To elect Donald Trump once may be regarded as a misfortune; to elect him twice looks like craziness

Summary

Despite Trump’s criminal record, serial lying, and racist demagoguery, he won the 2024 US presidential election, reflecting America’s deep-seated anxieties and cultural divisions.

Trump’s celebrity persona, economic populism, and culture warrior appeals resonated with his base, while Kamala Harris faced challenges in defining herself and overcoming gender and racial biases.

The election underscores the decay of American democracy, raising concerns about the future of the nation.

  • Rapidcreek@lemmy.world
    1222·
    8 days ago

    All I know is

    Gaza is fucked.

    Ukraine is fucked.

    Black people are fucked.

    Women are fucked.

    LGBT+ people are fucked.

    Everybody’s health care is fucked.

    WMass deportation ruining families and affecting the economy.

    But hey, at least Elon Musk is happy right?

    • LustyArgonian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      Children are fucked including child marriage laws and probably those conversion therapy camps

      Education is fucked, like really fucked

      The public library is fucked

      Museums are fucked

      NOAA is fucked

      It’s honestly shocking but not. The rich have known about climate change since the 70s and again in 2000. They are simply Noah’s Arking us to climate change and pulling up the ladder now while making us think we chose this. It’s the Titanic sub all over again - their ego and hubris makes them think they can bend science to their will. They want to kill us (long reason for this is due to how narcissism works) and think they are so perfect they will survive. Musk wasn’t making Mars homes, he was making those for earth. He’s sending people to space in case a bunch of nukes or bombs go off, so they can come back and repopulate the earth. These rich people have insane views about life fed by confirmation bias they had their entire lives along with bootlicking.

      We are fucked unless some really really smart people can figure some shit out.

    • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
      80·
      8 days ago

      you left out consumer protections, labor laws, overtime, PTO, regulatory oversight, whistleblower protections, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom, the ACLU, the ALA, and everything else you thought was safe

      i would say delete all your social media, but it’s not going to matter

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        44·
        8 days ago

        You left out literally everyone on the planet being fucked over by climate change.

      • CitizenKong@lemmy.world
        28·
        8 days ago

        Also, rolling back the little the US did to combat climate change, making sure the climate catastrophe will only accelerate in this century.

        By the end of the century, the US being a fascist state might not even matter because civilisation as we know it will break down anway, with worldwide temperature rising as far as 5 degrees above preindustrial standards (that’s the worst case scenario of the IPCC).