FistingEnthusiast

Yep

Me too

I meant "pertinent"

Unfortunately, as a population, they either voted for it, or didn't vote against it

And regrettably, the politics and bullshit of the US affects other countries. Usually for the worse.

Sure, there are so many great people in the US, but there's a whole lot of cunts and apathetic people too

US schools have long been a disaster

Starting the day by saluting the flag and reciting some shit about it being the greatest country in the world is the behaviour of people being indoctrinated into a cult

Gotta get 'em young

Add the twisted version of the history of America taught, and the ignorance of the rest of the world and it's not surprising that things are in a shit state

Foreign films are propaganda..?

According to every American movie made, the yanks saved the world in WWII, despite the fact that they sat out for a good chunk of it and had plenty of prominent people like Henry Ford who actually quite liked what was going on

It's extremely poignant right now

The problem I see is that in Star Wars, the goodies win because they appeal to the inherent good in people, their willingness to actually act

I fear that apathy and learned helplessness have taken root too deeply in the US. People just shrug their shoulders

I sincerely hope that I'm wrong

Especially the religious

It's one of the traits all religions share

Lots are

Firefighters might do an important job, but they are still just people

Same as nurses and teachers. There are still plenty of stupid and ignorant ones out there

Wank

I usually film it and send it to my fiancée to enjoy

The Australian election is a perfect example of people voting against something. It's not that Labor were particularly palatable (I personally voted for the Greens), but the alternate of Temu Trump was more than most people could countenance

The nation collectively voted for the lesser evil

I'm hugely relieved, but the most interesting thing is the vote from the younger cohort who have aged a bit. It's not news to anyone who pays attention to politics, but they usual shift rightward with age isn't happening to the same degree

Italy has always been a joke, Hungary too

Greece was coming frighteningly close to nazism a few years back

It's so frustrating to see

Contact my fiancée, then the cops, then find myself a lawyer and spend the rest of my time absolutely shitting my pants

Fiancée first, because she's my highest priority in all things and the dead guy ain't getting deader. Then the cops, because to contact a lawyer first looks incredibly suspicious and I live in a civilised country where there is almost no police corruption and I wouldn't have cops trying to pin it on me out of convenience. The other reason I'd contact my fiancée first is that she's the smartest person I have ever known, and she would be straight onto organising shit to help