• in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Me too, and in my 17 years of living there many people were trying to tell them what was happening, but their “American Exceptionalism” and “I don’t care about politics” or “I’d rather just work on myself” mentality they used to ignore the writing on the walls makes me feel for them a lot less. If anything it makes me more afraid for them than ever now that it’s gotten this bad and there’s still nothing close to the 1960’s in terms of leftist movements. It’s just hard to organize in a country that’s willing to drop bombs on Philadelphia in 1985 when people start organizing.

      But then I remember how okay Americans are with all this, and that in reality all along they’ve been a fascist country that has wanted and practiced fascist ideals for a long long time now. I remember what Americans do to people that try to help - not just kill them, but worst of all ignore them afterwards. A big part of me thinks America needs to go through an unspeakable horror of their own making, otherwise they can never wake up. And you can bet that Russia and China will rush in to give weapons to both sides of the next American conflict (one could argue they already are.)

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      I would worry much more about refugees and people outside the imperial core. Zios are literally genociding people in Palestine…