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Maybe you fuck off... just yesterday Georgia elected a trump finger man to replace MTG
You idiots keep voting republitard no matter what happens to you or the world!
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/04/07/republicans-win-mtgs-georgia-seat/89490575007/
So, precisely what do you expect me, in a different state, alone, to do about this, that will effect widespread change in a timeframe that you would find acceptable?
There are rational options that are tragically slow and irrational ones that involve throwing one's life away in order to achieve little to less than nothing.
If you're just angry at the US and its population, that makes two of us, but lashing out at someone pointing out that the situation is not hopeless and work is being done to ensure that this does not continue does not help anyone.
Here we go again...
So you want a foreigner to give you a specific, actionable task (not a plan, that's too many steps) to solve your home grown problems... and such task must be:
100% effective
Solve the issue you have slept on for decades, immediately
Carry no cost, no risk and no effort
So anything small and easy, like stop using the terrible tech giant garbage like Meta or Xitter is no good because "tHAt woNT solVe ANythiNG"... something big like protesting won't work because "caNT gO aGAInsT the MilLitarY" or even better, organize a general strike won't work because "GoTTa wOrK or dIE" or "MuRIca toO big"
Am I angry? well, your country is currently, actively killing thousands around the world. And not the cutesy way you have always done but literally exploding whomever you want. On top of that, your child rapist president is also tanking the world economy which is sure to spread extra misery around and you people keep siding with him by voting his goons into office.
So sorry, but you are not the fucking victim here
No, that is not what I am saying, I'm saying that nothing I do at this second is going to stop the bombs dropping in the near future. As cathartic as it might be to go grab the AR and take a suicide run at the nearest representatives of the federal government, the result would just be a propaganda victory for our right wing.
I am not sitting here doing nothing, and yes, it is small comfort to people actively being bombed, but ultimately decades of right wing is not going to be undone in a day.
Also lol at calling for a general strike. Every time that has been done it has been preceded by massive organization by an actual labor movement that haven't had since the 70's to ensure that people are able to get their needs met in the meanwhile.
So you run with that notion and justify perennial inaction... It's what I said above. Unless someone else gives you an easy, yet 100% effective solution that costs nothing, you are not willing to do anything.
This is another typical strawman. There are an almost infinite number of options between "do nothing" or "suicide for the cause". People like you skip them all to pretend there are only 2 and since it's unreasonable to ask you kill yourself for the revolution, "do nothing" is your only choice... right?
Then why are you defending that position... if you are doing something, my message is definitely not for you.
You (and by you I mean Americans) have had decades... and your collective inaction has led us here, let's not pretend you have been actually fighting this for years and simply got nothing for it
See what I mean? "it's too hard, so back to doing nothing and pretending we are the victims here"
Oh blow it out your ass.
… and back to doing nothing I bet
I thought your argument wasn't directed at me? Motte and bailey much?
But since you suggest it, sure, I'll take a well earned break.