That_Devil_Girl

That's just wrong. Americans are desperate for major changes to a system that just isn't working for us. It works great for the rich and for corporations, but not for the average American.

Democrats have ignored the plight of the average American by only looking at the data that affects corporations and the rich. And that data shows that everything is great. We have one political party that's so wildly out of touch with reality.

On the other side, we have MAGA Republicans who actually acknowledge the struggles of average Americans. The MAGA Republicans make grand claims of tearing the whole damn system down which is very appealing. The system isn't working for us, we'd love to see it tear down.

But the Republican party is a bitter pill. With them in charge comes abuse of power, crime, and authoritarianism.

So on one hand, we have the Democrat party that's out of touch with reality, holds elitist attitudes towards average Americans, and has a long track record of implimenting meaningless micro-changes that don't actually address the seriousness of the problems.

Then on the other hand, we have the Republican party that directly speaks to the average American, acknowledges their struggles, yet redirects their anger towards minorities & women, and has fascistic tendencies.

It's a tough choice between Democrat, Republican, and casting no vote at all. I can't blame the average American for voting for Trump to burn the whole damn system down. The Democrats need to get their shit together, but as of now they'd rather just voter shame and victim blame.

They're not going to retake power for a long time, and even then they wouldn't do anything with that power to fix what's broken.

I bought a T14 Gen 2 on eBay for about $250. It can play some older games like Morrowind, but I mostly use it for book writing, D&D games, video downloading/ripping/burning, browsing, and such.

I put Linux Mint on mine and it runs like a dream.

I think the general population of humans struggle to recognize, understand, and address large scale threats.

There's the scientific community that'll try to explain these issues to the general public in simplistic term. But they're often overruled by dumb idiots in charge who store snowballs in their freezer as proof that climate change isn't real.

There's a belief that humanity needs to be brought to the edge of extinction to realize how bad things really are and to get their shit together. I don't believe humanity would be willing to save itself from extinction as it's just not profitable to do so.

To conservatives, any porn viewing is a "porn addiction." That's their line.

Porn addiction is not on that line, not even close.

The perception of time can feel different from person to person and emotional state to emotional state.

.....BlueSky does not have any federalization technologies built into it, meaning it's just another centralized platform, and thus vulnerable to the same things that make modern social media so horrible.

Ask your average social media user what any of that means and you'll get blank stares.

Can confirm with the old thinkpads. They're not great for gaming, but the keyboard, track pack, and eraser head are solid for writing and other office-like work.

A LOT of food sold in the US are imported.

Every time a friend asks to "borrow" a lighter...

I too enjoy a good strawman fallacy.

That's what's likely to happen IMO. Deporting tens of millions of people is a logistical and financial nightmare. Not to mention what to do if other countries refuse to take in all these people.

Camps would be likely. Death camps would be a cheaper alternative.

As a Satanist, it's my religious freedom to be LGBTQ+. My religion celebrates and honors us.

Such discrimination laws would violate religious freedom constitutional rights.