Azal

I don't even think it was an accident. It's like anything he does, he blames "someone" else and he knows if he blames "past administration" his followers will believe it's a democrat even if he was the one that signed it.

Fuck.

Walmart. They're one of the funders of the heritage foundation with Project 2025, they're one of the biggest killers of unions and any worker rights in the US. Walmart remains at the top of the most money by revenue with only Amazon nipping at its heels before Chinese government backed Corps and Saudi Aramco .

It's ran like a cult, crushes any competition in an area and holds entire towns hostage with its buying power. I know I'm discussing things like Amazon and the like, but I grew up in its home town and wish for the company to just burn.

You have more confidence than I in the Constitution at this point.

I agree with the person you respond with. I haven't voted for a Republican once and I'm very much here saying the people who didn't vote "because the democrats didn't give us a reason to" are as culpable... but I also live in a very red state and one of the few saving graces is in order to participate in the primaries one doesn't have to be registered to a party. Something I've avoided, but also something the state is trying to get rid of. I'm seriously considering registering Republican just to keep targets off my back.

Plus I think we may be passed elections anyways so those not "of the party" are likely to be targeted anyways.

I hope that some day the GOP will be like the Nazi and the Confederates.

How to say you didn't live in the United States South without saying you didn't live in the South.

1. The third of the people who didn't vote had Trump previous to realize what he'd do and still said "Meh, either's fine with me." They're complicit.

And 2. I get so fucking sick and tired of the "Dems are corporate shills" when the left can't be faffed to show up at voting. I don't mean the 4 year presidential votes. I mean the yearly all the way to the local shit. You want to know how we got Trump? Because the ultra-right made it a point to get in bed with the republicans and beat down doors to tell people to vote to secure the supreme court, to secure state positions, to secure fucking school board positions.

I have never met someone who had interest in Republicans who didn't think they paid attention to the news. It may be Fox and Infowars but they paid some attention. If I had a nickle for every individual who was interested in left wing ideals but told me "I don't know. I don't like politics" I'd have enough to afford a plane ticket out of this fucking country.

Honestly, I'd say the national park system. But that's a "for however long we still have it."

I'll blame the voters every time. Not just this election. It's the yearly elections, the local ones that cover local and state elections. The not showing up has allowed the long game of the republicans who are good at getting people to show up. This is on the regular of people "not paying attention to politics." And them voting local is what pushes the upper. How do you think Trump took over the party?

So yes, gonna blame the voters.

Thank you. Audible was my lifesaver when I was working on the road but I'm definitely on the prepare part.

The reason you're getting downvoted is it's a problem even here in the country. It's the "Why aren't you doing anything about it?" to all of us.

In the case of me, I live 1000 miles away from the seat of power, our representatives actively are dismantling things we voted for, not national I'm talking, state level, because we're outright surrounded by the people who are actively cheering for this. (and the example of the voting against, state voted to get rid of the most strict abortion law in the country, legalizing it... and now the representatives on state level are trying to get a pregnancy registry "to try to stop preventable abortions." while the state rep at national level is trying to get a national abortion ban going. This is one of many many many things in the state by itself. Hell, I just learned the state just gained police control to the other city after they managed to vote that out.)

I didn't downvote, but I want you to read "What are you going to do about it?" out loud. Hell, you yourself said it's the apathy. But the fuck am I going to do? Show up and wave a sign at the people who already have shown they couldn't give a flying shit about our opinions? Or be there when the fight starts and be a martyr. The second option the best case scenario is getting to be like Tank Man, but honestly demographics I'd be one of the many forgotten in the Tiananmen Square Massacre. And that's what it's going to look like, because this administration you better believe is looking for an opportunity to go full martial law, and if we don't do it, their brownshirts will for them.

So the best I can fucking do is stock up, prepare, keep my head down, keep in contact with the people who are in the same boat as I am being in effectively enemy territory and use the privilege I have of looking like a standard white conservative to see how many I can keep safe when being that demographic is important.

US citizen here... can I bump up that number for them please? I'll work and pay taxes without complaining about them.