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[–] hal_baleigh@piefed.social 45 points 5 hours ago (7 children)

America is a deeply sick country and I don't know how we're going to recover.

[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 minutes ago

There's no recovery, only rebuilding from the ashes. Even that's not guaranteed.

[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 20 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Getting rid of trump and his cult would be a start.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 9 points 4 hours ago (3 children)
[–] FrostyTheDoo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Treating symptoms is often a good place to start when deleting everything isn't a viable option

[–] Pratai@piefed.ca 17 points 3 hours ago

It’s why they said it would be a start.

[–] eurodyne@piefed.world 6 points 3 hours ago

A symptom worth getting rid of

[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

You've been like this for decades.

The rest of the world has mocked you silly for it.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

All while their own societies follow right behind. But hey, at least they're not as bad as the US!

[–] Ariselas@piefed.ca 8 points 4 hours ago

how we’re going to recover.

Learn from what the French are doing right now.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

I don’t know how we’re going to recover

As long as people vote in the 2028 primaries, we'll be fine and it'll take almost no effort.

Obviously midterms matter if you have Senate/House up for grabs and for local level.

But all we've ever needed is a fair primary, and progressives dominate. What we're about to see in the midterms is the result of just honestly trying to win everywhere. Also not difficult or a hard strategy to think of.

As long as people keep voting, we keep putting progressives in, four years from now we could very likely be about to vote in the mythical 2/3 majority to actually get a fully functional government again.

Four years is nothing on a country's timeline, and it will progressively get better overtime. That kind of huge jump in midterms would also almost guarantee the progressive president a second term. Without having to trade off with Republicans, voters would start to see stuff pay off, and be motivated to keep voting

Shit sucks today, but I been saying since Kamala lost that one decade long timescale it was the most optimistic I've ever been for America. Like, I voted for her and all (fucking stupid that always needs mentioned) but if she had won she'd have let Jamie Harrison keep the DNC and he'd keep rigging primaries and threatening party members.

We're almost thru the worst of it

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

You’re never going to recover. The world no longer gives 2 fucks about you.

We’re just preparing for you to start a war everywhere. You’re now enemy number one.

Congrats.

[–] pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 13 minutes ago (1 children)

I'm sorry I haven't killed myself yet. If it makes you feel better, you only have to wait a bit over a month before I do and there'll be one less american in the world

[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 minutes ago

Please don't. If good Americans kill themselves, only the bad ones will be left. We're not all bad and we need to keep reminding the world of that.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Pratai@piefed.ca 6 points 3 hours ago

They’re not wrong

[–] Pratai@piefed.ca 2 points 3 hours ago

There is no recovery.