I'm more worried about getting kidnapped by ICE because I voted for Kamala
this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2025
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because I voted for Kamala
You are just as likely to get flagged by Palintir and somewhere down the line when the states start breaking up, there will be targeted drone strikes on "terrorists" in neighboring nation-states by the former USA's military might, based on your social media uploads and profile picture which Groknet will use to find you.
Not if I drone strike them first
But 30% of voting age Americans would still vote for him because he's arresting brown people they don't know.
The joke is that costs haven't even truly gone up from his taxes yet. Just wait until after the midterms when the legislation they passed is scheduled to take effect.
The average American is so fucked.
But 30% of voting age Americans would still vote for him because he's arresting brown people they don't know.
I made peace with my country
Though I never could believe
Somebody else's struggle
Is the reason that I flee
Can you carry more
If you leave me back?
What's left to take?
Who's lives come last?
-- Excerpts from "Reverend" by Greensky Bluegrass
These lines from a brand new bluegrass song of all things have been living rent free in my mind. I'm not particularly oppressed, but witnessing the oppression of others has me wanting to leave. Once we run off all the immigrants, and all the people like me leave, will the people who vote for fascism and hatred in this country be able to keep it all from falling apart?
Most people can't afford to leave. Enjoy the privilege.
You missed my point, but yes. I am well aware it is a privilege and that many cannot leave. That said, the barrier isn't as high as you might think. My childhood friend is a Florida school teacher. Low pay , high debt and bankrupt twice. She's leaving at the end of the year and already has a job lined up. My cousin with a government job is taking a position in Germany. The middle class can leave fairly easily.
If the people start getting hungry, i hear the rich are delicious.
They’re not, but we must all do our civil duty regardless.
I heard they're high in cholesterol
Great, now cousin Eddy won't eat squirrels OR rich people
My cholesterol is low anyways.
I get the sentiment, but I haven't seen a billionaire I'd want to put my mouth on.
Can't imagine you'd want to put your mouth on a pig or cow either, but properly butchered and prepared, they are quite palatable.
I imagine it's the same principle.
Mmmm that sounds delicious and I have a case if the munchies
Remember, tortillas make every kind of meat better.
I'm just hoping the legalize safe pain free suicide soon. But that would never happen because for America that would be the equivalent of a business throwing out its own products and having nothing left to sell to their buyers.
Never kill yourself for something that's somebody else's fault.
You've got government you deserve.
We got the government the wealthy were ok with as a fallback.
Do not claim to know what people, that you do not know, deserve.
This is such a bullshit mindset. There are literally millions of us who did our part to try to stop this.
and twice as many who didn't
Thats quite literally false.
8% of registered voters didnt turn out. 28% of the population is not registered to vote.
Trump won 49.8% to Harris' 48.3% which is a split of 316 to 226 electoral votes.
Your bad takes are exactly the unhelpful pretending that it was a clear cut victory that allows him to do whatever he wants that do not recognize that a lot of people are bot happy or ok with this.
Its easier to pretend everyone is sinple and evil than accept that there are no sinle answers. But you are unequivocally wrong to say that double the people support or helped Trump.
That's quite literally false.
235 million eligible to vote
78 million people voted other than Trump
77.3 million people voted for Trump
79.7 million people didn't vote
that's exactly double
That is some reckless math to justify a bad position.
It's the same mindset and response as is directed at regressive states. Now I'm not saying I don't agree with the sentiment, but even places like Florida and Texas have literally millions of people that continue to try to do their part too.
Still no updoot for the bad take but like I get it.
It's still a bullshit mindset when directed at regressive states.
Maybe they shouldn't have voted for an orange dipshit named Trump. Americans deserve what they voted for, even the ones that didn't vote. Fuck both groups
Democrats: best I can do is support a genocide