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Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Pugnate on Saturday, February 15, 2025, 11:54:28 AM
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It feels like President Musk and Fuhrer Trump are out to destroy the United States and maybe the rest of the world. How are you all holding up? Every day feels like another crazy episode.
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Its rough. And having people in charge not seemingly doing anything about it is maddening.
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Yeah. Some judges seem to be trying but I’m guessing his Supreme Court will side with him.
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Well this is fucked.
https://www.reddit.com/r/themayormccheese/comments/1ispp74/trump_has_just_signed_an_executive_order_claiming/?rdt=63527
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Not great, Bob!
The only way I'm able to cope day-to-day is to be a bit of an ostrich. It's simply insane what's happening. They are pulling a Nazi or post-Soviet Russia move. I can understand a few self-interested bad actors that want to tank the country, but half of congress?! Sure, they have some self-interest too, but I would think they'd have more interest in a country where the law means something so business could actually function with a degree of predictability.
To me the scariest thing that they are talking about is getting rid of military generals to install sycophant versions. I can understand why they'd want to do it, to prevent the military from seeing what they are doing as a coup and making steps to stop it.
But it is terrifying. I can't imagine how we'll ever have fair elections ever again. My wife and I are honestly considering emigration to New Zealand, Spain, or Germany. I'd say Canada or one of the Scandinavian countries would be on the list, but I'd like to avoid a cold climate if possible. I'm also scared that they'll do things to make it difficult to emigrate, such as limiting travel, seizing funds, or preventing accessing funds internationally. I don't know how likely that is, but there is plenty of precedent from other authoritarian regimes.
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I'm just wondering what the breaking point is going to be, or if there is one. All the things he is doing have very obvious negative outcomes. Like shits going to be falling apart by summer.
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And it’s begun. (https://apnews.com/article/trump-brown-joint-chiefs-of-staff-firing-fa428cc1508a583b3bf5e7a5a58f6acf)
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Good to see Scottws. :) My sister and her hubby are doing the ostrich method, too - only consuming as much news as possible to avoid straining their mental health.
So far, it seems that the move toward authoritarianism will be insidious. I don't think we're going to get a Reichstag fire moment. However, the fact that we're sleepwalking into this is potentially more dangerous because many people underestimate how bad things are. However, I have a feeling that at some point, we're going to see a bigger pushback and maybe even civil war.
Following Musk, Bannon just did the Nazi salute, too.
Yeah, installing puppets in the military, FBI, NSA, and CIA is authoritarianism 101. And the latest news is indeed scary.
Here in Canada, people are really disturbed by the 51st State nonsense. Canada has made a huge mistake in not developing its military. It should at least have enough defences to deter the United States from invading. And it's pretty sad how the tech companies are bowing down to Trump. Not only did Google rename "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" to please Trump, but they may have started renaming our "Provincial Parks" to "State Parks." It's outrageous. https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/angry-google-maps-users-report-canadas-provincial-parks-mislabelled-as-state-parks/
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Scottws! Would love to see you in Canada. I think we'll get the Liberal federal government again. The Conservatives were leading in the polls until Trudeau resigned. His probable successor, Mark Carney, seems pretty competent. And then, after the Trump threats, the Conservatives started losing ground in the polls rather rapidly. Ontario, (where I, Ren, and Cools are) can get pretty cold. However, British Columbia (where Kams and GPW are I think) is much warmer. Housing prices are nuts, though. And it may be a better idea to move to Europe in the event that the United States invades Canada.
New Zealand is apparently not very open to new people because of their housing issues. My brother is in Germany and it's apparently very nice. Though the right-leaning party just won elections and the far-right Nazi type party apparently also got a lot of votes.
I'm also scared that they'll do things to make it difficult to emigrate, such as limiting travel, seizing funds, or preventing accessing funds internationally.
Yikes.
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Holy crap that Trump/Vance Zelnisky presss conference was awful. Can't believe there was a shouting match.
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Trying to not consume any more political media than I have to. I already know shit's crazy and don't need a reminder of it every 5 minutes. My tactic is to focus on the variables I can control, which is how I serve and interact with my immediate community and raising my kids to be decent human beings. That's where I can make the most impact.
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That’s a great way to do it.