Gen X human, leftist, Discworld fan

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  • I don’t know where you’re located @Grumpyleb@lemmus.org, but I advise that everyone on earth is more connected to the resistance and danger of fascism even if they think they’re away from it. Learn some songs, make some soup.

    I’m originally Lebanese, grewup in the UK due to civil war / Israeli invasion in the late 70’s early 80’s. I’ve always been fascinated with politics and history, I cannot (or rather I can, but it shocks me) understand how seemingly quickly America has regressed into fascism. The silent majority is going to destroy what little freedoms remain. As you said, this will reverberate around the world and we have seen a shift to the right across Europe in the past several years. The one saving grace with this Trump administration is their actions have reversed the political climate in Canada and Australia and hopefully it will spread.

    The billionaire class are the biggest threat to the entire world and I feel Americans are not doing nearly enough to stop Trump, Musk, Theil et al. The left should be shutting down the country!

    I do my best in raising awareness wherever I am, good luck to you all!














  • You are of course correct, I meant corporate / political lobbies (looking at you AIPAC and big pharma, tobacco et al). I think the biggest issue of course is that major lobbyies are, as you stated, nothing but bribery. I remember in the early 90’s when John Major was elected PM of England, he’d previously failed a bus conductors exam and worked as a bank teller, in the US, if you’re not ultra rich it’s practically impossible to make any headway in politics.


  • As a non American, but with friends and family there, I think you need civil war 2.0. I don’t say this lightly as I grew up in a country ravaged by a civil war and subsequent wars. However, the left is trying to play by the rules while the Trump and his handlers are ripping up the rule book and seem to be unstopable. Maybe when the dust settles your constitution needs fixing, to keep lobbyists, billionaires and corporations out of politics.