Americans; If Trump wins in November, what are your plans?
Resist as much as possible without getting killed. BTW, I’m an Old-White-Guy Boomer. Not all people in my generation are lining up to kiss Trump’s ass…
It’s important for the left to recognise that boomers as a whole also represent a group of people who face significant systemic challenges, and that the real enemy is capitalism and the power structures that maintain it as the status quo.
We need a class war; not a culture war.
“Significant systemic challenges” such as…?
They’ve had it better than us at every stage of life and have trashed everything for those coming after them. If they are facing challenges now, they’re lucky.
As they do now, capitalists are to blame for what previous generations have had, not the generation themselves. While the boomer generation may have profited by the direct disenfranchisement of others, the same is inherently true of almost anyone who participates in capitalism.
Hating boomers for being born when they were is prejudice plain and simple, while we may face our own modern issues they had their own when they were younger. More recently there’s lovely stuff like elder abuse that’s rampant in aged care.
The leftist cooks did a great video on the topic that I’d recommend watching rather than listening to me, I’m no expert on the topic, I just think social cohesion is important and we need to keep in mind who really causes our problems.
Have to upvote the Leftist Cools and their 2 hour videos.
I don’t dislike boomers because of when they were born. I dislike boomers because the right wing ones are assholes and idiots. They blame the younger generations for the problems they caused and they’re actively trying to burn down our country because they believe the bullshit they’re fed by fox “news” and wannabe dictator tRump.
That’s exactly my point.
Hate shit people, don’t hate people who belong to a demographic. There are lots of awesome boomers.
Thank you for your comments. I was getting caught up in the hate rhetoric for “boomers” in general, forgetting who perpetuated these issues we face today.
Thinking back, I know I said some shitty things to older friends and family, who were just trying to get along in life like everyone else.
They have made changes to the system they profited from so that others cannot do the same. It has nothing to do with ageism
I’m a trans woman and I honestly think that I very well may end up having to hide myself in my parents attic or something.
would strongly recommend my transfolk friends move out of FL and TX, and really any red state. I know it’s hard, but these places… they’re not run by people in their right minds.
Might as well go live in an actual developed country while you are at it.
i want to add for any trans folks thinking about moving to canada: make sure you check provincial laws. we have a federal bill enshrining trans rights*, but some of our provinces are interested in just ignoring it using the notwithstanding clause. obviously do your own research but i would say british columbia is probably your best bet (coastal bc especially, the interior is a little… traditionalist)
i found a resource that breaks it down better than i ever could
Is there one for the U.S. ?
It is spreading, not many states will be safe very soon. Not to mention most people don’t have the ability to move. It’s a nice thought, tho
I’ll just go on living my life in Norway, fielding questions left and right like “is it really that bad/racist/scary in America?”.
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I’ll be cutting out my tubes asap, if he wins. I’m in a red state but have an IUD, bf is in blue state. I already intend no children but haven’t made it irreversible yet. I will as after November, to put an end to the risk.
Unfortunately, it’s often not easy to do. Women have a notoriously difficult time convincing fertility doctors to sterilize them because “well what if you change your mind some time in the future?” or “well what if you eventually meet a man who wants kids?”. Yeah. Basically, your wants and desires take back-seat to some hypothetical future you, or some hypothetical future man’s wants and desires. Unfortunately, even some of my blue state friends have faced major road blocks in this quest. It’s a disease that’s only going to get worse if the Republicans take over the executive. :(
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Die I guess.
Mentally prepare for a civil war that could easily explode into WW3.
God I don’t know. It’d be a god damn miscarriage of justice. I don’t think I could handle 4 more years of it.
Careful, miscarriages are considered abortions and that’s against the law.
keep organizing and doing food solidarity work. spread anarchist propaganda. keep pwning the libs. is that unsportsmanlike?
I mean… I’ll just keep on building the revolution. you?
Probably leave the country for a while. That’s one of the nice things about being dual citizen. I understand this doesn’t work for everybody, and there are probably other maybe better responses, but that’s my first thought.
Nothing like 2016.
Lemmy, Trump live in your mind rent free.
You’re right, it’s even more apparent it’ll be a disaster for the planet.
Just going to hope that the Democratic institution is strong enough to survive another 4 years.
Judging by the Arkansas supreme court elections it doesn’t look like it. 2 seats opening, 4 judges currently holding seats are running for them. If they lose they keep their current seat, if they win they take the new seat and resign their old. Those positions are then filled by the Governor without need of an election. Aka stacking the courts through loop holes.
Take advantage of poste election ammo prices falling because conservatives are emotionally driven idiots and stock up.
Don’t worry, the liberals will wise up and start arming themselves to fight fascism!
Right?
Liberals, no.
Already working on getting permanent residency in another country that doesn’t share a border with the U.S. Not specifically because of loser Trump but we will be more likely to use it if that fucker finds his way back to office.
Honestly, I would be shocked if he ever wins another election or somehow manages to come out on top. He lost by a lot of votes last time. Since then, we watched him on TV while he incited an insurrection, his subsequent behavior suggests he may want to start a civil war, a jury determined he is a rapist, and enough other shit to write a book series.
His post-presidency career is selling NFT’s, shoes, begging for handouts from his idiot followers, criminal defendant, and whatever other scam he thinks of when he wakes up. He’s a petty hustler who inherited money. He’s a loser.
More importantly, he is a criminal. He can’t help himself. He is going to cheat in the election because he cheats at everything. He cheats on his wife, cheats on his taxes, cheats in golf, cheated in an election. He is going to cheat and he will be caught red handed. It’s not unreasonable to wonder if he might get himself arrested for what he does in this election.
He’s already facing four criminal trials. He’s not beating 91 felony charges, especially when most of them are from the feds. They don’t lose cases and they don’t bring high profile cases unless they have the defendant dead to rights.
He is toast and he knows it, which is why he’s so desperate to delay the trials and win the presidency. He is arguably a domestic terrorist. He is arguably a national security threat. The three letter agencies are probably on him like flies on shit. If they’re not, they fucking should be. I don’t believe he will ever be permitted to set foot in the White House again, and that’s assuming he wins in the first place, which he won’t, or cheats his way to victory, which also won’t happen. He’s done.
Unfortunately I think Trump will get back in
538 suggests that he’s beating Biden in opinion polls, plus he’s far ahead of any other candidate in the Republican primaries.
The Republicans have been handed a series of crushing defeats in bi-elections post-Trump. I’m hopeful that it will carry into the federal election, especially if Alabama’s “embryos are people” law survives the supreme court.
