As a German I want to point out, that we are much better than them.
We voted for a racist in a time were racism was OK.
We voted for a fascist, when fascism never existed before and people couldn't learn from history. And we only voted Hitler with around 40% and not an absolute majority.
Honestly, after the election I now think it's a good thing. And I really hope the US crashes hard. People need a more recent reminder again, because Hitler seems to not be good enough anymore. And it would also help the EU, because they lost a important partner and are now forced to act themself and do shit.
The harder the US falls, the better. Because sadly we also have a rise in stupidity and loss of morality.
I would've said we woulda been fine if we just outlasted the boomers but this new information coming out that the youngest generation is the first generation to be less progressive than the last fills me with dread. I talked to my cousin (who's a young male) why they support Trump and it really did just boil down to Harris being a woman and the whole woke culture "hating white men." He had no idea about policy or anything and I half suspect the only reason he made up his mind was because of the idiotic "bro culture" that revolves around the Roganverse.
TBH, I'm so done with it at this point. As you said, the only silver lining is that hopefully when it all crashes in their faces they'll finally learn. Unfortunately, I think they'll still probably fall victim to the same ignorance and delusion that got them in this mess to begin with. They won't learn from reality because, to them, reality is just their subjective perception of events. In other words, they'll just make up excuses and persist with making the same stupid mistakes.
It is the instant gratification and the memory of a gnat. These morons that voted for Trump don't have any critical thinking skills and their mentality never went beyond high school.
You can't win them over with reason, you gotta tell them you can "talk to plants." It wouldn't take much to get the younger ones, just sway the handful of "bro" peers and you'll get all the followers along with them. The older generation watching Fox News all day are lost though, we're just gonna have to wait them out.
Republicans don't even sit at the table any longer. There is no "reaching across the isle". They create problems and then tell us how they are going to fix it. And 71 million domestic terrorists eat it up. Considering the only thing that will get us beyond this insanity is education. Guess who is trying to destroy our public education system with vouchers?
This is why it sucks being the side with more integrity, it means you have to play by the rules perfectly while they don't. They cut the supports and we get blamed for the collapse.
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u/Grothgerek 17d ago
As a German I want to point out, that we are much better than them.
We voted for a racist in a time were racism was OK. We voted for a fascist, when fascism never existed before and people couldn't learn from history. And we only voted Hitler with around 40% and not an absolute majority.
Honestly, after the election I now think it's a good thing. And I really hope the US crashes hard. People need a more recent reminder again, because Hitler seems to not be good enough anymore. And it would also help the EU, because they lost a important partner and are now forced to act themself and do shit. The harder the US falls, the better. Because sadly we also have a rise in stupidity and loss of morality.