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This is a rhetorical question. Of course we are. Time to start an underground railroad I suppose.

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[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 hours ago

My comrade in christ the US has literally been openly committing a genocide for 2 years now

[–] psyklax@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Guantanamo Bay. Abu Ghraib. Proved to me that we were the baddies back in 2002. This is not a revelation.

[–] TheTurner@lemm.ee 18 points 6 hours ago

Don't forget about Operation Condor, Loas, Cambodia, Vietnam, etc. Hopefully Kissinger's burning .

[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 12 points 5 hours ago

we've been the baddies for a looooong time.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 hours ago

Always have been.

[–] Nanowith@lemmy.world 16 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It's crazy seeing you guys finally clock on to this from over here in Europe. We've been trying to tell you for well over a decade!

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 17 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

It's been obvious since the 2008 election that we never actually improved. People just sort of hid it for a while, but it was always there and it's all out in the open now. We're the shithole country.

[–] Fidel_Cashflow@lemmy.ml 56 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 38 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Why? To keep foreign resource markets open to our profiteer's exploitation.

Social tolerance of Greed\avarice is a blight that is ending the world by several vectors.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 20 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 hours ago

Can you imagine the US reaction if China had the number of troops we have in Japan right off our coast?

[–] Denjin@lemmings.world 14 points 10 hours ago

Except for that brief period where you turned up 2 years late to the party and proceeded to take all of the credit. Yes.

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 28 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Past two days? Past 5 decades

[–] MeatPilot@lemmy.world 15 points 13 hours ago

Yeah, we've just been Weekend at Bernieing this "democracy" for awhile now and it's starting to really really stink.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 17 points 12 hours ago
[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 36 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Time to start an underground railroad I suppose.

Speaking of, everyone should be aware of the rainbow railroad:

https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/

As far as I'm aware, they don't help get queer people out of the U.S., but it is only a mater of time with how things are headed. Donate if you can.

[–] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 hours ago

Sad we need this, glad it's there.

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 6 points 11 hours ago

It makes me laugh that that skit is the first skit you see from that show, like it's skit one of the pilot.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 13 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

more people voted for this than the alternative, which is the worse part, it was by choice

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

And the alternative was also evil

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works -2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Don't let perfect be the enemy of good

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Ok. But the alternative was also evil

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works -2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Which was more evil though?

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago

About the same, either way, my point was that Americans voted for evil.

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 12 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Less than 25% of the US population voted for him. Of the people that voted, a majority voted for him, but an overwhelming majority of Americans did not vote for him.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

elegible people that didn't vote, allowed it, so was their choice as well

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 6 points 13 hours ago

In all fairness a pretty large Google search like right around the election was "did Biden drop out?"

I think the vast majority of the non-voters are completely blissfully ignorant and just do this all day:

I suppose they "allow" it in that they can't even be bothered to give a shit. :/

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

And the opposition party is gaslighting them into believing that most Americans are on board with all of it to make their job easier

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Most Americans are.

This is America. This is the official entry. Chosen.

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 2 points 16 hours ago

No, our politicians and the dummies that follow and support them blindly are the baddies.