Submitted 3 days ago by tigerjerusalem@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
You know, DOGE, fascist president and corporations dictating what people can do, institutions being ruined, laws being ignored. Is there any way out of that or is it over? Is the USA done?
If we don’t get a handle on the debt it will be like Greece 2.0
Lol, Greece and US are as comparable financially as a dog and Uranus are.
You don’t understand history try to again.
My brother sent this to me the other day and I gave it a watch. It feels pretty unbiased (although I’m uneducated), and seems to have a more macro, zoomed-out view of America and just nations on the whole. I thought it was pretty interesting and it helped to put some things in perspective.
Very interesting, but I don’t feel better after watching that… :(
Ha, I should’ve mentioned that you definitely won’t. It seems to paint this damned if we do damned if we don’t picture. But it at least paints a picture, versus what can at times feel like this great big unknown. It may also shed some light on some of the motivations for what’s happening. I dunno.
Lol… friend, take the shit outta your head and heart.
They want you to feel helpless/hopeless. Don’t. Don’t let them win. Be positive, show love, and feel love.
Right now, this is what the left wants. They WANT you to be helpless/hopeless. You’re a lot easier to control that way.
Everything is fine (sorta). Ok, maybe not, but don’t freak out.
Trump won’t do everything right, but he’s taking an axe to the federal government, and that is always a good thing.
Screw the feds. Take down the feds. (Now I’m on a list)
Trump won’t do everything right, but he’s taking an axe to the federal government, and that is always a good thing.
You’re either five and the phone should be taken away, or about to become very aware how fucking stupid this take is.
But he’s draining the swamp! And the bogs, fens, wetlands, critical aquifers…
It ain’t the left that’s in power, it’s the right. You’re not on the side of freedom fighters, you’re on the side of oppressors.
The constitution was created for the sole purpose of containing a tyrant and mitigating any damage they could do.
Its never been tested on a real tyrant before though, so I guess we’ll see how well it accomplishes that. It uh, isnt looking too great though.
Historically, it has to get worse before it gets better. It’s gonna suck for a while, but I have faith that humanity will come to it’s senses when things start getting bad enough. I hope this whole mess will be the catalyst that leads to great change in humanity in the future.
How is humanity not in its senses?
A lot of people are discussing the legal or revolutionary frameworks, but there’s a very human story to all of this. The government is run by people, and people are human. They make mistakes, backstab one another, get sick. They compete for different goals & subvert. It’s politics.
Morality is about respecting other moral agents, but it’s also about self-defeating principles. If you constantly lie, then there is no trust. Without trust, there’s room for speculation, rumor, & fear. Everyone on eggshells constantly. That’s partially why these fascist systems aren’t sustainable. However, as the world has become interconnected, so have the global elite. Fascism isn’t just here: it’s in a lot of places. There’s likely secret (and not so secret) actors pulling those strings, not to sound conspiratorial.
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction in physics. Like others have said, I’m not sure about my faith in the USA, as it is today: 50 states and some territories holding “together”. The culture and economy of the Northeast is vastly different than the Southeast. The USA absolutely had its hand in much of global politics over the last 100 years. Russia was the USSR in the 80s (~40 years ago); I think this is our “equal and opposite” moment of a world power fracturing. My expectation is the USA splits up, but I’m not sure what comes next. I don’t know if that’s “screwed”, but it’s not as it is today.
It’ll take decades to repair it
It won’t and shouldn’t be repaired. We’re not going to kintsugi the republic back together.
Oooo kintsugi. Nice metaphor.
Nah. Just ignore all laws that slow it down.
Magic 8 Ball says: Most Likely
We got all this dooming 8 years ago as well. We were fine then, we will be fine now.
They literally attempted a coup when they lost the election, so no, everything was not “fine”.
The precious norms!
We were not fine then and neither are we now
Upvoted for the optimism. Let’s hope you’re right.
Not necessarily.
There are still legal routes, the chances of congress not laying down on the job, etc.
Then, you’ve got the first line of citizen action, protests and non violent direct action combined with people helping each other until the legal stuff has a chance to work.
Beyond that, right now, across the country, small groups are trying to organize. Most of them as a form of more assertive resistance and/or a safety net for trans people, immigrants, and other targets of the current administration.
There are also smaller groups than that organizing for the possibility of having to fight.
That does include people just as batshit as the more rabid right wing, but most of them are less eager than the crazies to get involved in an asymmetric civil war. So they aren’t very visible.
But there are people working at all levels to resist and turn things around.
The way out is for everyone that can to be ready. To take risks to protect each other, and to do what they can when they can.
No. It’s going to get worse for a while, maybe forever, but it won’t ever collapse until outside forces put boots on the ground. The thing about the USA is that it’s the United States, not singular state, so even if the Federal Entity is in turmoil or even collapses: the USA will continue operating at limited capacity.
The day that the USA is done will be the beginning of the third great war.
The average empire lasts 250 years, for the US that year is 2026. The US has been in a downward spiral for decades.
It’s fucking toast
Duh.
Next question.
How many realize Doge was originally a misspelling of Dodge, used to describe scams and confidence games?
[Citation needed]
Are you… are you being serious?
yes the country is going to cease to exit tomorrow. i know this is “no stupid questions” but damn dude
what do you mean “done”? the answer is obviously no, but i want to know more specifically what your question is. why was this even posted? where is your house
All states should leave the us now ASAP.
Except maybe New York and Florida, because they have given him shelter.
it is so donaldover 😔
What does “done” mean to you, and how possibly can it be final?
No. In fact it’s opposite. Doge is a good thing. Trump is not an actual fascist despite claims to the contrary, wasteful institutions are being curtailed, laws are being enforced.
The only real issue is that journalists are a bunch of rage baiting hacks, and y’all eat up it like it’s Thanksgiving dinner.
The only thing I’m actually worried about is when the Democrats take back power, if they’ll turn into tyrants. But I don’t think that’s particularly likely either.
Trump is a textbook fascist.
What more do you need?
You are the enemy of freedom and democracy. You are a false patriot. You are a cancer
lol…
index@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Sounds like USA authorities are stronger than ever. People have been screwed for a while.
en.wikipedia.org/…/2010s_global_surveillance_disc…
this was under obama