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[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 356 points 23 hours ago (66 children)

I'm trans and I'm terrified, terrified for my queer friends and family, terrified for Ukraine and Palestine, and terrified for the planet.

If you didn't vote or voted for this piece of shit, fuck you. If you voted for him, you deserve the massive inflation and shit he's about to put you through.

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 134 points 22 hours ago (5 children)

I’m straight and white, and I am also terrified for my queer friends and family. I figured Israel was always a lost cause but Ukraine is going to be so fucking stupid and painful when they get starved after we offered support.

If you didn’t vote or voted for this piece of shit, FUCK YOU

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[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 98 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Harris got 15 mill less than biden. Trump got same number of votes basically.

They just slept

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 103 points 21 hours ago (16 children)

America made it clear that they will not vote for a woman. Especially a woman of color. Fuck America

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 42 points 20 hours ago (9 children)

I suspected if she lost it was because she was a woman. Others are saying it was all Gaza and they didn't vote in protest. A commentor replied to me showing the margins are like 10s of thousands in one state.

She seem way better than Hillary too. Hillary reminded me of my grandma but in all the bad ways.

Guess Trump may nuke the whales. Tried to nuke a hurricane.

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[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 69 points 22 hours ago

Being that I'm not transgender or American I don't think I can personally understand everything you're feeling right now. All I can say is be strong for yourself, and your friends and family; we all need to support each other if we are going to get through this.

And a double fuck you to anyone who voted for Trump.

[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 48 points 23 hours ago

Not even there.

All I have to say:

What....

The...

Fuck....

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[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 233 points 23 hours ago (12 children)
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[–] PoopSpiderman@lemmy.world 202 points 23 hours ago (10 children)

America is a country full of stupid people.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 118 points 22 hours ago (94 children)

This is happening all over the world. The USA are just a little further ahead compared to Europe.

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[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 191 points 21 hours ago (10 children)

So, I always thought it was just a mean bully thing to say, but, as a group, Americans really are dumber than a bag of rocks.

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 73 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It’s not just Americans buddy. Open your eyes.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 44 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

Lots of countries are stupid, but not that many have >50% of their population be that incredibly stupid. Usually it's closer to 20-30%. America takes the gold though.

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 41 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Must be nice to live in a world where you think USA is the only country to elect a moron. I’m Canadian as well. Just wait.

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[–] weeeeum@lemmy.world 40 points 20 hours ago

Look at Italy, Hungary, Slovakia, UK and Germany's AFD. Hate is potent political fuel that's burning hotter and hotter.

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[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 190 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

We are so fucked. The repercussions of this election are going to effect everything from SCOTUS to county courts. This is so utterly disgusting. People looked at the shit spewing from his mouth and said, "Yes, represent me."

Fuck this country.

[–] el_abuelo@programming.dev 46 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Fuckimg depressing that probably 1/3rd of people didn't vote. And of the 2/3 of those that did - most of them voted Trump.

So basically a minimum of 1/3 but more likely more than 1/2 of Americans wanted Trump and the Republican Party to represent them. They voted for:

  • Russian dominion over Ukraine and further aggression on its neighbours
  • Chinese genocides and aggression on its neighbours
  • mass deportation of vulnerable and productive members of society (he calls them immigrants)
  • men controlling women's health and avoidable deaths
  • oppression of LGBTQ+
  • racism
  • fraud
  • corruption

Why? Because they believe that Trump is going to make them richer.

Nice people.

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[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 188 points 23 hours ago (14 children)

Now watch the effects ripple through the world. Now that a guy like him can be elected, politicians around the world will take note and use the same playbook. And it will probably work.

We already felt it in France with the 2016 US election, I can't imagine what the next decade will be like...

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[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 184 points 22 hours ago (6 children)

The Supreme Court will be changed for a generation. I’ll never see a moderate court again in my lifetime. Alito and Thomas will step down and Trump will appoint 40 year old partisans to the bench. The damage he is about to inflict on our institutions the next 2 years will be irreparable.

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[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 135 points 23 hours ago (10 children)

You reap what you sow, America.

It's going to be wild seeing the mass round-up of all the Latinos who voted for him.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 107 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

you likely won't see it, as freedom of the press will likely be one of the first things to go out the window

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 73 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Oh no. You will see it. I deliver to quite a few businesses that have Latino employees on Visas waiting the required time for citizenship.

Couple of them were flabbergasted that I was voting for Harris, lol.

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[–] NocturnalEngineer@lemmy.world 118 points 23 hours ago

You dumb fucks.

[–] nl4real@lemmy.world 110 points 16 hours ago (5 children)

Personally, it kinda feels like a weight's been lifted. Now I can let go of the last shred of pretense of this country being anything other than a fat fucking joke.

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 92 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

I'm in shock... Good luck to you, American Democracy. It was nice knowing ya.

This time there's no saying you didn't know. This time there's no saying "well more voters wanted different". You get what you get, apparently enough people fall for "look over there" types of distractions in politics.

The clock to progress has been set back at least 10 years. I know digital-age low-information fascism is on its way to Canada and I am definitely not ready.

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 33 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The clock to progress has been set back at least 10 years.

And all social progress has been set back 75 years.

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[–] weeeeum@lemmy.world 75 points 22 hours ago (7 children)

I voted for Harris but I can't help but feel democrats did this to themselves. We've held a decent amount of power over the last 20 years but have done shockingly little. Just slowly letting our country dry and shrivel, leaving people increasingly desperate. Times like these make people seek change, ANY CHANGE, including voting for a dictator. Status-quo politics will fail every time during times like these. Who wants to die slowly?

All authoritarian countries are born from desperation. Chinese communist party, Nazi Germany, the USSR, Iran, North Korea and soon America.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 47 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

They absolutely did. Harris couldn't even commit to keeping Lina Khan on board.

Democrats are allergic to success.

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[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 63 points 20 hours ago (7 children)

We have lost, democracy has lost, today the American people have lost to tyranny. All the Americans can do now is collect themselves and reorganize, the next four years will be the toughest years in American history and its effects will ripple across the world.

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[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 59 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Fuck conservatives always and forever.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 59 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

And all of the accounts that I've been tagging here for the past several months doing everything they fucking could to get Trump elected? Nowhere to be seen. What a shock.

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[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 57 points 17 hours ago (40 children)

I don't wanna hear any more moralizing and complaining from young leftists who can't even be bothered to perform their civic duty and vote. Shut the fuck up. What happens to Gaza in 2025 is on you, not Harris or the Democrats. And when you bitch about the genocide, remember that you facilitated it. You gave up your duty and gave Netanyahu exactly what he wanted, a clear path.

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[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 34 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Well, the only thing we can do now is hope it won't be as bad as we all fear it could be. That and try to come up with a plan in case our worst fears are realized.

I think the rest of the world needs to start isolating the US. The US has too much power and poor leadership. Other countries need to find ways to reduce their exposure to and reliance on the US. I think the best way to do that is for the world to come together and create an independent global reserve currency. As long as the dollar is the world currency, the US will have all the power.

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