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[–] captainjaneway@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] RichardDegenne@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] j0ester@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yup! We in 2025 now. Hopefully we’re still alive by 2028.

[–] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] dirthawker0@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you're still in 2024 you should be a lot happier than the 2025 you. In 2024 we were saying damnit that idiot got voted in again, 2025 we are saying fuck, US democracy is being dismantled, the Republicans are all for it, and some stupid Democrats are helping, wtf!

[–] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You didn't know that was going to happen in 2024?

[–] dirthawker0@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

With Trump it's hard to know with certainty what will happen, between flipflops and flat-out lying. I think the speed with which the various government agencies collapsed/capitulated before Musk & DOGE, and the capitulation of universities over Palestine protests and ICE, were not things anyone could predict. One could predict the rest of the Republicans would go along with all that stuff, but surprised the Democrats are not always fully unified against.

Trumps a self aggrandizing chaos agent who thinks punitive methods are the same thing as strength. They were always going to move fast and break things after they used the breaks too much the first time. They regularly declared they would make their enemies pay and they went for the least powerful first. The specifics are besides the point.

surprised the Democrats are not always fully unified against.

Who did you think the Democrats were?

[–] j0ester@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Tbf, a lot didn’t hear about Project 2025, and I’m sure those who did.. were like, “noooo! I can’t see that happening.”

But me watching this video before election, I was like “fuck! I can’t see that happening.” https://youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no