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[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The gun rights y'all have?

Now, most people would tell you that Gun Control Works and that you should just do that and get less dead kids per month which is a generally good thing.

....... But here's another thing to consider. As long as you're allowed to purchase weapons for cheap and easy.

You do realise you can in fact do something about the assholes in your government and your oligarchies with those guns, right? That they can be used for more than just killing children?

Luigi Mangione seemed to get it.

[-] Wogi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

They know that, they stroke their gun boners to that very thought.

Except the tyranny they're afraid of is someone coming for their guns, or "communism." But they don't know what communism is and aren't aware that the guns aren't the rights they're losing.

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[-] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 4 points 23 hours ago

Keep on spreading comments like this and you might actually be able to get gun control implemented in the US.

[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 5 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Ah but there is my cartoon villain gambit: If my sentiment gets popular, THEN--

Either the USians that still have braincells finally nut up and take their country back. Which would be good for friends of mine that live there.

Or

The US government finally gets their shit together and starts doing something about the fact that any old idiot can have the sort of weapon most countries reserve for their armies. And this would ALSO be good for friends of mine that live there.

Either way, I win. [evil gay horse noises]

[-] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 day ago

Where to begin...

But I'll touch on something no one else has here.

Shopping carts. It's mindblowing to me that the country that sent men to the moon still hasn't figured out that its easier for everyone if they turn on all 4 wheels rather than the 2 front ones.

That way you can slide your cart sideways to make room for other shoppers. And turning it takes no effort.

And even... even if it is some weird cost cutting thing. Why not make them turn on the rear wheels? That would still make it easier than in the front. Since you steer the cart from the rear.

Get your shit together. Put gun controll aside, put your dumb ass two party politics aside and focus on what matters. Your godawful shopping carts.

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[-] Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago

Ok another thing people haven't really touched on is government restrictions on dangerous shit generally. I'm not just talking about guns, but also cars. When I was in the states I saw so many car accidents and bits of car on the road. That doesn't need to happen. It turns out that if you have proper driving tests and mandatory classes, people don't crash as much. Same with guns though. Owning a gun is fine if you learn how to properly use and store it.

[-] SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Kinda disappointed in this thread, was hoping to find things that Americans on Lemmy aren’t ready to hear. Everything here seems like the usual complains that most Americans on Lemmy and even Reddit already aware of.

[-] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't even know what that would be. Even the people kind of dog whistling for violence our oligarchs are all spot on and the user base here knows ot.

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[-] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 day ago

The level of uneducation in the US is a threat to the entire species. Most of Ylyour people are uneducated, fat and dangerous. After the last election, I have lost hope in the US as a collectivity, you deserve your unfair system because you chose it. You elected a convict rapist, fellon, racist, fat billionaire who doesn't pay taxes and tried to steal the election, your deserve to be treated the way you will be, you made a choice.

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[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 59 points 1 day ago

A while ago I watched a live stream of CSPAN (I think?) where the House failed to form a government for several consecutive days. The way the entire process started with a prayer, and the many references to religion throughout, is just as disturbing as the personality cult around Stalin. That whole gang is fucked in the head.

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[-] Godric@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Mom says I get to post the "shit on the US" thread tomorrow!

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 27 points 1 day ago

Gun control works.

And OK maybe it doesn't solve the problem 100%, but it solves it 99%, and that's a lot of schoolkids that aren't dead any more. Look at any first world country for working examples; I'm in the UK, and yes we still have some gun violence, but it's a whole load less than it would have otherwise been.

And it's incredibly short sighted to reject any solution that doesn't solve a problem 100%. Partial solutions are good.

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[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 65 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The level of nonsensical nationalist propaganda in the US is maybe only second to North Korea's.

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[-] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 24 points 1 day ago

You need gun control. Your country isn’t that great. Youre loud and can come across as false.

[-] muculent@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago

You have a massive obesity problem that is killing you and it is not normal.

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[-] TheV2@programming.dev 58 points 1 day ago

The USA is neither the best country nor the worst country. It's just one of the countries.

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[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

ITT Europeans tell us shit we already know about changes most of us want because they don't understand gerrymandering and the electoral college

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 9 points 1 day ago

What they don't understand is why you don't rise up and set fire to a broken system as is tradition.

And don't start with that oppression shit, go read the history of every revolution ever. You just don't wanna.

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[-] utopiah@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Are you implying all those things shared here are correct, well known, yet irrelevant because the political system itself grew irremediably broken?

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[-] TychoQuad@lemm.ee 47 points 1 day ago
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[-] Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 58 points 1 day ago

Despite his severe back problems, Luigi mangione is the only one of you who has a backbone.

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[-] veniasilente@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

America is the whole continent. You guys just fenced the worst part of it.

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[-] avieshek@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago
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[-] Jocker@sh.itjust.works 51 points 1 day ago

Donald Trump is the new US President, and you're responsible.

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