weekend at Bernie’s” farce of an election.

Hard disagree.

Anybody who has actually followed what Trump has done / is doing vs what Biden has done / is doing knows there's a clear distinction between the two. One is clearly a worse choice. It reads like you're just intoxicated by the smelling of your own farts.

Nobody is changing their vote over this... Like, the Democrats have been entrenched in "Not Trump" since the word GO, blue out numbers red and they know what's at stake.

Doubt it. The people, the actual Democratic voters, not numbers, know what's at stake, nobody is changing their vote over this, nobody is going to lose votes over this.

Fucking what?

It doesn't matter what the US supplies Ukraine. It's Ukraines fight. It's up to Ukraine to decide to forfeit the fight or to keep fighting.

By your logic we (humanity) should just let any country invade any other country and take over it's people just because "it's easier to give in than fight." Giving in would be for the benefit of the people, right? That's what you're saying? Fuck right off.

Russia should not have invaded Ukraine in the first place.

I keep seeing this like Donald Trump is going to eliminate genocide if elected. What a braindead comment.

You'd think so, but Chic Fil A is insanely fast to the point where sitting in line probably faster than the walk and wait.

Sure, but how much money did Facebook make from investors?