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"The MAGA party is the last breath of the confederacy and I’ll be happy to see Millennials and GenZ bury you all": Fiery speech about Trump's desperate attempt to steal the upcoming elections (clip.place)

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just listened to the interview with the AZ sec of state. Simultaneously confidence building and also frightening in how liberals just insist that imaginary forces of good will win the day.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

But they do though. The problem is the timeframe isn't fixed. Could be tomorrow could be 20 years. That's the monkeys paw in action.

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

The imaginary forces of good are always just over the horizon for some reason.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sorry, I'm not a big fan of comic books or Disney.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Monkeys paw" is a reference to an old short story, and in this context it boils down to "be careful what you wish for"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkey%27s_Paw

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I think he was going for the "and everyone lived happily ever after" business common to tgose stories. Reality tends not to wrap up so neatly.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Nah I was more going for things never happen as we expect or hope.