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Because you now did it to yourself.

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[–] don@lemm.ee 52 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Irrelevant. The people who tried to stop it already know how Hitler came to power, and the ones who should ask how it happened — the ones you should address your post to — either don’t care or actively want another Hitler.

But hey, at least you slammed the people who tried their hardest, rather than actually address conservatives themselves, which would have required you actually confronting them. Glad you feel better, though.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I really think the Democratic establishment saw it coming and tried to stop it. What I don't think they understand is why they failed. They seem to have a neverending capacity to delude themselves with the idea that they just didn't "centrist" hard enough. It's almost like they're paid to think that.

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[–] Jollyllama@lemmy.world 20 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Its a buffet for the leopards. They'll coast on Biden's policies for a bit, when Trump plans take affect we'll see.

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[–] djsoren19@yiffit.net 83 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Don't think it won't happen to you. When the incoming wave of Ukrainian refugees hits Europe, the populists that have already been growing in popularity will make their move. With the U.S. fallen, a lot of money and attention has been freed up to destabilize other countries.

It's happening in Italy. It's happening in the Netherlands. It's happening in France. If you think you are ready for it, remember that we thought the same.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 162 points 1 day ago (12 children)

It doesn't matter.

Europeans know the history of fascism much, much better than Americans do and they're electing right-wing leaders too.

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[–] laverabe@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (12 children)

We need a solution to this, because honestly the US just lost its democracy.

It's 1933.

Any ideas on ways out of this?

Community for further discussion: !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world

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[–] dellish@lemmy.world 673 points 1 day ago (90 children)

You dumb, dumb motherfuckers.

Regards, the rest of the world.

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[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 76 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (12 children)

My one takeaway from this is that primaries are important. Republicans held a primary, nominated an incomprehensibly stupid candidate, and managed to win. ~~Dems held no primary~~, Biden strong armed his way into the de-facto nomination for a second term, and was replaced by his VP when he imploded on the campaign trail. At no point did Dem voters ever get to have a say in their candidate this year. Not that Kamala or Joe are bad candidates, but clearly, they're lacking something if Trump was able to win again after changing nothing from 2020.

So, the DNC fucked us again and we got Trump a second time in exactly the same way.

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

Dems held no primary,

He should have only served one term like he was considering and let Harris and whoever else have a primary. But just like with RBG, hubris clouded an old fucks mind and screwed the rest of us.

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[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 66 points 1 day ago (7 children)

We have always known why Hitler rose to power, and we know why Trump was reelected. When people are economically depressed and a man comes to you and tells you “This isn’t your fault, I will persecute those who are responsible and personally make things better for you.” It’s human nature, out of fear, frustration, or desperation to grasp that hand. We as a people are not ready to trust the guy who says “This is our fault, and it will be hard, but we have to fix this together”. Take everything you know about Hitler and Trump and OUR world out of it, take out your reasoning and tap into your monkey brain for a second and simply ruminate on those two propositions. Which one would you rather be true? You can’t honestly tell me the latter. You may know the latter is true, but it would be so much easier on you if the first was true.

Like it or not, we aren’t as evolved as we like to think, and those of us who consider ourselves enlightened are vulnerable to our lizard brains at one point or another.

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[–] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 117 points 1 day ago (17 children)

Is it because woman? Like holy shit, Biden was an old fuck and still won last time. Hillary didn't win. Wtf, is it really because woman!?

[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 71 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Partly. The DNC forcing Harris to adopt conservative talking points / abandon the Tim Walz progressive policies was also a massive blow to her base. You can't spend 8 years comparing Republicans to Nazis and then promise to put them on your cabinet and to continue their racist border policy. The DNC forced Harris to listen to donors over voters and this is the end result

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[–] Denalduh@lemmy.world 66 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (30 children)

I know they're not done counting everything yet, but as it currently stands..

2020 Biden - 81.3m
2024 Harris - 66.2m

I'm disgusted with our country.

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[–] Fontasia@feddit.nl 192 points 1 day ago (57 children)

So, place your bets! What's going to be that one announcement that suddenly makes your neighbours go all quiet?

  • Repeal of the 19th amendment
  • Mandatory military service
  • Military sent to Ukraine
  • Military sent to Gaza
  • Additional protections to police
  • The pardon of all January 6th rioters
  • The relaxation of maximum presidential terms
  • Repeal of Affordable Care Act
  • Repeal of Social Security
  • Increase in taxes of lowest and middle incomes
  • Reduction in the minimum wage
  • Shutdown of major news outlets of "reporting lies"
  • Ban of reporting "bad news"
  • New ability to farmers to hire for no wage
  • New protections to reject hiring/customers/schooling based on colour
  • Collapse of NOAA
  • Atheists targeted as terrorists
  • Democrats imprisoned for Socialist ties
  • Mysterious disappearances of democrats
  • Random deportation of American citizens for being first/second generation
  • Removal of all laws related to carbon output

Yes, some of these are fearmongering but he's made all sorts of promises and debts are due! The sky is the limit!

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 150 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Jesus Christ, I just realized Jimmy Carted lived to see his country die.

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[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I would be more concerned if he were less stupid. Going by his last presidency he'll spend half his time golfing and the rest driving through ineffective "red meat" policies to get attention from his base. Ultimately he's just a pathetic man who craves attention.

What concerns me more is that his destruction of political norms means that someone who is similarly evil - but actually capable - might be able to use him as a template to take power in the future and make America into a dictatorship. Someone like Xi Jinping as opposed to an aging B-list celebrity.

[–] III@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago

You should be concerned regardless. He is backed by considerably smarter people whose agenda is way worse than last time. Regardless if Trump pays attention or not the worst people will be unhindered. He isn't even a blocking element to those people taking power because Trump is at worst a rubber stamp and more likely a corpse given his age and lifestyle.

Short version, there isn't even a remote, barely visible silver lining.

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Germany, Jan 1933 = USA, Jan 2025

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[–] Wahots@pawb.social 179 points 1 day ago (26 children)

Pour one out for America and Ukraine, and the Middle East in general. And Taiwan.

Europe and Asia, you guys better get your shit together, we might be out of this one permanently. Or we might have a very long recovery time spanning decades. Such fucking bullshit.

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[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 228 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (213 children)

Well the entire multiplatform astroturfing campaign from people who call themselves leftists worked! Democrats stayed home instead of voting.

Now Palestine will be completely flattened with 0 resistance at all, and redoubled support and bombs for Israel! Way to go! You really showed your support for Palestine by helping this happen!

They will probably come back saying "it wasn't our fault, we just pointed out the truth" while they shouted that a vote for Harris was a vote for genocide [so don't vote for harris] from every platform that they used.

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[–] Thrillhouse@lemmy.world 303 points 1 day ago (2 children)

“Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values, or dislike of their opponents, or raw political opportunism, or convenience, or ignorance, or greed.

That word is “Nazi.” Nobody cares about their motives any more.

They joined what they joined. They lent their support and their moral approval. And, in so doing, they bound themselves to everything that came after. Who cares any more what particular knot they used in the binding?”

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[–] leadore@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The ones who voted against him understand well how it happened. The ones who voted for him never questioned how, because it never entered their minds to care.

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[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 244 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Are you kidding? Watching it happen in real time, it makes less sense than it ever did.

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