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Donald Trump is the new US President, and you're responsible.
I've been disgusted and angry about it ever since election day ended. There are so many goddamn stupid people in this country. And the ones that voted for him as a protest? Or out of misogyny or party loyalty or some other stupidity? I hope they suffer the maximum negative consequences born from their choice. Just so goddamn stupid.
This clearly isn't the country I thought it was, and I have been giving the average population too much credit. Apparently, this is a country of hatred, selfishness, and stupidity.
So, I guess I'm just going to follow suit. I'm done giving to charity, and being kind to strangers. I'm just going to get all I can get while the getting is good, and to hell with everybody else. I'm a straight white dude, I'll be fine.
describes my time in the south well
Yankees who say the South is so nice or welcoming are gullible at best. some older folks will follow a sort of law of hospitality, but most everyone here is cruel and spiteful under whatever facade of niceness they may have. Being raised here really taught me how valueless 'niceness' is.
You are more correct than you even fear.
Consider this: almost half of all American adults cannot read beyond a fifth-grade level. This bars them from a lot of information and nuance, preventing them from making the decisions that best serve themselves, and forcing them to rely on conservative propaganda that has been explicitly dumbed down to obscure the fact that those choices will hurt them the most.
Very dumb picture. Hoping the people dragging us to hell get what's coming to them is normal and healthy.
Victim blaming. Nobody asked to be born under this evil slavemaster pact.
I'm sure if you took a second to think about possible solutions to this problem you'd find a way of making the necessary amendments to your country.
The 2A sure rings different when it maters
Well if you took a page out of France's playbook it wouldn't necessarily get to this point. At the slightest suggestion that they might have to work a bit extra or pay a bit more, they're out burning cars and building guillotines. As it should be.
Edit: also educating people on safe firearms use as a condition of ownership of a firearm actually goes a long way to reducing the deaths. Also guns aren't the only way of getting rid of people. Just ask the IRA.
I'd be more inclined to take responsibility if we had a more representative electoral system like STAR voting. Then more then 2 political parties would be viable, with no spoiler effect.
But we don't see the democratic party (self described democracy lovers) passing this much needed reform in states they control.
Perhaps the democrats enjoy yelling and screaming at people online and IRL that a vote not for (insert pro genocide status quo candidate) is a vote for Trump. They love it so much they prefer trump winning over having to compete for our votes.
The most painful thing about voting reform is that it was up for voting in multiple states. And most of them chose the objectively worse system we currently have.
People revel in their stupidity. I have to hold conversations with several family members regularly where my jaw hits the floor as they refuse to put even the slightest thought into the things they do everyday. Just today I tried to explain the simplest of ideas of a browser and they won't even listen.
STAR, or even the simple approval voting? They fall into the 'but one vote!' statement so fast that it leaves a crater.
None of that would have happened with a well-educated populace that could employ bullshit detection and critical thinking.
Hell, I doubt even conservatism in any capacity could survive as a going concern in such a society.