President Trump ripped Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as ā€œseriously retardedā€ – and suggested Rep. Ilhan Omar ā€œprobably came into the USA illegallyā€ –  in a rage-filled Thanksgiving message about immigration.

  • drhodl@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    With respect, but I really don’t think we’ve been HERE before. New laws will be needed, if we survive this.

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      2 hours ago

      The social emotional sphere is always different, the stakes are always different, but the level of disconnect, the sheer obliviousness of the American voter and the consequences that come after. That’s not new at all. We’ve had some bad shit go down in this country in the past because of failures of both government and voting populations. That part isn’t new at all, and in fact the more I learn about history even before the shit I’ve witnessed, the more I’m convinced that the USA is far from being dismantled.

      It will happen eventually, but even with the worst outcomes from all of this, the system will be maintained because too many people are tied to the predictable comfort of the whole thing, as absurd as it sounds, as uncomfortable as you are, MOST people like it this way and have no concept of it possibly being better and you can’t get them to want change.

      That force is going to be so solid for so long, that it would take a massive disaster to change course as rapidly as people on both sides seem to think is imminent.