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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Oh sure but this

Vote for the lesser evil and make a scene about whatever you don't like but don't pretend the two parties are the same. It kills morale and it's bullshit to boot.

Doesn't sound like it has a happy resolution.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm not sure what you are saying or what it has to do with ending an empire.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If we are clutching onto the shreds of democracy through bullshit votes where pointing out the obvious might break moral to the point of slipping fully into fascism.... That just feels like the end of an empire. Wasnt a statement on how to end it but a genuine question of;

So you you think this is the last chapters? Cause that sounds bad enough to look at history and see you don't normally come out the other side of this breakdown unscathed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

If we are clutching onto the shreds of democracy through bullshit votes where pointing out the obvious might break moral to the point of slipping fully into fascism.... That just feels like the end of an empire.

So you you think this is the last chapters?

Being honest, yes. I didn't expect so many people to be misinformed enough to think someone like Donald Trump will make their lives better. Or, worse, they only know he's promised to make life worse for "those people" and that's enough for them to want him in charge.